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…
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…
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…
Last updated on October 17th, 2021 at 11:31 am The new official Home Assistant Tuya integration is here and it is here to stay. It is developed to control Powered by Tuya (PBT) devices using the officially maintained Tuya Open API. Let’s see how to install it and how to Read more…
Last updated on July 29th, 2021 at 09:24 pm The latest security camera ANNKE C800 True 4K with Sony Sensor is here. I will connect the camera to ANNKE NVR (Network Video Recorder) which goes effortlessly, but it is interesting to see. And because the camera & NVR bundle supports Read more…
Last updated on August 18th, 2021 at 08:51 pm In this article I will demonstrate you the Home Assistant Almond installation and how to control your Home Assistant entities with Almond. I will show you where to configure USB mic and USB Speakers to have a full smart speaker experience Read more…
