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More videosHome Assistant's new dashboard editor cuts setup time from 20 minutes to seconds
Rich Edmonds Jun 1, 2026, 10:04 AM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building…
Aqara’s new thermostat wants to run your entire smart home
…On the hardware side, Aqara included an mmWave radar sensor, letting the thermostat detect presence more accurately than standard motion sensors. When you approach, the display lights up. If you leave the…
I built a touch-enabled ePaper Home Assistant dashboard, and it's better than any tablet
…Most smart home hardware looks like smart home hardware. We're talking plastic bezels, status LEDs, glossy screens; the typical visual language of consumer electronics. The reTerminal E1003 I'm using here…
Home Assistant's May update finally makes Alexa devices worth integrating, but there's a catch
…Instead, it transforms the device into a controllable automation node and a centralized announcer — useful for local automations, but not the local control the hardware originally promised. In practice, this means your…
Stop assuming smart switches are a plug-and-play upgrade for light switches in your home
…Picking Home Assistant to support the majority of switches requires additional controller hardware. In reality, you set yourself up for countless hours of setup, troubleshooting, and maintenance. That’s how the plug…
Home Assistant - Wikipedia
…Home Assistant founders made it clear that the release of official hardware would not keep them from supporting other hardware platforms like the Raspberry Pi series. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] In September 2021, Home…
Here’s why I’ve installed a Dead Man's Switch on my home server
…Whether you are hosting a massive Plex library, a Nextcloud instance, or a self-hosted password manager, you are the master of the entire stack from the hardware at the bottom to…
Home Assistant's new infrared support turns your smart home into a universal remote
Rich Edmonds Mar 29, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building…
My DIY router has been my DNS, VPN, and ad-blocker for a year, and I'd never use an ISP router again
Ayush Pande Apr 28, 2026, 1:31 PM EDT Ayush Pande is a PC hardware and gaming writer. When he's not working on a new article, you can find him with…