Why to DIY pH Sensor for Home Assistant? There are a several important water characteristics that have to be monitored and controlled all the time so the water in your pool, fish tank, or for gardening can stay usable and Read more…
Do you know that new Home Assistant 2022.8 release is around the corner. Let’s see what is new, what will eventually break, and what are the possible ways to repair it. As usual I will try to explain and demonstrate Read more…
Shelly Motion 2 was just released, but what is good and what is bad about it? I will try to show you everything and as usual, I will add Shelly Motion 2 in Home Assistant and I will create some Read more…
I always wanted to have a local smart speaker that can announce Text-to-Speech messages configured in my Home Assistant automations. Thanks to ESP Muse Luxe this is now possible, but it needs some configurations upfront. Check everything below. Why Local Read more…
Until now, it was not possible to install Home Assistant OS on Raspberry Pi 4 over the network. The process requires you to have another computer, on which you have to perform several steps to prepare your future Raspberry Pi Read more…
With the latest SwitchBot Lock and SwitchBot Keypad, you can convert your door lock and make it Smart. But what exactly are these SwitchBot devices? What is the good and bad about them. Well, let’s find out. What is SwitchBot Read more…
As a Swiss clock every first Wednesday of the month we have a new Home Assistant version. And this month is no exception, as the new Home Assistant 2022.7 was released to the general public. In this article I will Read more…
What is who is ringing Home Automation? I always wanted to have one simple, but very useful Home Automation, namely when someone rings at my front door I want to receive a picture on my phone or on my smart Read more…
Matter standard, which was formerly known as Connected Home over IP or CHIP is a Smart Home royalty free standard announced back in 2019. What is Matter Standard? The main goal of Matter standard is to achieve interoperability between Smart Read more…
In today’s post, I will show you how to create a Cloudflare tunnel to Home Assistant, so you can remotely connect to your Smart Home without opening any ports. After reading this post till the end, you’ll be able to Read more…
