Home Assistant's new infrared support turns your smart home into a universal remote
… Now, with 2026.4, we've got friendly names that are more tightly aligned with parent device names. …
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Smart home guides keep pushing the wrong starter setup – here are some tips that actually work
… In fact, you’d want to focus on devices with local polling first and foremost. Sure, the DIY community often comes up with unofficial integrations for pairing unsupported, seemingly dead devices with local control platforms such as Home Assistant. …
Google Home and Alexa can't do what I built in Home Assistant, and that's the whole point
… I don’t need to hunt for devices from specific brands with Home Assistant Even discontinued products and ESP32 projects are fair game on HASS One of the biggest issues with typical smart home hubs is their limited compatibility with IoT products. …
I replaced my smart home hub with a $120 mini PC, and my smart home finally feels responsive
… With built-in support for on-device automations and wireless over-the-air updates, managing your devices becomes straightforward and flexible. See at ESPHome Building my own sensors and devices Too many options to choose from Home Assistant supports a variety of DIY builds and commercial devices. …
I revived my old Android phone by turning it into a better voice assistant than any smart speaker I've owned
… Sign in to your XDA account Aside from its solid compatibility with smart devices, Home Assistant has several tricks up its sleeve. …
Home Assistant is way more than a smart home dashboard, and here's what I actually run on it
… Home Assistant is unrivaled when it comes to automations There’s a lot you can do when you’ve got hundreds of devices hooked up to HASS You see, HASS recognizes the home lab nodes, everyday devices, and FOSS tools I’ve paired with it using external apps and integrations as typical entities. …
Home Assistant's best upgrade costs nothing, but it changes everything
… Even with certain rooms hidden, the Overview section seemed like a haphazard arrangement of devices thrown together. …
Tailscale replaced my dynamic DNS setup, and I stopped worrying about IP addresses entirely
… It doesn’t track or fix changing IP addresses for smart devices like bulbs, plugs, and sensors. These devices cycle through the DHCP addresses on the local network. I ended up configuring DHCP reservations for most of the compatible devices since Tailscale doesn’t touch them. …
The new Maintenance dashboard is the Home Assistant feature I did not know I needed
… But considering all the outages in my backwater town, it’s not uncommon for the low-priority devices in my arsenal to run out of juice. Heck, even without blackouts, I sometimes forget about recharging the standalone battery-powered devices. …
I turned my old phone into a Bluetooth proxy for Home Assistant with this free app
… As for the other devices that appeared as ‘Unknown Device’ on the list, I had to refer to the relevant device’s Bluetooth MAC address. The Bluetooth devices I added to the Ava app automatically appeared in ESPHome’s integration as sensors. …