I’m diving into an exciting Alexa Media Player project that combines the power of Home Assistant and Alexa – turning your Alexa devices into media players within your Smart Home ecosystem. Picture this: sending custom text-to-speech announcements, triggering special sound effects, and seamlessly weaving your Alexa devices into your Home Read more…
Why Home Assistant Remote Access is a must? In today’s fast-paced and interconnected world, the concept of a Smart Home has evolved from a novelty to a necessity. With the rise of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, having control over your home’s various systems from anywhere has become a game-changer. Read more…
I’m about to share a method for Home Assistant remote access, that I’ve been using for years. I’m talking about Home Assistant CloudFlare tunnel. More about this Home Assistant Remote Access using CloudFlare method This method is easy to implement and works on all types of networks, including those without Read more…
RoomSense IQ have a lot of similarities with Aqara FP2. It lacks zones support and it is not that pretty looking, but it have more embedded sensors and respectively provides more options for automations. Here is how the RoomSense IQ sensor is looking on my desk, but not the appearance Read more…
Amazon Prime Day 2023 is just around the corner, taking place on July 11 and 12! It’s that time of the year when amazing deals and discounts are unleashed, and I’m here to help you make the most of it in terms of Smart Home & Home Assistant. I’ll provide Read more…
Home Assistant 2023.7 is a quite big and exciting release packed with new features and improvements. So buckle your belts as I’m going to list what is new and hot in ascending order starting from the least excited end finishing with the most exciting new features that we have available, Read more…
Xiaomi TH sensor is a great device for a Smart Home and it is working out of the box with Home Assistant, but unfortunately not every time. Native Home Assistant Integration is not working every time There is an easy process that needs to be followed to extract the BIND Read more…
Is the new SwitchBot Outdoor Spotlight Cam a decent piece of tech or it is just another cam that you can freely skip! No doubt about it, this Cam is providing a layer of security and convenience, but there are also some setbacks that I would like to share. Is Read more…
I bet you don’t know about all the Home Assistant Dashboard Tips & Tricks that you are about to see in few seconds and here is a challenge. Badges – Home Assistant Dashboard Tip #1 Without further ado here is the first one. Do you know that you can make Read more…
Home Assistant 2023.6 was just released and I will jump right into what is fresh, but before that I want to inform you that the new things will be ordered in ascending order starting from the least exciting and ending with the most exciting new features, so stick with me Read more…
