Smart homes work better without Big Tech in the loop.

I swapped a cluttered collection of smart home apps with a custom Home Assistant dashboard to manage my entire home ...

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The oldest devices in my Google Home ecosystem are pushing a decade old, and Gemini made the hardware worth using again.

I gave Claude access to my Home Assistant. It helped me audit, debug, and improve my smart home better than I ever could have ...

Home Assistant announced today the availability of the Voice Preview Edition, its own design of a living-room-friendly box to offer voice assistance with home automation. Having used it for a few ...