If you would rather take control of your home automation yourself without the need to rely on large corporate businesses, you won’t be interested in learning how to use Home Assistant. A powerful, ...

Home automation enthusiasts are increasingly turning to locally hosted AI to power smarter, faster, and more secure voice assistants. One setup uses a GTX 1080-powered Ollama LXC running the Qwen3 ...

Set the foundation first.

Many of us hacker types with some hardware knowledge and a smattering of embedded experience would like to get into home automation, but there can be quite a learning curve. If you’re looking for a ...

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

What if managing your smart home felt less like a chore and more like second nature? The Home Assistant 2025.9 update, released this September, is here to make that vision a reality. Packed with ...

As we set out to build smarter homes, another part of our lives becomes reliant on the internet. From the dumb home devices we upgrade with a smart plug to the smart speakers that respond to our voice ...

Why: "Home Assistant Supervised System (HASS) is an open source Home Automation solution that can run on various devices and it can extend into every area of your life, including your daily ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. For years, I have been waiting for an excuse to make the transition to Home Assistant. With the Home Assistant’s ...

Your old iPad or Android tablet can be your new smart home panel - here's how ...