Thanks @mihorrocks.bsky.social it was great having you on to share your story!

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New episode of the @home-assistant.io podcast is here!

Rohan and I chat with @mihorrocks.bsky.social about making heating smarter with @nodered.org flows, mmWave presence, actionable dashboards, and AI automations (cat ID + bin check).

Watch: https://youtu.be/EfyXiTYeoio

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On today's episode of the @home-assistant.io podcast Rohan and I are sitting down with electrical engineer Braden to share real-world #smarthome wins, including his sensor-packed greenhouse plan.

Watch: https://youtu.be/OeYXq7F8LCc

#homeassistant #smarthome #homeautomation

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New @home-assistant.io podcast!

Rohan and I chat with Kaden Thompson about a cat-first smart home: Reolink+Frigate pet detection, PetLibro feeders, Litter-Robot 4, and LLM dashboards.

Watch: https://youtu.be/m--W_DZau64

#homeassistant 😺

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New @home-assistant.io podcast!

Rohan and I chat with Kaden Thompson about a cat-first smart home: Reolink+Frigate pet detection, PetLibro feeders, Litter-Robot 4, and LLM dashboards.

Watch: https://youtu.be/m--W_DZau64

#homeassistant 😺

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New episode of the #homeassistant podcast is here!

Rohan and I dig into practical AI: LLM Vision for doorbells, HACS add‑ons (AI Agent, AI Suggester), Copilot‑made YAML, Ollama+LiteLLM and of course #openclaw

https://youtu.be/uXTV2nkugy8

Home Assistant 2026.3 and Home Assistant News

New episode of the @home-assistant.io podcast is here! 😺

Rohan and I are digging into 2026.3: map vacuums to Areas for voice, HA as Android assistant (wake word), Python 3.14 boosts + new integrations and mailbag comments

https://youtu.be/YTphwNUXMCc

Yes!!!!!! Thank you so much!

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New @home-assistant.io podcast!

Rohan and I are talking to Andrew Leighty about outgrowing HomeKit for a multi-user smart home: ESP32 presence, Yale locks, humidity fan automations, and ESPN goal alerts.

Watch: https://youtu.be/TYb-O847nyA

#smarthome #homeassistant

Yep the batteries are the pain! Also they are button cell batteries so even worse.

I guess a ZigBee green button that uses kinetic energy could work, but they get bulky

Always good to use what you have laying around first

Yeah this makes sense!

I once had Xiaomi buttons in place. Same concept. Use a dish cloth, press the button to mark it as consumed in Grocy.

In hindsight probably better to just make them Amazon dash buttons, press the button to add Dish cloths to the shopping list

Oooh this sounds nice!

Is this just a NFC tag configured in homeassistant to trigger an automation?

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New episode of the @home-assistant.io podcast is here!

Rohan and I chat with Will Osborne-Kennedy about taming a period UK home and a Canary Islands getaway: DIY pool chemistry, a fridge "strawtenna", dashboards, AI heating and more.

Watch: https://youtu.be/_pBJXLIbawU

Oh yes absolutely I love MQTT! It's a great protocol and an easy way to get devices into Home Assistant, without writing a whole new integration.

I had a Rainforest eagle doing the same, before there was an official first party integration into #homeassistant.

Yeah I dislike the idea of another container/service being a point of failure personally. But sometimes its a necessary evil 😔

Yeah I seriously debated this. The coin batteries are a real drag. However with powered sensors if the power is cut maliciously, my motion sensors also go down. At least if they're battery powered I can have a UPS on HA to receive motion events.

EP is probably something next for me to consider

That was an awesome writeup thanks for sharing.

I'm surprised ZHA doesn't have more support for this device, considering it's rocking a works with home assistant badge 😕

The question of course is which flavour to go with. Matter over Thread? ZigBee?

I'm leaning ZigBee with ZHA

Hand holding up a new Aqara FP300 sensor

These Aqara FP300's are back in stock, so I've picked up a couple to replace some of my FP1's. The FP1 mmWave sensors have been great for occupancy sensing, so excited to see what can be done with these

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New episode of the @home-assistant.io podcast!

Rohan and I chat with Mike Schmick about hiding smart tech in a 1953 mid-century home so it looks analog but works like magic.

Plus: Roborock tricks, Frame art-mode woes, HA OS on Mac mini.

https://youtu.be/Oj1q141znjM

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New Home Assistant Podcast!

We dive into 2026.2: Home Dashboard by default, Command‑K palette, a Matter dashboard, and add‑ons renamed to Apps.

Plus CES 2026 highlights, the OHF device database, and the Google Home outage.

Watch: https://youtu.be/8dpyyix22L8

I've never seen this happen before with Z-wave 🤯

A Z-wave motion sensor unpaired itself from my Z-wave network. All entities in Home Assistant and ZwaveJS gone, the device back to factory pairing mode. I wasn't home, so it wasn't something I did

OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant OpenClaw — The AI that actually does things. Your personal assistant on any platform.

Openclaw.ai can now speak to me via my
HomeAssistant Voice Speakers! all local

A sticker which says "my home works with HomeAssistant (most of the time)".

Truly there is truth in jest.
#FOSDEM #HomeAssistant

This looks so tidy

🔴 About to go live with Rohan Karamandi to record the 2026.2 release breakdown of the @home-assistant.io #podcast

https://youtube.com/live/5PUuWkP7RCU

Trying to create a Smart Home Cinema (Part 1) YouTube video by Mark Watt Tech

I tried (still trying ) to build a Smart Home Cinema Room. I'm using the awesome VisionMaster Pro 2 and automating it with @home-assistant.io

So far the room has leaked... twice...
If you have any DIY tips or cool smart home cinema ideas or automations then let me know!

youtu.be/Ft544CfRVQ8

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New @home-assistant.io podcast episode!

We go inside “Works With Home Assistant” with Miranda from the Open Home Foundation: device testing and certification, why the badge matters, Zigbee vs Z‑Wave vs Matter, misuse, regional coverage, and her own automations

Watch: https://youtu.be/Yb7fndTRXdY

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New episode of the @home-assistant.io podcast!

I’m joined by Rohan and Aaron Bach to revisit how Aaron’s setup went from tinkering to rock-solid: SimpliSafe→Matter, Z‑Wave provisioning, ESPHome vs off‑the‑shelf, RATGDO, voice-first + AI.

Watch: https://youtu.be/1kwy_cCsmZs

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New @home-assistant.io podcast episode!

Rohan and I chat with Artem as he shares energy-smart Home Assistant automations, no chaos, just clear patterns to save energy and stay comfy.

Watch: https://youtu.be/krxBE-4MIFY