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Jason’s Home Assistant Smart Home That Watches Birds and Tracks Visitors
21 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 8 min
Phil and Rohan tour Patreon supporter Jason’s Home Assistant setup. Discover how he uses UniFi cameras as motion sensors, automatically aims a PTZ camera, and identifies backyard birds with BirdNet. Lees meer
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Chapters
00:00:00 Welcome
00:02:52 From X10 to whistle-controlled TVs
00:06:44 Jason’s tech background and home lab
00:11:49 Home Assistant on Proxmox
00:14:34 Lutron, HomeKit, and reliable lighting
00:17:46 The IKEA switches that press themselves
00:20:00 WLED and the Raspberry Pi rack
00:23:45 Monitoring without alert overload
00:26:30 AI agents audit the home lab
00:29:35 Prioritizing alerts and critical devices
00:32:01 Battery reminders and daily briefings
00:34:00 Smart-home protocols
00:36:12 IKEA Matter devices and Aqara sensors
00:38:42 Water leaks, Apple TV, and climate
00:41:11 Meross thermostats and temperature mapping
00:44:47 Meal planning meets home automation
00:47:50 Shopping lists and UniFi cameras
00:50:00 Cameras that aim other cameras
00:53:17 Indoor camera rules and outdoor projects
00:56:51 BirdNet identifies backyard birds
00:59:00 Bird displays and favorite automations
01:01:40 Doorbell messages and TV automations
01:04:00 Jellyfin, Nest Hub, and closing thoughts
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A Baby Who Wouldn’t Sleep Started Maayan’s Home Assistant Journey
14 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 9 min
A temperature sensor, a smart plug and a baby who wouldn’t sleep started Mayan’s Home Assistant journey. Phil and Rohan explore how that first nursery automation grew into Zigbee heating controls, local white noise, custom lighting and a whole-house dashboard. Lees meer
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Chapters
00:00:00 — Welcome
00:02:00 — A sleepless baby starts everything
00:05:17 — Smart plugs and temperature sensors
00:08:25 — Tuya reliability and appliance safety
00:11:15 — Heating controls and nursery white noise
00:14:24 — Sonos, Spotify and local playback
00:17:22 — Choosing Zigbee over Wi-Fi
00:19:00 — ESP builds and fireplace fan safety
00:23:00 — Making custom Home Assistant hardware
00:25:20 — Projector lights and movie controls
00:27:28 — Smart-home controls
00:30:00 — Buttons, voice and kitchen tablets
00:33:55 — Night lights that help kids sleep
00:37:00 — Shared calendars on Home Assistant
00:40:00 — Organizing busy family schedules
00:43:26 — Automating a louvered pergola
00:46:30 — Hacking the pergola remote
00:49:40 — Tracking louver position
00:52:40 — DIY trade-offs and remote reliability
00:55:45 — Holiday mode and home security
00:58:40 — Solar hot water and load shifting
01:01:45 — Heat banking and energy choices
01:04:20 — A Frigate-powered AI cat trainer
01:07:30 — The mini PC running everything
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Mapping all the changes in Home Assistant 2026.10
6 oktober 2026 · 1 uur 17 min
Phil and Rohan unpack Home Assistant 2026.10, from redesigned maps and easier trigger-based automations to AI setup, Matter devices and Z-Wave network maps. They also discuss reports about LG TV privacy and Shelly’s planned acquisition. Lees meer
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Chapters
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:00 Community Day plans
00:04:39 Home Assistant Link replaces Cloud
00:07:29 LG TV privacy concerns
00:16:38 Shelly’s planned acquisition
00:24:01 Critical iPhone notifications
00:26:16 Notification tips and Zooz sponsor
00:28:16 Redesigned and customizable maps
00:30:42 Easier automation trigger conditions
00:34:47 Dashboard visibility and AI tools
00:37:32 Z-Wave maps and YAML improvements
00:40:16 Generators and energy monitoring
00:44:00 Modbus, profiles and timers
00:47:56 Glass-break sensors and security dashboards
00:52:00 Matter updates and Thread plans
00:55:36 Templates, Hue and Z-Wave
00:58:00 UniFi Protect and integration updates
01:01:00 iCloud lists and local vehicle control
01:03:20 New infrared and energy integrations
01:07:18 Solar, messaging and plant integrations
01:10:27 Removed integrations and upgrade advice
01:11:24 Green Button energy data
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Home Assistant was Trey’s answer for a local first smart home
2 oktober 2026 · 56 min
Phil and Rohan are joined by Trey from Tallahassee, Florida, to explore his local-first Home Assistant setup. From an X10 beginning and a MyQ API shutdown to Zigbee migrations, Trey has seen a lot! Lees meer
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Chapters
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:00 From X10 to Home Assistant
00:06:00 Zigbee migration and device choices
00:10:00 Smart lighting and cat alerts
00:14:00 Automation philosophy and voice control
00:18:00 Voice assistant TV pausing
00:20:00 Zigbee, Thread and Z-Wave
00:24:00 Batteries and dual Zigbee networks
00:28:00 UniFi networking
00:30:00 Garage and freeze automations
00:34:00 IKEA blinds and local AI
00:38:00 Local LLM voice pipeline
00:42:00 Backups and outdoor camera plans
00:46:00 Indoor cameras and privacy modes
00:50:00 Frigate, recognition and smart locks
00:54:00 Ring keypad and closing
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Zooz
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Roland “Accidentally” Installed Home Assistant, Then Automated Everything
22 september 2026 · 1 uur 6 min
Roland joins Phil and Rohan to share how a simple attempt to measure an old fridge's energy use led to a deeply data-driven Home Assistant smart home. Energy monitoring, solar forecasting, home batteries, EV charging, ESPHome, weather data and templates are all used to make his home smarter. Lees meer
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Chapters
00:00:00 Welcome
00:02:01 An accidental Home Assistant install
00:06:04 Scaling devices and automations
00:08:04 Solar forecasts and battery control
00:16:46 ESPHome windows and storm protection
00:21:03 Home Assistant at the university
00:26:16 Starting with energy data
00:29:08 Cooling buckets and digital grass
00:34:52 Turning data into automations
00:37:19 Summer-winter heating and cooling
00:43:52 Measuring a new home
00:47:21 Whole-home energy and smart PC
00:52:16 Pool monitoring and house insights
00:59:07 Future projects and stable automation
01:04:26 Updates, reliability and farewell
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Adrian’s High Availability Home Assistant
15 september 2026 · 1 uur
How do you make Home Assistant resilient when an update fails or your primary server goes offline? Phil and Rohan talk with Adrian from Western Australia about his dual Home Assistant setup, webhook heartbeat failover, Git-based YAML configuration, and a 12V battery-backed home network. Lees meer
Adrian has shared some notes on his setup here: https://docs.na.id.au/
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Chapters
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:00 Adrian's Home Assistant origin
00:05:00 12V battery-backed infrastructure
00:08:00 Presence and smart-light logic
00:13:00 Wi-Fi scale and interference
00:16:00 Matter, LIFX and 433MHz
00:21:00 Alarm integrations and appliances
00:29:00 Home Assistant high availability
00:34:00 Zigbee, MQTT and Matter
00:39:00 Git, YAML and device naming
00:44:00 DHCP reservations and static IPs
00:47:00 EV charging and roller shutters
00:51:00 Upgrades and family installations
00:55:00 Local AI and language learning
00:59:00 Wrap-up
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Zooz
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Rob went from 15 Apps to One Smart Home With Home Assistant
8 september 2026 · 1 uur 4 min
Rob joins Phil and Rohan from New Zealand to share how he replaced 15 smart-home apps with Home Assistant. Discover his AI-assisted workflow using VS Code, Claude Code, Codex, Git, YAML documentation, solar optimisation, camera-powered number plate recognition, and a resilient smart-home network. Lees meer
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Chapters
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:00 Escaping the app overload
00:07:00 First automations and Wi-Fi devices
00:10:00 Batteries, presence sensors and vacuums
00:17:00 UniFi network and Home Assistant upgrade
00:20:00 Solar, Modbus and energy optimisation
00:23:00 AI coding workflow with VS Code
00:33:00 OpenCode, MCP and custom workflows
00:37:00 AI documentation and automation intent
00:42:00 Fail-safe smart home design
00:45:00 AI camera gate recognition
00:50:00 Security, modes and alarm integration
00:54:00 Backup power and future projects
01:01:00 Advice for a new setup
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Zooz
If you're looking to upgrade your smart home - you can’t go past Zooz! Zooz offers a range of affordable and innovative devices, including water leak sensors, water valve controllers, smart plugs and scene controllers.
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Home Assistant 2026.9 improves Modbus integrations, and a better activity history
1 september 2026 · 50 min
Home Assistant 2026.9 is here. Maps suffer an unexpected turn of events and easier Modbus integrations arrive. Activity history gets some love. Nabu Casa subscribers can start testing a new and improved speech to text provider via Labs. Lees meer
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Chapters
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:46 Home Assistant map outage
00:05:57 Community Day, Apollo and iOS
00:10:19 Mailbag: locks, pools and moving
00:18:13 AI assistants versus closed ecosystems
00:23:43 Proxmox upgrade compatibility warning
00:29:04 Home Assistant Cloud and Modbus
00:35:04 Dashboard updates
00:38:12 History, accessibility and Matter maps
00:43:39 New integrations and release wrap-up
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Zooz
If you're looking to upgrade your smart home - you can’t go past Zooz! Zooz offers a range of affordable and innovative devices, including water leak sensors, water valve controllers, smart plugs and scene controllers.
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Living With Home Assistant: The Other Side of the Smart Home
18 augustus 2026 · 38 min
Sofia lives in a Home Assistant smart home, but she didn’t install it. We’re breaking down what its like on the other side of the fence and how open communication and involvement make for a happier smart home. Lees meer
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Chapters
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:00 Home Assistant origins
00:04:00 Philips Hue beginnings
00:06:30 Building automations together
00:09:00 Sensors and safety alerts
00:12:00 Magic mirror project
00:15:00 Apple Home scenes
00:18:00 Home Assistant usability
00:21:00 Privacy and stability
00:24:30 Voice control and wrap-up
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Zooz
If you're looking to upgrade your smart home - you can’t go past Zooz! Zooz offers a range of affordable and innovative devices, including water leak sensors, water valve controllers, smart plugs and scene controllers.
For the best prices on all Zooz produc…
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Rohan is Packing Up his Smart Home and Starting Over
11 augustus 2026 · 1 uur
Rohan is moving house! Phil and Rohan dive into the realities of selling a Home Assistant-powered home and moving into a new property. They discuss what smart home gear is worth leaving behind, how to keep a house buyer-friendly, and why removable devices are often the safest choice. Plus, Rohan shares his plan to rebuild his smart home from scratch in a new house with a pool, septic, a generator, and plenty of new automation opportunities. Lees meer
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Chapters
00:00:00: Intro
00:01:45: Moving House Update
00:04:41: Leaving Smart Gear
00:08:51: Selling Smart Homes
00:14:40: Lockbox Troubles
00:17:31: Open House Modes
00:19:59: Preparing The Yard
00:23:43: Packing The Tech
00:25:48: Home Assistant Move
00:28:50: Server Rack Plans
00:31:14: Doorbell And Locks
00:34:09: Irrigation Controller
00:35:19: New House Criteria
00:39:00: Pool And Irrigation
00:43:19: Fresh Home Assistant
00:48:03: New UI Features
00:51:26: Well Septic And Generator
00:55:09: Move Planning Tools
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Zooz
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Home Assistant 2026.8 says goodbye to 8123, while SmartThings goes behind a paywall
5 augustus 2026 · 1 uur 4 min
Home Assistant 2026.8 is here, we unpack the biggest changes. From port 8123 to port 80 for new Home Assistant OS installs, customizable entity ID formats, moon and vibration automation triggers, and the device-registry separation that may affect merged devices. Lees meer
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:47 - Perth meetup and SmartThings API
00:07:47 - Battery charging and leak sensors
00:14:52 - Port 80 and HTTP settings
00:18:03 - UI wording and entity IDs
00:22:49 - Moon and vibration automations
00:24:23 - Device registry separation
00:30:00 - Template editor
00:32:21 - Dashboards and integration updates
00:36:37 - New Home Assistant integrations
00:44:48 - Breaking changes and upgrade advice
00:46:34 - Rohan's house move
00:48:14 - Proxmox migration and Zigbee
00:51:02 - Z-Wave migration and lock codes
00:55:31 - AI agent automations
00:57:36 - Network troubleshooting with Hermes
00:59:48 - Picture frame project and closing
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Zooz
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How Eugene Built a .NET Home Assistant Brain for his Smart Home
28 juli 2026 · 52 min
Phil and Rohan chat with Eugene about how he built a deeply automated smart home using Home Assistant, Raspberry Pi, Zigbee, Shelly devices, Aqara sensors, and even C#/.NET with NetDaemon. They explore practical automations for alarms, presence, notifications, kid management, and more. Lees meer
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Chapters
00:00:00: Intro
00:02:00: Getting Into Automation
00:04:15: Choosing Hardware Wisely
00:06:30: Network Lessons Learned
00:10:30: Current Home Setup
00:15:00: Presence And Notifications
00:20:30: Actionable Alerts
00:27:55: Chores And Screen Time
00:34:20: Morning Summaries
00:39:00: .NET Automations
00:46:50: School Dates
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Zooz
If you're looking to upgrade your smart home - you can’t go past Zooz! Zooz offers a range of affordable and innovative devices, including water leak sensors, water valve controllers, smart plugs and scene controllers.
For the best prices on all Zooz products, head over to https://thesmartesthouse.com
Apollo Automation
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Khaled - The dentist with a Kubernetes Cluster and Home Assistant
21 juli 2026 · 1 uur 10 min
Phil and Rohan chat with Khaled, a periodontist who turned Home Assistant into the central brain of his home. From Roomba integrations and Soma shades to barcode-driven dog treat tracking, e-ink dashboards, and local AI workflows, this conversation is packed with practical smart home ideas. Lees meer
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Chapters
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:56 Khaled’s Background
00:04:21 First Home Assistant Use
00:08:52 GUI Over YAML
00:12:24 Hardware And Green
00:16:27 Grocy And Barcodes
00:20:45 Scanner Workflow
00:26:20 NFC And More Ideas
00:35:35 Voice PE Remote
00:39:52 Terminal Displays
00:47:23 Local AI Tools
00:53:04 Automating CV Updates
00:56:39 Paperless NGX
01:00:46 Hermes And Agents
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Zooz
If you're looking to upgrade your smart home - you can’t go past Zooz! Zooz offers a range of affordable and innovative devices, including water leak sensors, water valve controllers, smart plugs and scene controllers.
For the best prices on all Zooz products, head over to https://thesmartesthouse.com
Apollo Automation
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The Home Assistant Smart Home That Reminds, Nudges, and almost Pours Tea
14 juli 2026 · 1 uur 8 min
Phil and Rohan chat with Jason from the UK about building a truly proactive smart home with Home Assistant. From room-aware dashboards and presence detection to Alexa routines, Google Calendar, Todoist, Zigbee, ESP32s, and AI-powered driveway monitoring, Jason shares how he turned automations into a daily life assistant. Lees meer
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Chapters
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:06 Jason’s smart home journey
00:05:19 Voice, automations, and helpers
00:12:00 Car, tea, and problem solving
00:18:45 Presence detection and room dashboards
00:26:50 Wi-Fi, Zigbee, and Matter choices
00:34:35 Todoist and calendar automation
00:44:30 Doorbells, garages, and briefings
00:52:40 Driveway security and Gemini
00:58:03 Sports dashboards and future plans
01:05:07 Getting started with smarter automations
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Zooz
If you're looking to upgrade your smart home - you can’t go past Zooz! Zooz offers a range of affordable and innovative devices, including water leak sensors, water valve controllers, smart plugs and scene controllers.
For the best prices on all Zooz products, head over to https://thesmartesthouse.com
Apollo Automation
Apollo Automation are t…
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Omri Peretz the creator of QuickBars for Android TV
7 juli 2026 · 50 min
In this episode Phil and Rohan chat with Omri, the creator of QuickBars, an Android TV and Google TV app for controlling Home Assistant from the couch. They dig into his smart home journey, how he replaced a slow proprietary Zigbee setup, and how Home Assistant became the central brain for his parents' house and his own apartment. Lees meer
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Chapters
00:00:00 Intro
00:02:26 QuickBars overview
00:03:07 Broken smart home origin
00:05:58 Rebuilding with Home Assistant
00:10:04 Running two Home Assistant homes
00:14:51 House automations and cameras
00:18:57 Building QuickBars
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Home Assistant 2026.7 Brings The Biggest Automation Upgrade Yet
1 juli 2026 · 56 min
Phil and Rohan unpack the massive 2026.7 release, including purpose-specific triggers and conditions graduating from Labs, the move to Matter.js, faster templates, improved dashboards, and better debugging tools. They also discuss mailbag comments and Rohan’s progress on his e-ink display. Lees meer
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00:00:00 Intro
00:02:10 Unify 2026 recap
00:10:45 Listener feedback and Yoto
00:28:40 E-Ink project update
00:32:43 Home Assistant 2026.7
00:40:52 Updates and integrations
00:50:40 Breaking changes and wrap-up
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Neil takes us through how he is using AI to build his ultimate smart home with Home Assistant
23 juni 2026 · 1 uur 1 min
Neil walks us through how he has managed to leverage AI tools to create his dream smart home with Home Assistant. From automating blinds to automating a winter cottage Lees meer
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00:00:00 - Welcome
00:01:21 - Neil’s background
00:03:33 - Starting with Google Home
00:04:53 - Lutron and motion sensors
00:06:06 - Complex HVAC challenge
00:08:52 - DIY manifold control
00:10:52 - Radiant cooling by dew point
00:13:23 - Gas vs electrification debate
00:15:51 - Coding with AI tools
00:19:59 - Sauna and smart blinds
00:24:21 - Cottage winter automation
00:31:20 - Remote access choices
00:33:55 - Multi-building MQTT design
00:40:41 - Plant care automation
00:44:54 - Device health monitoring
00:49:59 - Zigbee vs Z-Wave talk
00:55:06 - Future plans and tools
00:59:38 - Wrap-up
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From an Orange Bulb to a Smart Home: Claudia’s Home Assistant Journey
16 juni 2026 · 1 uur 5 min
Claudia joins Phil and Rohan to share how an orange Philips Hue bulb sparked a full-blown smart home powered by Home Assistant. Lees meer
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:35 - Early lights to Apple Home
00:06:24 - Why local-first and fewer subs
00:07:59 - Server closet hardware and UDM
00:10:24 - Magic lights with mmWave
00:15:12 - Nap-time button and scenes
00:19:22 - Local voice, Music Assistant
00:27:03 - Protocols: Zigbee, Z-Wave, Thread
00:31:00 - Door sensors and recessed mods
00:34:40 - Climate data and ESPHome AC
00:38:30 - Ceiling fans and canopy modules
00:41:30 - Partner approval and tweaks
00:44:30 - Cats: Litter-Robot and cameras
00:45:15 - Robot vacuums and Valetudo
00:48:30 - Dashboards that are simple
00:52:10 - YAML, AI helpers, and costs
00:56:20 - Cloud-optional philosophy
01:01:06 - Robot mowers and real limits
01:01:06 - Humanoid robots chat and wrap
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From Tuya to Home Assistant: A Kiwi’s Smart Home Journey
9 juni 2026 · 1 uur 8 min
Steve from New Zealand (Kiwi Smart Tech) shares his journey from Tuya bulbs to a powerful Home Assistant setup. We dig into garage door woes and wins, cross‑protocol sensors, mmWave presence, and why Apple Home is his go‑to interface Lees meer
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00:00:00 Intro
00:03:00 Steve’s Kiwi smart home origin
00:10:15 First Home Assistant wins and fails
00:16:00 Garage door saga and ESPHome
00:23:50 Access control
00:28:01 From tinkerer to creator
00:41:00 Apple Home as UI
00:46:30 Ambient alerts: plants, leaks
00:55:10 Appliances, HACS, lock‑in
01:04:00 Cameras and continuous video
01:07:30 Wrap‑up and links
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Home Assistant 2026.6, E‑Ink Unboxing, Yoto, and Smarter Automations
3 juni 2026 · 1 uur 2 min
Rohan and Phil are breaking down the 2026.6 release, which features updates for Infrared, Purpose specific triggers and conditions. Plus we talk KVM’s, eInk displays and starting from scratch in 2026. Lees meer
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:04:30 - New Works With HA gear
00:06:30 - Open Display collab, e‑ink
00:12:00 - E‑ink uses and costs
00:16:30 - OHF privacy paper
00:18:30 - RF and plugs
00:26:00 - JetKVM and PiKVM talk
00:29:30 - 2026.6: IR receivers
00:34:30 - Dashboards and Matter BLE
00:36:32 - Cards and automations
00:42:30 - Z‑Wave, Sonos, Reolink, Tuya
00:47:30 - New integrations roundup
00:54:30 - Breaking changes
00:56:30 - Fresh HA vs restore
01:00:00 - UniFi hiccup resilience
01:02:00 - Wrap‑up and callouts
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MiciMike will turn your Google Home Mini into a Home Assistant Voice Satellite
26 mei 2026 · 59 min
Imre is a Home Assistant user, who was frustrated with his Google Home mini, so he created a PCB that can turn your Google Home Mini into a Home Assistant Voice Satellite Lees meer
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00:00:00 - Welcome & sponsors
00:02:30 - Imi’s smart home origin
00:05:00 - Lights first, then sensors
00:07:30 - Heating logic in Node-RED
00:10:00 - Room presence tactics
00:12:30 - Millimeter wave realities
00:15:00 - Cameras, alarms, UniFi
00:17:30 - Notifications via Telegram
00:20:00 - AI greetings at the door
00:22:30 - Protocols: Zigbee to Matter
00:25:00 - Wi‑Fi at scale pitfalls
00:28:30 - Voice stack & languages
00:31:30 - MickiMic: project intro
00:35:00 - Drop‑in PCB details
00:38:00 - HA Voice compatibility
00:41:00 - Gen2 plans & audio
00:44:00 - Echo future & limits
00:47:00 - Firmware hurdles
00:49:30 - Crowdsupply journey
00:53:00 - Pricing & sustainability
00:56:00 - What’s next & thanks
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Giovanni’s Self-Hosted Home
19 mei 2026 · 58 min
Giovanni joins Rohan and Phil to dive into a fully local, privacy-first smart home. We cover Home Assistant on an Intel N100, Shelly devices, Zigbee vs Wi‑Fi, ESP32 Bluetooth proxies, Frigate with a Coral TPU, Reolink cams, and smart lighting with pets. Lees meer
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00:00:00 Intro
00:05:00 Local-only gear and protocols
00:12:00 Lighting, presence, and pets
00:18:00 Cameras, Frigate and automations
00:27:20 Media servers
00:33:00 Plex vs Jellyfin
00:41:00 Nextcloud and Immich photos
00:47:00 Backups and offsite strategy
00:53:00 Security, reverse proxy, wrap-up
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Mark's Home Assistant Setup: The Good, The Bad, The Exploded Server
12 mei 2026 · 53 min
Mark went from a rocky SmartThings world to a rock-solid Home Assistant install. He shares his tails of disaster and recovery, as well as his journey from Tasmota to ESPHome. Lees meer
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:00 - SmartThings beginnings and first automations
00:06:00 - Old timers to cameras after a theft
00:09:30 - Discovering Home Assistant and server build
00:16:00 - From Node-RED to cleaner HA automations
00:19:50 - Reolink AI triggers outside lighting
00:23:30 - Server failure and Proxmox migration
00:28:30 - UPS woes and garage door backup issue
00:38:00 - Presence, Ecobee, salt and propane projects
00:44:00 - Matter locks, long-range Z-Wave ideas
00:49:00 - New Overview, Alarmo plans, wrap-up
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Home Assistant 2026.5 introduces RF and RS-232 Control
6 mei 2026 · 1 uur 6 min
We’re diving into Home Assistant 2026.5 and re-capping the highlights from State of the Open Home 2026. There’s new RS-232 serial control, dashboard strategies, and more purpose-specific triggers. Lees meer
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00:00:00 Intro
00:10:30 Roadmap deep-dive and HTTP 80
00:15:30 Easter eggs, Project BLAST, merch
00:19:30 IR databases and Z-Wave spectrum
00:23:00 2026.5: RS-232 and RF proxies
00:28:30 RF rolling codes and SDR hopes
00:31:30 Dashboards: strategies and shortcuts
00:36:00 Vacuums chat and power strip ad
00:41:00 Purpose-specific triggers (Labs)
00:44:00 MQTT, Matter, ESPHome updates
00:46:30 Shelly, Sonos, groups, and S1/S2
00:50:30 Apple TV typing, WLED, notifications
00:54:00 Immich photos, Subaru, and UniFi
00:57:00 New integrations roundup
01:00:00 Breaking changes: Ring, webhooks
01:01:30 Template docs overhaul
01:02:30 Network outage story and resilience
01:05:30 Wrap-up and sign-off
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How FireAvert wants to prevent house fires with a smart home twist
21 april 2026 · 48 min
We’re sitting down with Nick and Larsen from FireAvert to talk about how FireAvert aims to stop house fires, and how they can tie into smart home systems like Home Assistant Lees meer
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00:00:00 Intro and Sponsors
00:04:00 What FireAvert Does
00:08:00 Technical Challenges and Detection
00:12:00 Form Factor and Installation
00:16:00 Accuracy, ML, and Notifications
00:20:00 Smart Automations and Control
00:24:00 Product Evolution and Z-Wave/LoRa
00:31:00 Risk Areas: Kitchens, EVs, Dryers
00:35:00 Water Leaks and Mitigation
00:39:00 Startup Lessons and Team
00:43:00 Home Assistant Dev and Roadmap
00:46:00 Global Availability and Wrap-up
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How Mike is making heating smarter with Home Assistant
14 april 2026 · 1 uur 10 min
Industrial data pro Mike joins Phil and Rohan to unpack his Home Assistant setup. We dive deep into Node‑RED flows, mmWave presence, actionable dashboards, and AI‑assisted automations—including recognizing his own cat and verifying the right bin is curbside. Lees meer
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:28 - Mike’s background and location
00:03:43 - From OpenHAB to Home Assistant
00:06:11 - Cloud vs local pragmatism
00:09:40 - Zigbee, Thread and Matter lessons
00:12:17 - Distributed hardware and Docker setup
00:16:08 - Family UX and presence ethos
00:20:26 - PIR, mmWave and context signals
00:24:41 - Automations with Node‑RED
00:29:50 - AI‑assisted automation building
00:34:44 - Dashboards and notifications
00:43:42 - Cameras, AI and the cat
00:50:59 - Smarter heating and preheating
01:03:33 - Actionable notifications philosophy
01:05:40 - Evangelizing at work and wrap‑up
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Braden’s Reliable, Low-Cost Home Automation System With Zero YAML Powered by Home Assistant
8 april 2026 · 1 uur
Electrical engineer Braden joins Phil and Rohan to share practical Home Assistant wins. From migrating to Zigbee2MQTT, taming a Whirlpool ice maker with ESPHome, building a garage door opener, and planning a sensor-packed greenhouse lab. Lees meer
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:23 - Meet Brayden in Windy Indiana
00:03:35 - From Hue to Home Assistant
00:08:50 - Greenhouse Lab Plans
00:12:45 - Nursery Voice and Motion Tactics
00:18:20 - RFID Cards for Kids’ Media
00:29:00 - Zigbee2MQTT, Aqara, Litter Box Hack
00:36:40 - ESPHome: Ice Maker and Garage
00:43:40 - Power Monitoring and Breakers
00:47:00 - Unifi, Cameras, and ZBT-2
00:52:30 - Agents, Dashboards, and Presence
01:00:20 - Wrap-up and Thanks
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Infrared is cool again with Home Assistant 2026.4
31 maart 2026 · 54 min
Home Assistant 2026.4 is here! We break down Infrared as a first‑class feature with IR proxies, expanded purpose‑specific triggers, dashboard background colors, favorites for lights/covers, Matter lock credential management, and more. We also cover a critical HA OS/Supervisor security patch you should apply now. Lees meer
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00:00:00 Intro, sponsors, housekeeping
00:02:30 2026.4 overview and event
00:05:00 Security alert and patch tips
00:07:30 New Works With partner: HeatIt
00:10:00 Feedback: Frigate and Litter‑Robot
00:12:30 Thread/Matter experiences and FP300
00:15:00 Local LLMs and home agents
00:17:30 Cat litter → RoboRock cleanup
00:20:00 Entity naming change delayed
00:23:00 Infrared goes first‑class
00:26:00 IR proxies now, RF coming
00:28:30 Purpose‑specific triggers expand
00:31:00 Dashboard background colors
00:33:30 Favorites for lights and covers
00:36:00 Matter lock credentials, locks
00:38:30 Robots: Roborock Q10, SmartThings
00:41:00 Jellyfin and Proxmox updates
00:43:30 Voice cleaning, backup progress
00:46:00 Markdown actions, LG IR nuances
00:48:30 New integrations roundup
00:51:00 E‑ink, energy, access, breaking changes
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Home Assistant On Wheels: We’re going Inside the SmartyVan
24 maart 2026 · 1 uur 10 min
Director-turned-vanlifer Mike from the YouTube channel SmartyVan shows how he turned a bare Mercedes Sprinter into a fully automated, off‑grid smart RV powered by Home Assistant and ESPHome. We cover DC power realities, alternator charging vs solar, Starlink on the move, Bluetooth presence, wired vs Zigbee sensors and PoE cameras with Frigate. Perfect for vanlife, RV, and tiny home builders. Lees meer
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00:00:00 - Intro, sponsors, Mike arrives
00:05:00 - From Sprinter shell to smart RV
00:10:00 - Power: solar, alternator, efficiency
00:16:00 - Home Assistant in a DC world
00:22:00 - Pi 4, microSD, backups
00:28:00 - Internet, Starlink, offline logic
00:35:32 - Van automations that matter
00:41:00 - Service mode and shop visits
00:47:00 - Presence without motion sensors
00:53:00 - OBD-II, WICAN, vehicle data
00:59:00 - Wired sensors vs Zigbee
01:05:00 - Cameras, Frigate, PoE control
01:09:00 - What’s next and where to find
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Kaden‘s Cat-Tracking Smart Home with Home Assistant and Frigate
17 maart 2026 · 58 min
We’re diving into Kaden’s cat-first smart home: Reolink + Frigate for pet detection, PetLibro feeders, and a Litter-Robot 4 all tied together with Home Assistant and LLM-generated dashboards. Lees meer
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00:00:00 Intro
00:03:35 From HomeBridge to Home Assistant
00:07:20 Cat cams and Frigate detection
00:12:45 Smart feeders and litter box
00:16:40 Human presence and privacy
00:20:50 Garage automation journey
00:24:42 State models and sponsor break
00:30:50 Wall tablet dashboards
00:36:27 Water monitoring with RTL-SDR
00:40:32 Energy tracking and panel CTs
00:44:52 Cutting server power draw
00:48:06 WLED beats Govee cloud
00:51:00 BLE proxies and neighbors
00:54:00 On-call alerts and alarms
00:56:20 Wrap-up and links
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Home Assistant AI Deep Dive: LLM Vision, Copilot, OpenClaw & More
10 maart 2026 · 53 min
Phil and Rohan go deep on practical AI for Home Assistant. We cover LLM Vision for doorbell and perimeter alerts, HACS add‑ons like AI Agent and AI Suggester, and using GitHub Copilot to generate YAML automations. Rohan shares his Ollama + LiteLLM routing setup and why private cloud models might beat pay‑per‑token APIs. Phil battles OpenClaw (aka MoltBot/Claude Bot) to control lights via MCP Lees meer
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:02 - Rohan’s AI stack today
00:09:00 - HA’s built-in AI + Copilot
00:18:00 - HACS: AI Agent & Suggester
00:26:24 - LLM Vision in practice
00:37:00 - OpenClaw, MCP, and gotchas
00:47:00 - Do we need agents? Use cases
00:51:00 - Costs, feedback, and outro
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Home Assistant 2026.3: Vacuuming rooms, and the sky is dark again
4 maart 2026 · 56 min
Breaking down Home Assistant 2026.3: map vacuum rooms to Areas for voice control, set HA as your default Android assistant with wake word support, SendSpin multi-room updates, Python 3.14 performance gains, and new integrations for Ghost, Proxmox, SwitchBot AI Art Frame, Trane HVAC, and NYC MTA. Lees meer
Mailbag: NFC dash buttons, Aqara FP300 presence tips, bed sensors, and listener automations for pets and babies.
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:40 - News: Partners, Event, Merch
00:03:54 - Dark Sky Returns: Acme Weather
00:08:02 - Mailbag: AI, Accessibility, Pets
00:12:56 - Gear Talk: Aqara, NFC, Bed Sensors
00:19:09 - 2026.3 Release Overview
00:21:56 - Vacuum Room-to-Area Mapping
00:27:42 - App & Voice: Python, Dashboards, Assist
00:32:15 - SendSpin Sync & Visuals
00:36:30 - Matter, Docker, AI, Energy
00:41:30 - Devices & Integration Highlights
00:44:24 - New Integrations Roundup
00:51:48 - Breaking Changes To Note
00:55:30 - Wrap-Up & What’s Next
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How Andrew Rebuilt His Solo Smart Home When a Roommate Moved In
24 februari 2026 · 42 min
Andrew joins Phil and Rohan to share how he outgrew Apple HomeKit and built a powerful multi-user smart home in Home Assistant. We cover presence detection with ESP32s and sensors, ditching MyQ for a Meross garage opener, Yale smart locks, bathroom humidity fan automations, and fun ESPN sports goal alerts. Lees meer
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00:00:00 - Welcome, Sponsors, Intro
00:02:00 - Andrew’s Tech Beginnings
00:05:00 - From Apple Home to HA
00:08:00 - Breaking HomeKit Limitations
00:11:00 - Hardware: Pi to Proxmox
00:14:00 - Backups, Restores, Cleanup
00:16:30 - Multi-User Automation Challenges
00:19:00 - Presence Without Phone Tracking
00:22:00 - Buttons, Switches, Voice Balance
00:25:00 - ESP32 Presence And Motion
00:29:00 - Bathroom Humidity Fan Logic
00:33:00 - Sensor Health & Batteries
00:36:00 - Lighting Philosophy & Accents
00:39:00 - WLED, TV Backlights, Aesthetics
00:41:30 - Goals For The Year, Wrap-Up
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How Will Automates His Parents' Pool from 2,000 Miles Away and a Period UK Home
17 februari 2026 · 1 uur 9 min
Will joins Phil and Rohan to share how he tamed a period UK home and a remote Canary Islands vacation property with Home Assistant, ESPHome, and Zigbee. We dive into DIY pool chemistry control, fridge monitoring with a ‘strawtenna’, tactile dashboards, AI‑assisted heating, and why Shelly is everywhere Lees meer
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00:00:00 Welcome
00:03:30 Will’s origin story and tinkering
00:08:30 Finding Home Assistant and ESPHome
00:12:00 Hot tub and pool control projects
00:17:00 Remote Canary Islands setup
00:22:00 Zigbee vs Wi‑Fi in old homes
00:27:00 Antennas and fridge sensor hacks
00:32:00 Dashboards and tactile panels
00:37:00 AI and heating optimizations
00:42:00 Remote access: fiber and TailScale
00:46:00 Multi‑site management and ideas
00:50:00 Favorite automations and LLM Vision
00:56:00 Home lab, IPTV, and Channels DVR
01:00:00 2026 goals: energy, irrigation, WLED
01:05:00 Shelly scripts and local‑first
01:07:00 Community vendors
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Hiding Smart Tech in a 1950s Home: Mike’s Home Assistant Journey
10 februari 2026 · 1 uur 2 min
Mike joins Phil and Rohan to share how he hides smart tech in a 1953 mid‑century home so it looks analog but works like magic. Plus: Roborock tricks, leak sensors that turn rooms blue, HomePod TTS vs Sonos ducking, Samsung Frame art‑mode headaches, and running full HA OS in a VMware Fusion VM on a Mac mini. Lees meer
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00:00:00 Welcome
00:03:00 Lighting gateway and Hue hack
00:05:30 Sneaking tech and dance reveal
00:08:00 From HomeKit/HomeBridge to HA
00:10:30 Dashboards and camera setup
00:12:30 Bulbs vs switches in 50s home
00:14:30 Bathroom fan and comforts
00:16:30 Homelab and Zigbee backbone
00:19:00 LLMs and announcements
00:21:30 Laundry alerts and Mac lab
00:25:30 Presence sensing strategy
00:28:00 Leak sensors and water safety
00:31:00 Light signals around the home
00:33:00 Roborock automations and hacks
00:40:30 Bedroom presence routines
00:43:00 Bayesian sensors and design
00:49:50 Time Machine and Frame TV
00:54:30 Pool fountain control
00:56:30 Power and crawlspace cabling
00:59:10 Party trick and outro
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Home Assistant 2026.2: New Home Dashboard, Apps & our CES2026 wrap
4 februari 2026 · 52 min
We break down Home Assistant 2026.2: the Home Dashboard is now default, the new Command‑K command palette, a dedicated Matter dashboard, and add‑ons renamed to Apps. Plus: CES 2026 highlights, the Open Home Foundation device database and a Google Home outage. Lees meer
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00:00:00 Intro
00:03:00 CES Highlights and Shoutouts
00:06:00 Device Database and Open Home
00:11:30 Cloud Outage and Local Control
00:13:50 Listener Feedback and Tips
00:21:20 2026.2 Release Overview
00:23:20 Home Dashboard Becomes Default
00:26:45 Command Palette and Shortcuts
00:29:40 Matter Dashboard and Apps Rename
00:32:40 Automations, Cards, and Buttons
00:37:10 Music Assistant, Media, Sponsor Break
00:41:10 New Integrations Roundup
00:46:25 Breaking Changes: Groups, Tuya
00:49:38 Closing Thoughts and Predictions
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Inside the Works With Home Assistant program with Miranda Bishop
27 januari 2026 · 1 uur 23 min
Miranda from the Open Home Foundation takes us inside the Works With Home Assistant program: how devices are tested, why the badge matters, and how vendors—from startups to big brands—can get certified. We cover Zigbee vs Z‑Wave vs Matter, badge misuse, regional device coverage, and Miranda’s own fun automations. Lees meer
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00:00:00 Intro
00:03:20 Miranda’s path to HA
00:08:00 CES stories and community
00:14:30 Moving program to Foundation
00:22:30 Fees, pushback, endorsement?
00:29:30 Guidance, safety, and testing
00:36:30 Zigbee, Z‑Wave, Matter realities
00:43:00 Big brands, IKEA, relationships
00:50:30 Cloud integrations, Genie
00:55:30 Miranda’s home and automations
01:03:30 Blinds, garden, robots
01:10:00 Regional coverage and filters
01:15:30 Badge misuse and enforcement
01:20:30 2026 goals and wrap‑up
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From SimpliSafe to Matter: We’re re-visiting Aaron
20 januari 2026 · 1 uur 12 min
Aaron returns to share how his Home Assistant setup evolved from endless tinkering to a rock‑solid system that runs his family life. We cover Z‑Wave provisioning, ESPHome vs off‑the‑shelf reliability, RATGDO for garage doors, HA Green/Yellow, voice‑first routines, and the rise of AI‑powered helpers. Lees meer
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00:00:00 - Welcome, guest intro
00:02:30 - Aaron’s Home Assistant dev journey
00:06:30 - Life change and HA evolving
00:10:30 - HA Green/Yellow setup ease
00:14:30 - Proxmox vs appliance hubs
00:18:30 - Remote radios and antennas
00:22:30 - AppDaemon to UI automations
00:26:30 - AI helpers and sensors
00:30:30 - Dashboards vs default view
00:34:30 - Voice and automation-first
00:38:30 - Community ideas and sharing
00:42:30 - Maintain vs rebuild strategy
00:46:30 - Vacuum and dishwasher flows
00:50:30 - Guest mode with Shortcuts
00:54:30 - ESPHome vs plug-and-play
00:58:30 - Z-Wave provisioning
01:02:30 - Local-first hardware wins
01:06:30 - Matter, cameras, standards
01:10:00 - Open-source continuity, advice
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Artem’s Energy‑Smart Automations Without the Chaos
13 januari 2026 · 1 uur 2 min
By day Artem works for JetBrains, developing coding IDEs for software professionals. But today we want to learn about his smart home, and how he is using Home Assistant to make it more energy efficient Lees meer
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00:00:00 - Welcome, sponsors, guest intro
00:02:30 - Developer life and new home
00:06:30 - Shutters and first automations
00:12:20 - Wi‑Fi presence and WAF/PAF
00:17:30 - Cabling regrets and PoE lessons
00:21:30 - Zigbee over Ethernet; IKEA fix
00:25:58 - Dynamic tariffs, solar and battery
00:33:20 - Smart appliance scheduling
00:41:00 - mmWave presence sensors
00:45:20 - Doorbell NFC and Nuki lock
00:50:10 - Wishlist, Hue and wiring
00:53:10 - Climate tuning and valve fix
00:58:40 - Versatile thermostat and wrap‑up
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Home Assistant 2026.1: SendSpin, new Home Dashboard improvements and presence using labels
6 januari 2026 · 43 min
Rohan and Phil are here to break down the 2026.1 release. We’re talking Home Dashboard improvements, a new multi-room audio protocol from Music Assistant, and of course some Zigbee quirks thrown into the mix Lees meer
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00:00:00 - New Year, housekeeping, sponsors
00:03:00 - SendSpin: open sync audio arrives
00:10:00 - Cross‑ecosystem sync caveats
00:14:00 - Voice PE audio and DIY speakers
00:16:00 - Listener Q&A and AI log help
00:20:00 - 2026.1 mobile Home dashboard
00:24:00 - Purpose‑specific triggers expansion
00:27:00 - New integrations
00:31:00 - Labels/templates for presence
00:37:00 - Protocol hubs, Matter, graphs, devices
00:41:00 - Breaking changes, EcoWitt PSA, CES
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187 Automations, 300 Devices: Josh’s Smart Home Assistant Journey
16 december 2025 · 1 uur 22 min
Josh from Josh’s Smart Home joins Phil and Rohan to unpack a 300-device Home Assistant setup running on Home Assistant Green. We dive into the move from SmartThings, building a reliable Zigbee mesh, energy automations with Tesla Powerwall and a smart pool pump and theatre room presence. Lees meer
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00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:22 - Meet Josh
00:02:18 - Early smart home missteps
00:04:12 - SmartThings and Lutron
00:05:54 - WebCoRE ends, HA begins
00:09:29 - Home Assistant Green setup
00:09:34 - Zigbee mesh with Aqara
00:12:55 - Theater gear quirks
00:14:18 - Theater automation philosophy
00:22:02 - Time-of-use energy automations
00:23:00 - Powerwall + solar in HA
00:26:31 - ROI and arbitrage
00:28:28 - Tesla automations
00:32:42 - Dashboards and voice control
00:37:19 - Washer/dryer and doorbell alerts
00:40:37 - 187 automations, time saved
00:44:20 - Motion and humidity control
00:48:56 - Measuring automation impact
00:50:02 - Smart blinds convenience
00:50:19 - Yarbo mower and snowblower
00:58:43 - Security and utility uses
01:06:59 - Starting Josh’s Smart Home
01:10:27 - Automation content plans
01:12:45 - Top new-build tips
01:15:56 - Designing and building
01:21:26 - Where to find Josh
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From Alexa to Assist: NetworkChuck’s Smart Home with Frigate, UniFi, and AI
9 december 2025 · 1 uur 25 min
YouTuber NetworkChuck joins Phil and Rohan to break down his real-world Home Assistant setup: migrating off Alexa, building a Home Assistant voice assistant (with a Terry Crews voice clone!), wiring Frigate to Reolink cameras, and using UniFi + AI to debug Wi‑Fi chaos. We also compare Node‑RED vs n8n, talk Plex vs Jellyfin and NAS headaches, inventory with Grocy, mmWave presence, ESP32 room presence, and how local AI stacks up against GPT/Claude for home automations. Lees meer
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00:00:00 - Welcome
00:02:30 - Network Chuck’s background
00:06:30 - Discovering Home Assistant
00:10:30 - Toilet paper saga automation
00:14:30 - From Alexa to Home Assistant Voice
00:20:30 - Frigate cameras and Reolink lessons
00:27:30 - Face and plate recognition ideas
00:32:00 - Local AI models vs cloud
00:39:00 - Family adoption and analog rebounds
00:43:30 - Presence, phones, mmWave, ESP32
00:48:30 - Halloween thunderstorm and Plex fun
00:52:30 - Node-RED vs n8n in automations
00:58:00 - Plex vs Jellyfin and NAS woes
01:05:30 - Grocy, inventory, and shopping hacks
01:12:00 - Air quality, energy, and next steps
01:18:00 - Enterprise talk and wrap-up
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Home Assistant 2025.12: Labs, Smarter Automations, Real‑Time Energy and Frenck
2 december 2025 · 1 uur 43 min
We’re closing out the final Home Assistant release for 2025 with Frenck and a massive Home Assistant 2025.12. Home Assistant Labs, purpose‑specific triggers and conditions, a smarter automation UI, real‑time power flows in Energy, Android Auto/Widgets improvements, tons of new integrations, and more. Plus hardware talk: ZBT2, Zigbee 4, and Matter.js joining the Open Home Foundation. Lees meer
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00:00:00 Welcome
00:03:30 Frenck’s streaming cadence and creator burnout
00:06:45 Moving houses: keep or strip the smart home?
00:10:46 EV charger dilemma & e‑waste perspective
00:12:50 2025 recap: guests, sponsors, community
00:15:50 Home Assistant ZBT-2 launch, Zigbee 4 headlines, migrations
00:19:10 Open Home Foundation structure & focus areas
00:22:59 Matter.js joins OHF and why it matters
00:24:59 Arduino policy changes & the ESPHome angle
00:25:34 2025.12 overview and Labs introduction
00:26:44 Home Assistant Labs: opt‑in previews, backups, feedback
00:31:55 Purpose‑specific triggers & conditions explained
00:40:50 New automation UI: target‑first and context‑aware
01:03:17 Home dashboard upgrades & the new For You sidebar
01:13:21 Energy dashboard: live power flows and water devices
01:19:40 Android: Add to Widgets & Android Auto favorites
01:23:13 ESPHome entity IDs standardized for new devices
01:24:17 Pet tech: Tuya litter boxes and assorted updates
01:25:10 OpenAI model update, SQL templates, UI card tweaks
01:27:49 New integrations roundup (Hue BLE, Victron BLE, more)
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From Pi to Blue, we’re revisiting Courtenay Watson
25 november 2025 · 1 uur 6 min
We’re revisiting Courtenay, who was last spoke to on Episode 45 six years ago. She’s here to share six years of Home Assistant progress: moving from Raspberry Pi to Home Assistant Blue, mastering the Energy Dashboard with MQTT, surviving cloud outages on Tuya, and restoring from backups in minutes. Lees meer
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00:00:00 Welcome
00:01:04 2019 setup recap
00:03:31 Hardware: Blue and N2+
00:06:00 Real‑time energy tracking
00:12:00 Breaker chaos, disaggregation
00:16:30 Dashboards and thermostat
00:22:00 Tuya cloud lighting
00:27:30 Offline behavior, habits
00:29:30 Less YAML, more UI
00:33:30 Backups and restore
00:38:30 Z‑Wave LR range talk
00:41:30 LoRa and Meshtastic
00:42:00 Hubs, Matter/Thread woes
00:48:00 Voice assistants: then vs now
00:51:00 Everyday control patterns
00:55:00 Advice for new users
00:59:30 Recorder and data
01:03:07 Six‑year roadmap and robots
01:06:14 Wrap‑up and contact info
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Inside the Open Home: Darren Griffin
18 november 2025 · 1 uur 10 min
Go inside the Open Home Foundation with Darren, the web developer behind Home Assistant’s sites. From keeping the various Open Home Project websites online to automating his own home, we cover a lot in this one. Lees meer
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00:00:00 Intro, sponsors, Darren’s role
00:07:12 Community contributions beyond code
00:12:30 Remote culture at Open Home
00:20:30 Privacy, cloud devices, risks
00:27:30 Digital IDs and translation dilemmas
00:33:30 Early Home Assistant days
00:38:30 Frigate, cameras, smart automations
00:48:05 NSPanel Pro door previews
00:54:30 Zigbee, Z-Wave, and locks
01:01:00 mmWave presence and zones
01:06:30 ESPHome projects and wrap-up
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Brewing With Home Assistant: From Modbus PIDs to ESPHome Fermentation Control with Greg Martin
11 november 2025 · 59 min
Greg joins Phil and Rohan to share how he built a brewery control system with ESPHome and Home Assistant: Modbus PID retrofits, ESP32-based temperature control with one-wire probes and 24V valves, Bluetooth gravity sensors via proxies, pressure management, and full on-site HA installs with PoE satellites. Lees meer
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00:00:00 Intro, sponsors, and Greg’s background
00:05:30 From Modbus PIDs to ESPHome brewery control (gravity, pressure, 1‑Wire)
00:10:45 Turning it into a business: pilot installs, testbeds, and scale
00:15:45 Local-first architecture: on-site Home Assistant, PoE satellites, Bluetooth proxy
00:22:30 Hardware talk: Blue/Yellow/Green, mini PCs, RAM needs, migration plans
00:28:00 Home automations: locks, Reolink presence, candles, sump/dehumidifier monitoring
00:35:00 Water and power: AI-on-the-edge metering, overuse alerts, three-phase pumps & contactors
00:42:00 QoL automations: fish-feeding sensor, night stair lighting, backup ideas
00:49:30 Fun stuff: ESPN team goal lights, polling vs. streaming delays, event triggers
00:55:00 Data + reporting: Utility Meter, History Stats, InfluxDB, AI ideas, alerts, wrap-up
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Home Assistant 2025.11: Improved target picker and energy pie charts
4 november 2025 · 57 min
In this episode Phil and Rohan break down Home Assistant 2025.11. We cover the revamped Automation UI with the new target picker, naming options on dashboards, the new Energy pie chart, update progress indicators, and an upgraded Home dashboard. Lees meer
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Chapters
00:00:00 - Intro, sponsors, livestream
00:02:30 - Open Home news, GitHub
00:06:00 - Eltako joins works with program, Yellow retired
00:12:30 - LinknLink eMotion mmWave sensors hands-on
00:23:30 - AWS outage smart beds
00:27:00 - Plex debate, privacy
00:31:00 - Smart plugs and 3D printers
00:35:00 - Energy monitoring, CT clamps
00:38:30 - 2025.11 automation updates
00:44:30 - Smoke/CO relay project
00:47:30 - New integrations roundup
00:51:30 - Breaking changes, Python
00:54:00 - Neato cloud shutdown
00:56:30 - Wrap-up and outro
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Garage Doors, E‑Ink Dashboards, and Entity Chaos with the Evil Genius Dave Slusher
30 oktober 2025 · 1 uur 24 min
Podcaster Dave Slusher joins Phil and Rohan to share hard-won smart home lessons: building a reliable mesh, solving a 100m mailbox sensor with Z-Wave Long Range and the ZWA2, and retiring MyQ with RATGDO + ESPHome. We also cover using an e‑ink terminal as a Home Assistant dashboard. Lees meer
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Chapters
00:00:00 Welcome
00:01:23 Guest intro: Dave Slusher’s podcasting origin story
00:04:59 Discovering Home Assistant
00:07:20 Hardware journey: Raspberry Pi 3/4, SD crashes, backups, staying on Pi
00:09:40 ZWA2 portable capability
00:11:10 Zigbee mesh realities
00:13:56 The mailbox quest
00:19:16 Power monitoring the lawnmower + adding Z‑Wave plug to the mesh
00:20:31 Beating peak electricity pricing with calendar‑driven automations
00:24:50 Buying for Home Assistant
00:31:26 Audi e‑tron HACS
00:33:00 ‘Terminal’ e‑ink display
00:41:11 Fun APIs: Domino’s throwback and accidental developer‑friendly brands
00:44:25 Update strategy + restoring from backups when an upgrade breaks boot
00:46:26 Entity naming conventions, device vs entity IDs, and maintainability
00:49:18 The router kill‑switch: renaming a plug and unintended automations
00:52:19 Ping watchdog automation for internet recovery (8.8.8.8)
00:54:58 Labels, documentation, and making a smart home family‑friendly
01:00:00 Selling a smart home: what stays, what goes, and account handoffs
01:02:16 First device nostalgia: Sonoff relay, app sprawl, and converging on HA
01:07:52 Next projects: buying with purpose, reliability over novelty
01:10:00 Mac mini (…
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The Reluctant Home Assistant Guy: From Hue Chaos to Hour‑of‑Power Wins
23 oktober 2025 · 1 uur 7 min
Chris joins Phil and Rohan to share a brutally honest smart home journey: starting with Philips Hue, hitting limits with multiple bridges, battling MyQ and RatGDO, and landing real energy savings with Home Assistant. Lees meer
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Chapters
00:00 Welcome
01:03 Meet Chris: the ‘reluctant Home Assistant guy’ (NZ/Canada background)
03:00 Hue as the gateway: GU10s, COVID mood lights, buying a house
04:39 Discovering Home Assistant; cost shocks and smart switch vs smart bulb decisions
06:30 Legal wiring quirks in NZ and scoring bulk Hue downlights
08:00 Hue motion/presence, bridge device limits, and Pro Bridge API exposure
09:50 Upgrade cadence, iOS/MacOS betas, and why Shelly bodies didn’t fit
12:00 Daily frustrations: a random red light, Roomba fails, Alexa vs Siri
14:36 Garage/gate saga: MyQ, RatGDO struggles, Grandstream Wi‑Fi, Meross HomeKit fix
20:00 Adaptive Lighting: Hue app vs HA integration; mixed CCT bulbs going ‘red’
26:00 Three points of failure; behavior change, the cleaners’ switch, and one non‑motion room
31:40 Protocol choices: Wi‑Fi vs Zigbee vs Z‑Wave; Matter/Thread pain in practice
36:40 Energy saving wins: free ‘hour of power’, Bosch Home Connect, Hue Tap + TTS
47:06 Simple scenes that matter: spa lighting that won’t trigger floods
51:00 Biggest surprises, time sink, and the idea of HA consultants
53:40 Advice for newcomers: hobby vs lifestyle; draw the line
56:00 Dashboards: new layouts, family tabs, activity timelines, and to‑dos
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AirGradient: From Thai Wildfires to Open Source Hardware feat Achim Haug
14 oktober 2025 · 1 uur 6 min
Discover the origins of AirGradient, which began as a volunteer project in Northern Thailand during the harsh "burning season" of 2019. Learn how this effort evolved into a company focused on providing open source air quality hardware, measuring critical metrics like PM 2.5 and CO2 to safeguard classrooms Lees meer
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00:00 Welcome
01:04 Meet Achim: From Siemens to Thailand and a Wildfire Crisis
03:20 Burning Season 2019: The School That Sparked AirGradient
07:50 DIY to Open Hardware: Arduino, ESP32, PM2.5 + CO2, and Dashboards
12:24 Values: Repairability, Ownership, and CC BY‑SA Licensing
16:40 Global Takeoff: Hacker News, Jeff Geerling, and the Kit Era
20:16 ESPHome vs Native: Building the Official Home Assistant Integration
32:26 Works with Home Assistant Platinum: Local‑First and Privacy by Default
36:40 Open Culture, Community, and Academia: Why Sharing Pays Back
41:45 UNICEF Laos: ML Air‑Quality Forecasts + Open Map Integration
44:55 Roadmap: Larger Displays, Portable Monitors, and More Pollutants
46:27 Safeguarding the Mission: Foundation Plan (Switzerland)
49:45 Achim’s Home Assistant Setup: Z‑Wave, ESPHome, Geofencing
56:16 Real‑World Use Cases: Factories, Schools, and Ventilation Control
01:01:58 Accuracy Matters: Calibration, Pitfalls, and Transparent Limits
01:05:19 Wrap‑Up and Where to Buy
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