Templating has felt like homework for too long in Home Assistant. I reworked the docs on @home-assistant.io with one goal: make them more approachable. Every function has its own page now, with real examples!

First pass, feedback welcome 🙏

www.home-assistant.io/docs/templat...

It's not too late to pick up one the last tickets and come hang out with me and the team this Wednesday in Utrecht! events.openhomefoundation.org/sotoh26/

Setting Zones and automating the Apollo Automation R-PRO 1 mmWave Radar Sensor YouTube video by mostlychris

Using the HLK Radar Tool app along with an LD2450 in the Apollo Automation R-PRO 1 mmWave sensor. Go watch!

youtu.be/k0DX1o6Gq_U

Migrate from the 500 Series Zwave to the Home Assistant Connect ZWA-2 YouTube video by mostlychris

Home Assistant has released their latest product - a fantastic Z-Wave antenna/controller. I migrated from a 2018 usb stick to this new antenna that has LR capability and a much larger coverage area. Take a look here:

youtu.be/YB6cgW7bVts

New Stuff from Apollo Automation | mostlychris Get more from mostlychris on Patreon

New stuff from Apollo Automation that I'm trying out.

www.patreon.com/posts/new-st...

Home Assistant wants your feedback on deprecating certain installation methods and architectures.

community.home-assistant.io/t/feedback-r...

Have been a long time user of Tailscale and it's been a game changer. #5yearsofTailscale

🚀 𝗜'𝗺 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲!

I’ve added:

✅ flatten() – Flattens nested lists
✅ combine() – Merges dictionaries

Now, what else should I add? 🤔
What Jinja tricks do you repeat often that should be built-in?

#HomeAssistant #Jinja #Automations

There is an article going around that ESP32 chips have a backdoor. It's an undocumented software API. If you are writing code for the ESP32, you can run more commands. It doesn't allow anyone from the outside to just access what's going on in the chip. The use of the word "backdoor" was clickbait 🫤

Home Assistant 2025.2 Update. Change to Backups and New Voice Features. YouTube video by mostlychris

The latest update to Home Assistant is out with updates to backups and more local voice.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsNr...

NEW MATTER COMMUNICATION STANDARDS FOR YOUR SMART HOME "Close the door!" If you're saying that to your voice assistant instead of your housemates, you have a smart home. But which manufacturer's smart home devices are you using, and do they talk to each o...

Somehow missed that this podcast I am in aired in Oct but still relevant today if you want to take a listen.

fromknowhowtowow.podigee.io/74-new-matte...

🤓 (The following announcement is only intended for those who speak geek) 🤓

Woot! I coded up a Home Assistant card for displaying a new #xkcd comic every day and it is now a part of the default HACS set! 🎉🎉

www.reddit.com/r/hom...

The Vergecast Matter Holiday Spec-Tacular | The Vergecast Happy holidays! Before we disappear into family time and catching up on our favorite shows, we have one more episode for you. And it's 90 minutes of deep nerdery about the smart home. Every year, we try to dig into one standard or spec that has impacted our lives this year, and we couldn't think of anything more potentially great and occasionally infuriating than Matter. Matter is supposed to be the protocol that makes the smart home work — so, uh, how's that going? The Verge's Jennifer Pattison Tuohy joins to discuss the state of the smart home, before we play a game to see how well we understand things. Then, Home Assistant creator Paulus Schoutsen tells us what it's like to try and make Matter work, and where we might be headed next year. Further reading: Subscribe: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs Like The Verge on Facebook: https://goo.gl/2P1aGc Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/XTWX61 Follow...

Achievement unlocked! I joined the Vergecast to discuss the Matter smart home standard 😎

youtu.be/0Y75XEXAXfY?...

#homeassistant

YOU NEED THIS! The Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition Hardware for local voice control. YouTube video by mostlychris

ICYMI. New Home Assistant voice hardware!

youtu.be/2VO-HM08EeA

DO IT! 👇

2024 DuckDuckGo Charitable Donations DuckDuckGo is donating $1.1 million in 2024 to support organizations that share our vision of raising the standard of trust online.

The Open Home Foundation received a $25,000 donation from DuckDuckGo to support our cause of building a privacy focused smart home

spreadprivacy.com/2024-duckduc...
#openhomefoundation #homeassistant #nabucasa

I didn't know what I'd do with it either. First played with it on a zima board. Realized that I wanted to move a few more VMs off virtual box on my desktop pc to proxmox. Bought a beelink server. Have 5 VMs/LXCs now and plans for 3 more. Seems overkill at first but "If you build it, they will come".

I even set up an lxc container to monitor my proxmoxes with inlfluxdb and grafana

Exactly

It's the way

tube of canned cranberry sauce. beautiful and magnificent

all hail the thanksgiving tube

It’s beta day! 🛠️

Today my focus is kicking off Home Assistant 2024.12 beta week, the final release of the year. 🎄✨

Only festive vibes and sparkling features are allowed. 🎁 Can’t wait to unwrap!

#HomeAssistant

Join the Home Assistant Discord Server! Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. | 131944 members

Hooray 🎉 It's the last Wednesday of the month, which means Home Assistant Beta Week begins.
Your chance to test the new features to be added in the next release. Curious to see what's new this time!
Be sure to join the Discord #beta channel in case you install it home-assistant.io/join-chat

iirc when Twitter (X) first started up, most posts were of food pics. Did I miss that phase here on Bluesky?

We've had several inquiries about our presence here on bsky - we're working on getting this set up!

✅ Domain handle
✅ Profile picture/banner/bio

While we're getting ready, check out the starter pack @frenck.social made filled with people involved with the project! 👇🏼

Welcome @home-assistant.io and @openhomefoundation.org to BlueSky! 👋

New video!
youtu.be/Ey-a6uUC3nk

@jeffgeerling.com Do you have a starter pack for tech stuff?