The power of automations is what draws many of us to Home Assistant in the first place, but there’s no denying that the process can feel a little drawn-out. Good news! A new experimental Home ...

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If you fancy upgrading your home automation systems, you might be interested in learning more about how you can combine Obsidian with Home Assistant. Imagine a home that not only understands your ...

Imagine a home that not only responds to your commands but also sees, understands, and acts on its own. With the integration of AI vision into the Home Assistant platform, this futuristic scenario is ...

You could have a home chock-full of the best smart home devices, but if you haven’t already set up some useful home automations, there’s a lot you’re missing out on. Google and Amazon have built-in ...

The Home Assistant 2025.9 release has arrived. It follows the open-source smart home automation’s August update, which brought a new AI Task integration and changes for the Areas dashboard. With Home ...

Google's Gemini can now help you create advanced automation scripts in Google Home, but it's still complicated and riddled with errors. Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home ...