How-To Geek on MSN

4 things I’m doing to make my Home Assistant setup even better in the new year

A new year is a time of new beginnings and, as corny as it sounds, a great excuse to look at areas of your life that need ...
XDA Developers on MSN

Home Assistant taught me what my house actually does all day

To keep costs low, I built a few ESP32-based sensors and smart home devices to work with Home Assistant and assumed ...

Home Assistant 2026.1 Adds Protocol Panels, Fresh Triggers & Faster Camera Streaming

What if managing your smart home felt less like a chore and more like second nature? In this walkthrough, Home Assistant ...
Ars Technica

Can you manage your house with a local, no-cloud voice assistant? Mostly, yes.

The leaders of Home Assistant declared 2023 the “Year of the Voice.” The goal was to let users of the DIY home automation platform “control Home Assistant in their own language.” It was a bold shot to ...
Hackaday

Custom Thermostat PCB Connects Boiler To Home Assistant

Thanks to Home Assistant, automating the various systems that run your home is easier than ever. But you still need to make a connection between those systems and your Home Assistant setup, which can ...
Android Authority

After 10 years with a 'n00b' smart home, I've finally adopted Home Assistant

The brand-new Home Assistant Yellow box had been collecting dust in my “gadgets to install” cardboard box for four months, with me randomly sighing and proclaiming to my husband, “We should set up ...