Build a custom ESP32-P4 Home Assistant touch panel to manage your smart appliances. This 10.1-inch TFT display hub features ...

Performance and security boost.

Home is where the HACS is.

Nabu Casa is rebrandung Home Assistant Cloud to Home Assistant Link to emphasize local control, while HACS also joins Core as a built-in Marketplace.

Computers are very good at doing exactly what they’re told. They’re still not very good at coming up with helpful suggestions of their own. They’re very much more about following instructions than ...

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 ...

The latest version of Home Assistant, the 2026.1 release for the open-source smart home automation software, is now available. It arrives around a month after the 2025.12 update, which added the Home ...

After all the rumors, the Apple HomeView is official, and it finally turns the Home app into something that comes close to ...

Home Assistant has released a new update for its Android companion app. Version 2026.1.6 brings notable improvements for Assist voice controls. Plus, there is an enhanced entity picker and a ...

LM Studio, which I already use to run local models on my Mac, supports MCP. That lets you connect apps to the models running ...

Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Home Assistant, the powerful-yet-prickly smart home automation platform, is finally moving toward the mainstream ...