Every month there is a new Home Assistant release and this month is no exception as Home Assistant 2022.11 is coming with a full force. In this article I will try to list all of the most interesting changes and I will not only list them, but I will try Read more…
I bought an IKEA IDASEN standing desk which can be moved up and down with a push of a button and I love it. But there is one major problem – the IKEA desk have no memory and I cannot set it to a predefined fixed height. However, thanks to Read more…
Today I will use an ESP32-CAM board that cost around $5 to make a wireless live streaming camera for Home Assistant. I will show every step that I did and I will share everything, so if you want, you can make one or dozen of such cameras for yourself. I’m Read more…
Home Assistant 2022.10 is here and it is bringing some new stuff like iBeacons and Google Sheets support, as well as some updates of the dashboard, integrations, bluetooth and more. Let’s discuss. Glossary for You! Before we start, I want to give you an useful and free PDF document that Read more…
In this article I will add IKEA motion sensor in my Home Assistant using a Zigbee Home Automation or also known as ZHA. For what Motion Sensors are used in a Smart Home? Here is a quick background story:Motion Sensors are one of the key elements in every Smart Home. Read more…
What is Home Assistant Container? What is needed and how to install one? How to properly update a Home Assistant Container installation after new Home Assistant release? I will try my best to address all these questions right now, starting with what is Home Assistant Container? What is Home Assistant Read more…
ESPHome Bluetooth Proxies is a brand new way to add Bluetooth support to your Home Assistant or to expand the Bluetooth coverage in your Smart Home. In essence an ESP32 based board is used to communicate with your WIFI, your Home Assistant and your Bluetooth devices. It is something like Read more…
Home Assistant 2022.9 is bringing some great new features and I will try to show you the most interesting ones in this article. If you have hard time understanding some of the Smart Home words and abbreviations that I’m using in this article – don’t worry, I got you covered Read more…
Shelly Plus H&T is the next generation Temperature & Humidity sensor that is coming from Alterco Robotics. But what means next generation? Is there anything special in it? What is good and what is bad? Can it work with Home Assistant? I will try to answer these questions starting right Read more…
Home Assistant Yellow is a smart home hub designed from scratch for the best, free & open source home automation platform available at the moment called – Home Assistant. Yellow can be used by beginners or by advanced users with the same success, but what is good and what is Read more…
