I revived my old Android phone by turning it into a better voice assistant than any smart speaker I've owned
… Then there’s community blueprints, official and third-party integrations, and add-ons or apps, as they’re called in recent releases . …
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You can turn "dumb" devices smart without replacing anything; just Home Assistant integrations will suffice
… Related I revived my old Android phone by turning it into a better voice assistant than any smart speaker I've owned This free Home Assistant setup finally made my old Android phone useful again HACS includes hundreds of integrations for seemingly dumb devices Including gizmos that don’t technicall… …
Home Assistant's best integrations aren't the obvious ones – here's what actually changed my setup
… For most of my early Home Assistant days, I relied on the built-in integrations to pair random devices to my smart home hub. But it didn’t take me a lot of time to jump headfirst into the seemingly never-ending list of third-party integrations on the Home Assistant Community Store. …
Home Assistant's best upgrade costs nothing, but it changes everything
… But the real fun begins once you add certain third-party cards into the mix… I also rely on certain HACS cards Bubble Card for phone dashboards, Ultra Card for comprehensive UIs When you launch the Home Assistant Community Store, you’ll spot thousands of integrations designed to pair all sorts of d… …
Most smart home problems aren't automation problems, they're network problems in disguise
… Since Unbound resolves the DNS queries itself, the cloud traffic from your smart devices never passes through a third-party server. …
Home Assistant freed me from the smart home brand wars, and now I buy whatever works
… Integrations change. …
OpenClaw promised a self-hosted AI assistant I could actually leave running, but Hermes Agent is the one that delivers it
… OpenClaw's ClawHub was essentially a marketplace of third-party skills, and those skills became dangerous enough that the project partnered with VirusTotal to try and screen malicious uploads. …