Podcast Episodes

2023.3 – A new restart button and better entity dialogs

2023.3 lands with an easier restart button and an overhaul to the entity dialogs. Rohan and Phil discuss flashing robot vacuum cleaners.

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3 years ago

Automating Sprinklers with Corey Edwards

Rohan and Phil are joined by Corey Edwards who tells us about his automated sprinklers, fun things around the house, and some useful automations he’s…

3 years, 1 month ago

A new Assistant launches with Home Assistant 2023.2

The year of the voice is well underway. Rohan and Phil break down the 2023.2 release, including the new Assistant feature

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3 years, 1 month ago

Getting Started with Home Assistant in 2023

If you were just starting out with Home Assistant, what would you want to know? Dean Mancini from the US is just starting out with Home Assistant, an…

3 years, 2 months ago

2023.1: The year of voice; new features, and our home automation goals for 2023

Rohan and Phil bring in 2023 with a breakdown of the new features in Home Assistant this month, and discuss some of their goals for 2023

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3 years, 2 months ago

Using Uptime Kuma to monitor the smart home with Jan

Rohan and Phil are talking with Jan from Sweden and how he is using self hosted tools like Uptime Kuma to monitor his smart home

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3 years, 2 months ago

Home Assistant 2022.12 launches Matter with 2023 “the year of the voice”

2022.12 is out with official support for the next generation smart home protocol Matter. While Rohan is away on holiday Frenck is here to help break …

3 years, 3 months ago

KPI’s for your smart home with Danny Tsang

Rohan and Phil are joined by Danny Tsang from the UK. Danny shares some of his smart home ideas including bed sensors, solar power and ESPHome’s Blue…

3 years, 4 months ago

What the Heck is new in 2022.11?!

Rohan and Phil are breaking down the 2022.11 release. They also discuss energy monitoring, tracking toothbrushes and pressure sensors.

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3 years, 4 months ago

Automating a house for twins and the family with Mike

Mike was a runner up in our 2021 competition, and he joins Rohan and Phil to talk about his smart home and how it helps with his family life

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3 years, 4 months ago