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People are sharing new Home Assistant integrations and companion hardware projects, especially around locally-run voice assistants and ESPHome-based devices (LEDs, e-paper frames, and plant monitoring). There’s also discussion about setup complexity (HACS on Proxmox/Docker, first NAS backup builds) and at least one reported breakage involving Volkswagen’s API.

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Key Takeaway Home Assistant users are actively expanding local, device-driven automation with ESPHome—while some external services (like Volkswagen) may break unexpectedly.
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Local voice assistant ESPHome hardware projects Setup and automation tools API breakage reports works with home assistant
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Home Assistant users are actively expanding local, device-driven automation with ESPHome—while some external services (like Volkswagen) may break unexpectedly.

People are sharing new Home Assistant integrations and companion hardware projects, especially around locally-run voice assistants and ESPHome-based devices (LEDs, e-paper frames, and plant monitoring). There’s also discussion about setup complexity (HACS on Proxmox/Docker, first NAS backup builds) and at least one reported breakage involving Volkswagen’s API.

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  • ● Local voice assistant — Fulloch V2: 100% Local Voice Assistant for Home Assistant & Obsidian (Runs on 16GB VRAM) r/LocalLLaMA

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r/homeassistant · 3h ago
🌱 Would anyone be interested in a Home Assistant plant monitoring card like this?
r/HomeServer · 7h ago
First NAS build for backups + Home Assistant + n8n (budget ~500€) – looking for feedback
Tweakers · 1d ago
Volkswagen lijkt api af te knijpen, werkt niet meer op Home Assistant

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Device/stack Fulloch V2 runs locally for Home Assistant & Obsidian (voice assistant, 16GB VRAM).
Partner/service Sensereo joins Works with Home Assistant.
Hardware concept An e-paper photo frame is based on ESPHome/Home Assistant.
Reported issue Volkswagen API seems to stop working on Home Assistant.
Complex setup HACS is being installed on Home Assistant via Proxmox VM and Docker.

What to Watch

  • Check r/homeassistant for follow-up threads on the Volkswagen API issue and any workaround updates. Tweakers
  • Watch the r/LocalLLaMA conversation for Fulloch V2 updates as people test Home Assistant/Obsidian integration locally. XDA Developers
  • Follow r/homeassistant for more ESPHome device builds (e-paper, LED stairs, and plant-monitoring cards). XDA Developers

Recent signals

  • 🌱 Would anyone be interested in a Home Assistant plant monitoring card like this? XDA Developers
  • First NAS build for backups + Home Assistant + n8n (budget ~500€) – looking for feedback XDA Developers
  • Fulloch V2: 100% Local Voice Assistant for Home Assistant & Obsidian (Runs on 16GB VRAM) XDA Developers
  • ESP32 LED Stair Lights | ESPHome + Home Assistant XDA Developers
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r/homeassistant · 1 article
r/HomeServer · 1 article
Tweakers · 1 article

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Bare metal sounds like the best option for anything, really. You wouldn't run your home desktop PC through emulation, would you? The same goes for the smart home with Home Assistant. There's an OS package that runs on just about any hardware that meets the system requirements, and you'll have no trouble hooking up all your smart home devices and other integrations. It all just works. There's no worrying about keeping an underlying OS updated or other software that needs to run in between layers. It's the hardware, Home Assistant OS, and the familiar web UI. For many users of the platform, this

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