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Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform that integrates with various smart home devices through local and cloud services.
… Related 4 Home Assistant add-ons I rely on more than any integration or automation These add-ons are the perfect companions for my smart home hub Home Assistant’s voice control provisions are just as amazing My custom AI pipeline works well on my outdated hardware Had I written this article last ye… …
… A Home Assistant Core B Home Assistant Container C Home Assistant OS D Home Assistant Supervised Correct! Home Assistant OS, formerly known as HassOS, is the officially recommended installation method. …
… Related My old phones replaced three smart devices in my Home Assistant setup And it's all thanks to the cool sensors included in modern smartphones MCP servers add more nuanced controls for my Home Assistant hub And they let me manage HASS from LLM-powered clients If I want to check device statist… …
… Integrations and apps are your best friends They can connect even seemingly “dumb” devices to Home Assistant If your Home Assistant experience has been marred by cheap devices that refuse to connect to the smart home management platform, you can always check the unofficial community repos for integ… …
… But since I use LM Studio, I pasted this code into the mcp.json file to connect the app to the MCP server, and by extension, my Home Assistant instance: { "mcpServers": { "Home Assistant": { "command": "uvx", "args": "ha-mcp@latest" , "env": { "HOMEASSISTANT URL": "IP-address-of-home-assistant", "H… …
… I’ve been using this trio with my smartphone-based Assist server for the past week, and it works without any latency whatsoever. Home Assistant OS Windows, macOS, Linux iOS compatible Yes Android compatible Yes See at Apple App Store See at Google Play Store See at Home Assistant
… Home Assistant proved me wrong. What makes Home Assistant feel like a superpower is its sheer breadth. I didn’t have to wait for a ‘Works with Home Assistant’ sticker on the box. …
… The Home Assistant can’t confirm if your TV or AC is turned on or off. It just assumes the change in device state is due to the command sent. That works for automation, but it won’t magically turn Home Assistant into a virtual full control box. …
… 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… …
… Related I turned my old laptop into a dedicated Home Assistant hub in under an hour Turns out, a decade old laptop has enough juice to control my smart home gadgets I use my phone-powered Home Assistant satellite all the time It’s even more effective with an AI-powered voice assistant pipeline If y… …