Is Home Assistant SwitchBot MQTT integration possible? SwitchBot offers a battery powered Motion Sensor and Contact sensors that are working perfectly fine if you also have a SwitchBot Hub Mini. What if you want to go local and you want to integrate the SwitchBot Motion and SwitchBot Contact sensors over Read more…
We will install the official Tuya Homebridge plugin, so it will be possible to control Tuya smart devices using Apple HomeKit. That means if you have Apple device and powered by Tuya devices you can make them work together natively using the iOS Home app! I will show you how. Read more…
Shelly, just released a new line of smart relays called Shelly Plus 1 & Shelly Plus 1PM which are improved versions of their best sellers relays until now. But what actually are the differences and is the new Shelly Plus generation much better than the old one? If you are Read more…
I will discuss one of the most important tasks in Home Assistant that you should do no matter what else are you doing there. Namely, Home Assistant Backup and Restore! And I’m not talking about the regular Backup procedure, but about one that is on steroids and will allow you Read more…
I have my hands on the Aqara Smart Switch, Aqara Smart Plug, a Aqara Cube (kind of cool looking remote with 6 possible gestures) and a Aqara Hub M2 that orchestrate them all. These devices are using ZigBee 3.0 for the communication which is pretty good. Apart from the Aqara Read more…
Do you know how to properly update Home Assistant OS installation to the latest version as safe as possible? Do you know how to avoid potential issues with braking changes in a quick and reliable way? Actually, there is a quick little trick that I also didn’t know about until Read more…
Home Assistant Xiaomi Temperature & Humidity Sensor integration is possible. The Xiaomi Bluetooth smart temperature & humidity sensor cost around $4 dollars and can work with Xiaomi mobile app and their locked ecosystem, but that is not very interesting isn’t it? What if we escape from the Matrix and add Read more…
Yes, the SwitchBot Curtain can make your curtains smart in 30seconds and it can be controlled from your phone, Alexa, Google Home or Siri. But is SwitchBot curtain going to work with Home Assistant? Let’s find out. What is SwitchBot Curtain? SwitchBot Curtain is a small battery powered device, that Read more…
Since my last video/article about Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) a lot has changed so I decided to make an up-to-date version and to show you how to install, configure and use HACS these days. What is Home Assistant Community Store (HACS)? Home Assistant Community Store or HACS for short Read more…
Home Assistant Energy Management is huge. These days everyone is trying to make their homes as energy efficient as possible and of course to save some money. But you cannot improve your efficiency or increase your savings if you don’t have a centralised and reliable energy measurement and monitoring system. Read more…
