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Home Assistant 2026.1: SendSpin, new Home Dashboard improvements and presence using labels
Episode 216
Rohan and Phil are here to break down the 2026.1 release. We’re talking Home Dashboard improvements, a new multi-room audio protocol from Music Assis…
2 months, 1 week ago
187 Automations, 300 Devices: Josh’s Smart Home Assistant Journey
Episode 215
Josh from Josh’s Smart Home joins Phil and Rohan to unpack a 300-device Home Assistant setup running on Home Assistant Green. We dive into the move f…
3 months ago
From Alexa to Assist: NetworkChuck’s Smart Home with Frigate, UniFi, and AI
Episode 214
YouTuber NetworkChuck joins Phil and Rohan to break down his real-world Home Assistant setup: migrating off Alexa, building a Home Assistant voice as…
3 months, 1 week ago
Home Assistant 2025.12: Labs, Smarter Automations, Real‑Time Energy and Frenck
Episode 213
We’re closing out the final Home Assistant release for 2025 with Frenck and a massive Home Assistant 2025.12. Home Assistant Labs, purpose‑specific t…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
From Pi to Blue, we’re revisiting Courtenay Watson
Episode 212
We’re revisiting Courtenay, who was last spoke to on Episode 45 six years ago. She’s here to share six years of Home Assistant progress: moving from …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Inside the Open Home: Darren Griffin
Episode 211
Go inside the Open Home Foundation with Darren, the web developer behind Home Assistant’s sites. From keeping the various Open Home Project websites …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Brewing With Home Assistant: From Modbus PIDs to ESPHome Fermentation Control with Greg Martin
Episode 210
Greg joins Phil and Rohan to share how he built a brewery control system with ESPHome and Home Assistant: Modbus PID retrofits, ESP32-based temperatu…
4 months ago
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 d…
4 months, 1 week 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…
4 months, 2 weeks 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 M…
4 months, 3 weeks ago