I’m quite excited to bring you the latest changes in the Home Assistant 2023.1, which is the first Home Assistant release for this year. The release includes a number of new features and improvements that I think you’ll love to know. So, sit back, relax, and get ready to learn what Read more…
Today, I’m going to talk about one quick, simple, precise and cheap way to monitor the temperature in your home using a smart DIY Temperature sensor and Home Assistant. It is going to be a Do It Yourself article in which I will show you the steps, the needed components, Read more…
Using Generation 2 Shelly devices as Home Assistant Bluetooth proxy is now possible. In this tutorial, I’ll go over the steps required to set up a Shelly device as a Bluetooth proxy. The benefit of doing this is an immediate range extend of your Bluetooth network with no additional cost Read more…
The last Home Assistant release of the year is knocking on our doors and I’m talking about Home Assistant 2022.12 release. What are the new features and changes in this latest release that the developers and contributors cooked for us? I must say that there are few completely new things Read more…
Not so long ago Home Assistant introduced iBeacon support and I decided to buy one iBeacon from AliExpress to test it out for you, so you don’t have to do the same. But what actually are the iBeacons and for what can be used? How to add one in Home Read more…
Automating lights and making them Smart is one of the quick wins of every Smart Home. Why? Because they are immediately visible from every family member or guest and most importantly they can save you money by reducing the electricity cost in the long run. What are the possible ways Read more…
Do you know that on 11th of November is the Chinese Black Friday and there will be a big global shopping festival in AliExpress website named 11.11 Sale? That means you can get some smart sensors and items a lot cheaper than usual. 11th of November is also known as Read more…
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…
Do you have blinds with a twisting rod that you want to retrofit and make Smart, so you can open & close them automatically, remotely, with your voice or eventually from Home Assistant. Well, that is now possible, thanks to the SwitchBot Blind Tilt robot. Let’s discuss. What is SwitchBot 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…
