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Home Assistant discussions are focused on new integrations and device support (like Sensereo, Facebook Portal unlocking, and DualSense controller use) as well as community tinkering with hardware and setup tooling. Google’s Gemini for Home Assistant is also a major point, with reports about user testing volume and an upcoming speaker tease.

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Key Takeaway Expect Home Assistant to keep expanding beyond core platforms with new integrations, media/device support, and growing Google-related capabilities.
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Expect Home Assistant to keep expanding beyond core platforms with new integrations, media/device support, and growing Google-related capabilities.

Home Assistant discussions are focused on new integrations and device support (like Sensereo, Facebook Portal unlocking, and DualSense controller use) as well as community tinkering with hardware and setup tooling. Google’s Gemini for Home Assistant is also a major point, with reports about user testing volume and an upcoming speaker tease.

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9to5Google · 3d ago
Google: 3.5M users have tested the Gemini for Home assistant, Speaker teased for next week
r/homeassistant · 52m ago
Dualsense controller in Home Assistant!
XDA-Developers · 8h ago
I revived a cheap Android tablet by turning it into a Home Assistant control panel
WunderTech · 52d ago
Installing HACS on Home Assistant (Proxmox VM and Docker)

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Integration/partner Sensereo joins Works with Home Assistant
Device support Facebook Portal devices are getting unlocked for use with Home Assistant
Controller support A DualSense controller is now supported/usable in Home Assistant
Gemini testing Gemini for Home Assistant: 3.5M users tested it
DIY control panel A cheap Android tablet was revived as a Home Assistant control panel

What to Watch

  • Follow 9to5Google for the “speaker teased for next week” tied to Gemini for Home Assistant. 9to5Google
  • Watch r/homeassistant for more reports as unlocked Facebook Portal support rolls out. XDA Developers
  • Track HACS install guides and Proxmox/Docker setups as more users document Home Assistant deployments. WunderTech

Recent signals

  • Dualsense controller in Home Assistant! XDA Developers
  • I revived a cheap Android tablet by turning it into a Home Assistant control panel XDA-Developers
  • The Facebook Portal devices are getting unlocked, and they'll be perfect for Home Assistant XDA Developers
  • Google: 3.5M users have tested the Gemini for Home assistant, Speaker teased for next week 9to5Google
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9to5Google · 1 article
r/homeassistant · 1 article
WunderTech · 1 article
XDA-Developers · 1 article

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xda-developers.com

Home Assistant users are building smarter homes than Google and Amazon ever will

This is what you get when the smart home is decoupled from commercial interests

1d ago Joe Rice-Jones
xda-developers.com

I revived a cheap Android tablet by turning it into a Home Assistant control panel

Your old Android tablet is a better Home Assistant panel than anything you can buy

8h ago Ayush Pande
xda-developers.com

Home Assistant is way more than a smart home dashboard, and here's what I actually run on it

With the right apps and integrations, Home Assistant is an absolute powerhouse for tinkering enthusiasts

2d ago Ayush Pande
xda-developers.com

Home Assistant slows down over time, but there's a nuclear option most people don't realize

The best thing for your smart home might be starting from scratch.

4d ago Jasmine Mannan

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Show HN: Assist Debug Card for Home Assistant

Hi all, I'm playing round with Assist, testing different LLM's, tools, etc. What i was missing from HA is a card which shows the past conversations, including processing times and such.After a bit of experimenting i got …

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Why use anything else?

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

Home Assistant on bare metal works great — until it becomes your entire home's infrastructure
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