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… Jennifer Pattison Tuohy Aug 26, 2025 This big stick solved my smart garden connectivity problems From coop to attic, Home Assistant’s new Z-Wave antenna helped me connect devices in the furthest corners of my domain. …
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The Home AI Features That Actually Make Daily Life Easier
… In practice, these more conversational AIs are making it easier to throw out quick commands or requests and have assistants control connected devices more intelligently, interpreting your needs and helping you set up routines. …
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 can handle everything Home Assistant with a local LLM is already doing what Gemini for Home promises Run your stack with your rules You … …
I Set Up My Own NAS Server, and It Was Surprisingly Easy
… This is by no means an exhaustive list; you might consider a NAS server to run a local AI assistant, filter trackers on your network with Pi-hole, or set up remote file sharing and collaboration. …
I replaced Google Home with Home Assistant and a local LLM, and I'm not looking back
… With that said, everything I've configured so far works better than Google, and I can't imagine going back. From more contextual weather reports to better music controls, a local LLM paired with my Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition has been absolutely fantastic. …
The AI automation tool nobody talks about just replaced my entire workflow setup
… Related This visual editor is the tool your Home Assistant install needs for automations Take the pain out of creating automations by covering the YAML up What is Dify, and why would you use it? …
I replaced Otter.ai with a better self-hosted voice transcription tool that's completely free
… See at Github Related I made my smart home even smarter with a couple of Home Assistant add-ons I now have a local AI chatbot that I can speak to.
Here’s How to Choose Which Smart Home Assistant Is Best for Your Home
… Google's smart home ecosystem now uses a version of Google Gemini, an updated AI-powered assistant. Unlike Amazon, you'll get the new assistant without needing to pay, but you lose out on features unless you subscribe to Google Home Premium. …
I tried Amazon Alexa+, and I've never been this excited about a smart home assistant before
… If Alexa+ has been available where you live for a while, but you haven't tried it yet, make a point to do so. If you're in the UK, get ready, because Alexa+ is about to change the way you think about Amazon's smart home assistant.
FOSDEM 2026 schedule - Embedded, RISC-V, Robotics, Rust, Open Hardware, and more - CNX Software
… However, this testing capability of KUnit+UML is currently limited to MMU-full codebase where there are certain portions of code with ifndef CONFIG MMU in the kernel tree. …