Out of all the apps and services that I self-host, none comes close to the utility of Home Assistant. It's not just that it ...

If you use Linux, Go HASS Agent is a must for your Home Assistant install, and manages to do everything and more that HASS.Agent could do on Windows. If you're still stuck using Windows, there's a ...

For those who are new to Smart IR, it’s a device that acts as an infrared (IR) control hub. The idea is to let you control ...

That bar at the top is presumably for “Ask Home,” which sounds like a conversational chatbot for controlling your smart home. This harkens back to how an earlier version of the Google Home app had an ...

If you're an AT&T customer looking to control components of your smart home remotely, then you'll need to familiarize ...

The easiest way is to use a tool called Raspberry Pi Imager. You download it onto your computer, plug your microSD card into ...

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