Home Assistant's local LLM support outperforms Gemini for Home, and Google knows it
…Related I don't pay for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, or Claude – I stick to my self-hosted LLMs instead There's no point in relying on AI tools when my local LLMs…
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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). The best part? Home Assistant receives new updates every month…
Most smart home gear gets worse once you connect it to the cloud
…After all, they tend to have weak user credentials and often rely on unencrypted networks to communicate with the cloud platform. That alone is a recipe for man-in-the-middle attacks…
Smart home guides keep pushing the wrong starter setup – here are some tips that actually work
…Sure, the DIY community often comes up with unofficial integrations for pairing unsupported, seemingly dead devices with local control platforms such as Home Assistant. But you should always choose IoT gadgets that…
Home Assistant's best upgrade costs nothing, but it changes everything
…Heck, Bubble Card has its own companion utility (called Bubble Card Tools) that lets me add JS modules to my dashboard cards. Related 4 Home Assistant cards that actually make dashboards usable…
My old phones replaced three smart devices in my Home Assistant setup
…In fact, I’ve built a couple of dashboards specifically for my smartphones via the Bubble Card integration from the Home Assistant Community Store. Bubble Card lets me condense all the sensors…
I tried Hue Bridge Emulator for my smart bulbs and lights — turns out, I didn’t need it
…However, the software still needs a Zigbee coordinator to communicate with Zigbee devices. I didn’t have a Hue Bridge. So, I used Zigbee2MQTT to connect diyHue with Home Assistant. Configuring Zigbee2MQTT…
Tailscale replaced my dynamic DNS setup, and I stopped worrying about IP addresses entirely
…I searched for and installed the Tailscale Add-on from the Home Assistant Community Store . After I started the add-on, I launched its web UI to authenticate it with my Tailscale…
Home Assistant finally replaced Google Home when I stopped trusting the cloud with my smart home
…I installed Zigbee2MQTT integration, followed by a Mosquitto server , and HACS to access more community-developed integrations. ESPHome integration lets me build and flash custom firmware on ESP32-based sensors directly in…
I built a local voice assistant that doesn't need the internet, and it actually understands me
…Once the containers are booted, Home Assistant should automatically discover them using the Wyoming integration, an ultra-lightweight communication protocol designed to pass raw audio buffers between local servers. And now you…