Podcast Episodes

Home Assistant 2025.11: Improved target picker and energy pie charts

Episode 209

In this episode Phil and Rohan break down Home Assistant 2025.11. We cover the revamped Automation UI with the new target picker, naming options on dashboards, the new Energy pie chart, update progre…

Published on 3 hours ago

Garage Doors, E‑Ink Dashboards, and Entity Chaos with the Evil Genius Dave Slusher

Episode 208

Podcaster Dave Slusher joins Phil and Rohan to share hard-won smart home lessons: building a reliable mesh, solving a 100m mailbox sensor with Z-Wave Long Range and the ZWA2, and retiring MyQ with RA…

Published on 5 days, 5 hours ago

The Reluctant Home Assistant Guy: From Hue Chaos to Hour‑of‑Power Wins

Episode 207

Chris joins Phil and Rohan to share a brutally honest smart home journey: starting with Philips Hue, hitting limits with multiple bridges, battling MyQ and RatGDO, and landing real energy savings wit…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

AirGradient: From Thai Wildfires to Open Source Hardware feat Achim Haug

Episode 206

Discover the origins of AirGradient, which began as a volunteer project in Northern Thailand during the harsh "burning season" of 2019. Learn how this effort evolved into a company focused on providi…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Philips Hue's New Bridge and the Cat Automation Problem with Josh Burg

Episode 205

We're joined by psychologist Josh Burg, who shares his unique journey from Google Home to a fully local Home Assistant setup. We get to see how he’s using some of the new Philips Hue zone capabilitie…

Published on 4 weeks ago

Voice goes bilingual with Home Assistant 2025.10

Episode 204

Rohan and Phil are breaking down the 2025.10 release, which includes bilingual support for assistants. Meanwhile Sonos finds a new partner, and we answer some listener questions

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Published on 1 month ago

Beyond the Bulb: Gimmy Chu Talks Nanoleaf, Smart Homes & Community Integration

Phil and Rohan talk to Gimmy Chu, CEO of Nanoleaf, about the Nanoleaf smart lighting ecosystem, their open API vision, and how Nanoleaf got its start in the world of innovative lighting technology.

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Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Smart Home Automation for Accessibility with Thomas

Episode 202

Phil and Rohan chat with Thomas about his journey building an accessible smart home with Home Assistant. From experimenting with bulbs and voice assistants to creating cutting-edge automations like o…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tsvi Mostovicz on creating the Jewish Calendar component

Episode 201

Join us for a fascinating conversation with Tsvi Mostovicz, the visionary behind Home Assistant's Jewish calendar component, which he developed to enable crucial Sabbath-compliant automations. Discov…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

A new Z-wave radio launches, and a new home screen on the horizon with Home Assistant 2025.9

Episode 200

Home Assistant has launched their own Z-wave radio. 2025.9 lands with a new experimental home screen. Meanwhile Rohan and Phil discuss LLM Vision and some of its use cases

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Published on 2 months ago