Podcast Episodes

Trying to convince Pete the DIY Smart Home Guy to embrace Home Assistant

Episode 172

Pete Borchers is one-third of the Technical Difficulties Podcast, host of the DIY Smart Home Guy YouTube channel, and he doesn’t think Home Assistant is the bees-knees. Rohan and Phil try to see Pete…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

2025.6 delayed, IKEA and Sonos respectfully breakup

Episode 188

While the Home Assistant core team are off to Dublin for the Open Home Foundation summit, Rohan and Phil are breaking down the 2025.6 release that will ship a week later. Meanwhile we discuss some se…

Published on 5 months ago

The evolution of Zooz with Agnes Lorenz

Episode 186

We’re back with another vendors episode, this time talking with Agnes from Zooz about the evolution of Zooz, and the challenges being a smart home company

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Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

How Alfredo, Developer Relations at Google uses and teaches Home Assistant

Episode 166

Alfredo shares his journey into home automation, explaining how his exploration aligned with his personal values of privacy, choice, and sustainability, which he found mirrored in Home Assistant's ph…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Talking with Jimmy Hawkins from Automated House

Episode 185

We’re kicking off our new Vendor series of episodes, and first up are Connor and Tez who are making a business of installing Home Assistant for their customers

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Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Paulus joins us to break down 2025.5 and the State of the Open Home

Episode 184

A new Areas dashboard type lands in 2024.5. Meanwhile we’ve got some announcements about the podcast to share

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https://hasspodcast.io/ha184

Chapters

00:02:18 Open Home Fo…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

From music theatre to Home Assistant installers with Connor and Tez

Episode 183

We’re kicking off our new Vendor series of episodes, and first up are Connor and Tez who are making a business of installing Home Assistant for their customers

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Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

How Bob automates an RV and a smart home with Home Assistant

Episode 182

We talk with Bob who is using Home Assistant to automate and secure his RV, as well as helping his disabled son

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https://hasspodcast.io/ha182

Chapters

00:00:00 Introducti…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Catching up with Travis aka digiblurDIY to talk Home Assistant

Episode 176

We’re kicking off our new creators special episodes by talking to one of the best out there, Travis from the YouTube channel digiblurDIY. 

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https://hasspodcast.io/ha181…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

2025.4 - A new areas dashboard and some big announcements (for us!)

Episode 180

A new Areas dashboard type lands in 2025.4. Meanwhile we’ve got some announcements about the podcast to share

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https://hasspodcast.io/ha180

Chapters

00:00:58 Upcoming Sta…

Published on 7 months ago