Projects also get a new update entity, which means that updates for Marketplace items now appear alongside your other Home ...

No account, no app, no internet—just an IR LED and ESPHome.

There's an app for that.

Microcontrollers are famously less friendly to work with because you had to write small, efficient code using a handful of ...

Computers are very good at doing exactly what they’re told. They’re still not very good at coming up with helpful suggestions of their own. They’re very much more about following instructions than ...

It can only touch what I expose which is a good safety feature ...

Many of us hacker types with some hardware knowledge and a smattering of embedded experience would like to get into home automation, but there can be quite a learning curve. If you’re looking for a ...

Access Home Assistant remotely for free using Tailscale's encrypted network. Skip port forwarding and quickly configure ...

Home Assistant has released a new update for its Android companion app. Version 2026.1.6 brings notable improvements for Assist voice controls. Plus, there is an enhanced entity picker and a ...

My lights, switches, and home alerts now have a place on my car’s screen.

The October update makes paired automations simpler, redraws map, and fixes cluttered profile page.

Home Assistant can start innocently enough. Maybe you simply need the bedroom lights to turn off automatically, but that's just a gateway drug. After a while, your washing machine starts texting you ...