Crystal Ball

2019 Home Technology Predictions

2018 is in the books and its time to look forward. Here are my 2019 home technology predictions for trends and changes in the smarthome market. 2019 Home Technology Prediction #1: Cordcutting The …

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Smart House

Create A Smarthome In 5 Steps

Interested in turning your home into a smarthome? There are many good reasons you should be. Not sure where to start? Here are 5 steps that anyone can do themselves to make …

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Best YouTube Home Assistant Channels

Home Assistant has a great community contributing to the code, helping users in the forums, and showing example configurations on GitHub. I have been documenting my Home Assistant customizations as I go. …

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Home Assistant Fan

Zigbee, Z-Wave and Home Assistant

Note: This article has been updated in 1/2019 to reflect changes to Home Assistant and Google Assistant. Background If you read my “First 2 Hours with Home Assistant” or my “Home Assistant Customization …

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