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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The Insignia Smart Speaker has become a Best Buy
A few months ago I wrote that Best Buy’s Insignia Smart Speaker is a great alternative to the Google Home because, in addition to being an alarm clock, it can do all the …
The Tech to Look for on Black Friday/Cyber Monday
Black Friday will be here before you know it. Are you ready? Black Friday and Cyber Monday are great times to pick up tech for someone else or yourself. Places like Amazon, …
Harmony Hub and Smart Control Remote Review
Are you looking for a universal remote? Are you interested in the Logitech (Harmony) Smart Control with Harmony Hub or in any of the Harmony Hub products? I recently got my hands …
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 …
Home Assistant Customization and Automation From a Beginner
Are you into smart home automation? Are you interested in Home Assistant? I doubt you’d be reading this if you weren’t. I’m still a beginner, but I installed and was able to …
My First 2 Hours with Home Assistant
Home Assistant, where have you been all my life? Let me start off by saying if you are thinking about trying Home Assistant, just go ahead and get started. So far, it …