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Home Assistant 2026.1: SendSpin, new Home Dashboard improvements and presence using labels
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

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187 Automations, 300 Devices: Josh’s Smart Home Assistant Journey
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

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From Alexa to Assist: NetworkChuck’s Smart Home with Frigate, UniFi, and AI
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

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Home Assistant 2025.12: Labs, Smarter Automations, Real‑Time Energy and Frenck
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

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From Pi to Blue, we’re revisiting Courtenay Watson
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

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Inside the Open Home: Darren Griffin
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

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Brewing With Home Assistant: From Modbus PIDs to ESPHome Fermentation Control with Greg Martin
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

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Home Assistant 2025.11: Improved target picker and energy pie charts
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

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

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

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