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Ditching smart home subscriptions for open-source Home Assistant

Switching to open-source Home Assistant can replace costly smart home subscriptions, improve privacy, and provide a versatile DIY solution.
Ars Technica

Can you manage your house with a local, no-cloud voice assistant? Mostly, yes.

The leaders of Home Assistant declared 2023 the “Year of the Voice.” The goal was to let users of the DIY home automation platform “control Home Assistant in their own language.” It was a bold shot to ...
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Home Assistant Cloud is one of the best investments I've made in my smart home

Home Assistant is a great piece of software, and I've been in love with it for a few months now. While I started off using it about a year ago, I never used it for anything too crazy. I just used it ...
PC World

I tested a new Home Assistant adapter with Z-Wave superpowers

I recently described how a recent flurry of smart home failures made me turn to Home Assistant, the increasingly polished DIY smart home platform that you can host yourself without relying on the ...
The Verge

How to start a smart home using Home Assistant

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you’re a tech nerd, then Home Assistant may be the smart home ecosystem for you. If you’re a tech nerd, then ...