Smart devices seem good until you buy them and realize each needs a separate app to function and monitor. In my case, I have a few security cameras from one brand, and I intend to add a few Wi-Fi ...

Setting up Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi gives full control with no subscription fees or cloud dependency. Home Assistant supports various integrations beyond lights and plugs, stays open-source, ...

Adam has a degree in Engineering, having always been fascinated by how tech works. Tech websites have saved him hours of tearing his hair out on countless occasions, and he enjoys the opportunity to ...

These days, it seems like everything, even your usual everyday-use objects such as refrigerators and plugs, can be enhanced with smart home technology. Many grueling day-to-day tasks that used to take ...

Home Assistant is free and open source home automation software that allows you to control and interact with smart home gadgets. You can install the software on a ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you’re a tech nerd, then Home Assistant may be the smart home ecosystem for you. If you’re a tech nerd, then ...

Hi all! I've been racking my brain on this, searching all over, and can't seem to find any good solutions on monitoring the stack temp of my wood stove in Home Assistant. No 3rd party products exist ...

Rhasspy (pronounced RAH-SPEE) is an open source, fully offline voice assistant toolkit for the Raspberry Pi as well as many languages that works well with Home Assistant, Hass.io, and Node-RED. Simply ...

I've been buying and tinkering with smart home devices for years. As a result, my home network resembles a kind of Model UN of devices, bridges, protocols, assistants, and apps. I try to broker ...