Did you know that there are several ways to install Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi? For most people it makes sense to use the image supplied by Home Assistant,…
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Control Home Assistant Using Siri and the Apple Home App
For those of you who are passionate about Apple devices, I completely understand. I made the transition to Apple well over a decade ago and never looked back. Apple Home…
Can Home Assistant Send Email?
Home Assistant can send email and you might be surprised at just how useful this lesser known feature of Home Assistant can be! Home Assistant can send fully featured emails…
Home Assistant: Your Most Frequently Asked Questions
Home Assistant has an official FAQ that has some useful information and you should certainly check it out. However I think they missed a few things… This is my curated…
The 10 Best and Most Popular Home Assistant Blueprints
In this post we will take a look at the 10 most popular Home Assistant blueprints as chosen by the Home Assistant community! Blueprints were introduced to Home Assistant at…
How To Run Home Assistant Supervised On Mac OS M1 / M2
Looking to get the FULL Home Assistant experience on your Mac? This article will teach you the best way to run a fully-featured Home Assistant on Mac hardware. This guide…
ESPHome vs Tasmota (And How To Switch Between Them)
Trying to decide whether Tasmota or ESPHome is the right firmware for your smart home application? Or perhaps you are using one and want to try the other? In which…
Super-simple Touch Switch For Home Assistant Using ESP8266
With ESPHome we can easily turn the analogue input (ADC) pin into a touch switch with a bit of clever software configuration and no external components! This switch can be…
Home Assistant Alexa Media Player (Setup and TTS Guide)
Looking to integrate Alexa into Home Assistant as a media player? Want Alexa to read back custom notifications? The Alexa Media custom component makes it possible and this guide will…
Setup Home Assistant Alexa Integration Without The Cloud
Looking for an easy way to integrate Alexa into Home Assistant without any cost? This guide will have you up and running in minutes with a super-simple setup! There are…