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Sluggish automations can make your smart home feel unresponsive, which can ruin the user experience. Diagnosing the issue can ...

If you would like to start your journey by setting up your own home automation system, Zigbee, offers a robust wireless protocol, and has been transforming the way we control and automate our homes.

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Al and I were talking on the podcast about the Home Assistant home automation hub software. In particular, about how ...

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 ...

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What if your smart home could not only anticipate your needs but also make managing it effortless? With the release of Home Assistant 2025.9, that vision inches closer to reality. This latest update ...

I'm getting extremely fed up with doing stuff in Home Assistant and I can't be the only one to be maddened by everything in it. It's such a dogshit system under the hood, I just don't understand how ...

Google Assistant isn't what it used to be, and Gemini is something entirely different. Can these two coincide to fix the current state of the smart home? Chris Wedel Home Tech Editor Chris Wedel is a ...