Podcast Episodes

2022.5 – Another configuration menu change and Insteon rolls its shutters

2022.5 lands with another new configuration menu update, and the cloud strikes again with Insteon abruptly closing down

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3 years, 10 months ago

Talking smart climbing walls and automating fireplaces with Luke

Rohan and Phil talk to Luke from Canada, who tells us one of his created a smart climbing wall to keep his children entertained throughout the pandem…

3 years, 10 months ago

2022.4 – Managing groups from the UI, backups and a rant from Rohan

Rohan gets home from vacation to help Phil break down the 2022.4 release. Rohan describes the issues he's been having with his Bluetooth smart lock

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3 years, 11 months ago

Gene’s automated “on air” light

Rohan and Phil talk to Gene, who tells us about his automated "on zoom" light lets his family know when he's in a meeting

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3 years, 11 months ago

2022.3 – New Media Selector and waving goodbye to OpenZwave

Rohan and Phil take a look at the 2022.3 release, with some great new additions and the migration of OpenZwave to ZwaveJS.

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4 years ago

Alexa, who’s turn is it to shower first?

Rohan and Phil talk to Dan from the USA about some of his interesting uses of Home Assistant.

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4 years, 1 month ago

2022.2 – Streamlining Experiences and over 2.5k contributions

Rohan and Phil break down the first Home Assistant release for 2022, and its a big one!

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4 years, 1 month ago

Brett and his passive aggressive automations

From locking people in the toilet, to hacking hover boards. Rohan and Phil talk to Brett about his use of Home Assistant

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4 years, 2 months ago

Spotlight – Material Design Icons & Home Assistant

Rohan and Phil talk to Michael, a core contributor to the Material Design Icons project.

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4 years, 3 months ago

2021.12 – Updated configuration panel and a new button entity

Rohan and Phil break down the final release of 2021, talk about Dark Sky replacements, and how many automations they have in their smart homes

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4 years, 3 months ago