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…
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…
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…
Time to make a Reolink Argus 3 Pro review! This is one of the latest a battery powered fully equipped smart camera that will give you person & vehicle detection, color night vision, spotlight and more. But is it really a Pro camera ? Let’s find out. Why Reolink become 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…
Today I will show you the Home Assistant Hyperion Integration! In other words – how to automate TV ambient light and Hyperion with Home Assistant. I will create several automations that will turn on and off Hyperion and the TV ambient light along with your TV. It is going to Read more…
Passive Infrared Sensors or PIR sensors for short or just Motion Sensor are completely supported by Home Assistant and ESPHome. I have a question for you why to buy an expensive motion sensor when you can DIY for cheap. In this article I will show you what parts you will Read more…
Starting from last week installing software on ESP32 & ESP8266 microcontrollers become ridiculously easy because of introducing the ESP Web Tools and Improv open standard. That will help the Home Automation guys like we all are a lot. Let’s see how. Later in the article I will announce the giveaway Read more…
