Home Assistant is giving Z-Wave a serious range boost with its latest bit of official hardware: the Connect ZWA-2, which has just been officially announced. Built by Nabu Casa (as all official Home ...

Zigbee isn't dead yet.

Home Assistant announced today the availability of the Voice Preview Edition, its own design of a living-room-friendly box to offer voice assistance with home automation. Having used it for a few ...

As we set out to build smarter homes, another part of our lives becomes reliant on the internet. From the dumb home devices we upgrade with a smart plug to the smart speakers that respond to our voice ...

Run IKEA Matter devices without Dirigera, using a Matter controller and a Thread border router, and get local control with ...

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Home Assistant isn't the only smart home management utility in my FOSS toolkit ...

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 ...

How do you solve the problem of growing a popular smart home platform committed to open-source, open-standard ideals into something bigger that stays true to those ideals? You create a foundation. At ...

Why: "Home Assistant Supervised System (HASS) is an open source Home Automation solution that can run on various devices and it can extend into every area of your life, including your daily ...

Building a smart home begins with selecting the right ecosystem, and two prominent contenders in this space are Home Assistant and Homey Pro. Both platforms offer distinct features, advantages, and ...

Olimex HoT (Home of Things) is a lightweight Smart Home solution designed to run on low-end hardware (128MB RAM, 128MB flash) ...