Making it as beginner-friendly as possible.

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It’s no secret that the smart home world is dominated by Big Tech, with Amazon’s Alexa leading the charge, closely followed by Google Home and Apple HomeKit. These popular automation systems aren’t as ...

The move is part of a long-term strategy Schoutsen and his team have been pursuing to make Home Assistant a mainstream smart ...

Computers are very good at doing exactly what they’re told. They’re still not very good at coming up with helpful suggestions of their own. They’re very much more about following instructions than ...

Many of us hacker types with some hardware knowledge and a smattering of embedded experience would like to get into home automation, but there can be quite a learning curve. If you’re looking for a ...

Now I get the best of both worlds.

The latest version of Home Assistant, the 2026.1 release for the open-source smart home automation software, is now available. It arrives around a month after the 2025.12 update, which added the Home ...

Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He ...

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 ...

The SMLIGHT SMHUB Nano provides crucial Home Assistant backup automation for critical smart home systems like leak sensors ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Home Assistant, the powerful-yet-prickly smart home automation platform, is finally moving toward the mainstream ...