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Home Assistant🎉 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.𝟰 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲!🤩 New experimental Areas dashboard 🕰️ Time for a new card! 🎙️ Voice assistants can now start conversations with 𝗬𝗢𝗨 🤯 ⚡️ Energy management gets smarter with device hierarchies 🛠️ Lots of new template functions for power usersCheck out what’s new 👉 <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/04/02/release-20254/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/04/02/release-20254/</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmartHome</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a> <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/04/02/release-20254/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/04/02/release-20254/</a>

Terence Eden🆕 blog! “Review: WiFi connected Air Conditioner” ★★★★⯪Summer is coming. The best time to buy air-con is before it gets blazing hot. So, off to the Mighty Internet to see if I can find a unit which I can attach to my burgeoning smarthome setup.I settled on the SereneLife 3-in-1 Portable Air Conditioning Unit. It's a small(ish) tower, fairly portable, claims 9000 …👀 Read more: <a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/03/review-wifi-connected-air-conditioner/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/03/review-wifi-connected-air-conditioner/</a> ⸻ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gadgets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gadgets</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IoT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IoT</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/review" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#review</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmartHome</a>

serious business :donor: :heart_cyber:If you have an Amazon Echo, Ring, or other corpo snitchware installed in your home - you should sell it or smash it with a hammer<a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28/</a><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amazon</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/echo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#echo</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ring</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smarthome</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uspol</a>

Home AssistantThe 2025.3 release live stream was last week - if you missed what's new, we've got you covered! 👏🏻Take 1 min 20 seconds to catch up on the latest dashboard improvements 👉🏻 <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/JutW-QBrDYY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/shorts/JutW-QBrDYY</a>Prefer reading to watching? Click here 👇🏼<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeAutomation</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmartHome</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Release" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Release</a> <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/03/05/release-20253/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/03/05/release-20253/</a>

Home AssistantWe're Matter certified!! 🎉We've been ahead of the game with Matter implementation, and we're excited to announce both Home Assistant and the Open Home Foundation Matter Server are officially certified by the CSA. 😌What does this mean for you? Find out on our blog 👇🏼<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmartHome</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeAutomation</a> <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/03/10/matter-certification/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/03/10/matter-certification/</a>

Franck Nijhof🔧 Organizing my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> setup and hit a dilemma… 🤔🚪 Door contact sensors on doors connecting two different areas—where should they belong? 📍 Room A or Room B?How do you handle this in your setup? Teach me sensei 🥷💡<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmartHome</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Automation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Automation</a>

ThomasI've done a lot of automation throughout my career, and I have no idea what I would need a smart home for.I can happily walk to that light switch at the wall, the heating control has little potential for optimization beyond setting the temperature below "T-shirt level". I can open and close the window shutters and look for the plants on the window sill while I do it.I don't need to think of "OpSec" and I don't need to change batteries. What did I miss? <a href="https://mas.to/tags/smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smarthome</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/lowtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lowtech</a>

Home Assistant🎶 Music Assistant released its latest hit - version 2.4! Catch up on its chart-topping new features like Spotify Connect, Assist optimization, an equalizer, and podcast & audiobook support. Don't miss a beat, read the blog for more 👇🏼<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmartHome</a> <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/03/05/music-assistants-next-big-hit/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/03/05/music-assistants-next-big-hit/</a>

Aral BalkanToday I learned that the alarm system that came with our house – a very popular one here in Ireland – can be disarmed via Siri. The default command?“Hey, Siri, disarm.”I shit you not.<a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/smartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smartHome</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/youGottaBeFuckingKiddingMe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#youGottaBeFuckingKiddingMe</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/siri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#siri</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/openSesame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#openSesame</a>

Jeremiah LeeMy husband’s ability to participate in the smart home from Android is a primary motivation for trying Home Assistant. I want to make sure this works well for him first because I can tolerate papercuts.Google Home support requires a fucking cloud service. In the year of our lard 2025. This is dumb. Apple Home gets this right. Google engineers should go watch my conference talk on leaf computing.<a href="https://www.jeremiahlee.com/posts/leaf-computing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.jeremiahlee.com/posts/leaf-computing/</a><a href="https://alpaca.gold/tags/smartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smartHome</a> <a href="https://alpaca.gold/tags/leafComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#leafComputing</a> <a href="https://alpaca.gold/tags/GoogleHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoogleHome</a> <a href="https://alpaca.gold/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a>

Jeremiah LeeI’m joining the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@homeassistant" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@homeassistant</a> bandwagon after much convincing from <a href="https://lode.social/author/lode/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lode</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/@pfefferle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pfefferle</a>, and <a href="https://sfba.social/@cowperthwait" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cowperthwait</a>.Just ordered a Green and ZBT-1 dongle because I am tired of Hue and Apple Home fighting and my Android-using husband being sidelined.I painfully re-onboarded 30ish lights, outlets, motion sensors, switches from Hue to Apple Home this week and shit still isn’t working. I don’t who is to blame, but this is frustrating. Will open source save me? Follow along and find out…<a href="https://alpaca.gold/tags/smartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smartHome</a>

Franck Nijhof🔋 Testing the HomeWizard Plug-In Battery with Home AssistantThis new device claims to be a plug-and-play home battery that should work with Home Assistant—just install it yourself, no electrician required. But does it actually work as promised?I unbox it, set it up, and put it to the test! Watch here: <a href="https://youtu.be/WOxB-d-ofj4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/WOxB-d-ofj4</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeWizard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeWizard</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmartHome</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeBattery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeBattery</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Energy</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SolarPanels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SolarPanels</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sustainability</a> <a href="https://youtu.be/WOxB-d-ofj4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/WOxB-d-ofj4</a>

Franck Nijhof🚀 Release day! 🎉 Home Assistant 2025.2 is rolling out today!The new backup system gets community-driven improvements + support for Google Drive & OneDrive! 📂 Assist can now broadcast messages across your home! 📢Don’t miss the release party live stream tonight! 🎥<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmartHome</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rflpsHsEE5s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rflpsHsEE5s</a>

stfn :raspberrypi: :python:New blog post!This time it's about a Lenovo USFF PC that I bought for cheap, and that I use a a Home Assistant box. A bit on the hardware, on the software part, and what HA integrations I am using.I also talk why I in my opinion it does not make sense to use a Raspberry Pi for it.<a href="https://stfn.pl/blog/58-home-assistant-lenovo-usff/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stfn.pl/blog/58-home-assistant-lenovo-usff/</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smarthome</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaspberryPi</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blog</a>

Yehor 🇺🇦Hey, <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smarthome</a> users! What are some <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ZigBee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZigBee</a> EU smart plugs with energy monitoring you can recommend? Except <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Tuya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tuya</a> and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Aqara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aqara</a>What about <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/3reality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3reality</a>? Or maybe <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Bosch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bosch</a>?<a href="https://techhub.social/tags/homeautomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeautomation</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AskFediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AskFediverse</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/homeassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeassistant</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/zigbee2mqtt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zigbee2mqtt</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/z2m" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#z2m</a>

stfn :raspberrypi: :python:New blog post!In which I answer the question that many homelabbers have: "How much electricity is my home server using?"The short answer is 70W at idle. The long answer? It's in the blog post. And again BOINC shows up.<a href="https://stfn.pl/blog/57-home-server-electricity-usage/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stfn.pl/blog/57-home-server-electricity-usage/</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homelab</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smarthome</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/zigbee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zigbee</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/boinc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boinc</a>

Andreas BullingHas anyone of you built one of these ESP32-based <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weathercloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weathercloud</a> weather stations?I am tempted... 😉Or does the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smarthome</a> bubble here know of an even better solution? Ideally DIY/open source, no cloud requirement, and ESP-based?But a commercial weather station I would also consider if it can be used without cloud and integrates with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeassistant</a>.<a href="https://www.instructables.com/ESP32-Weathercloud-Weather-Station/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.instructables.com/ESP32-Weathercloud-Weather-Station/</a>

Andreas BullingAnother <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeassistant</a> integration that I can most highly recommend is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/espresence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#espresence</a> <a href="https://github.com/ESPresense/ESPresense" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/ESPresense/ESPresense</a>"An ESP32 based node for gathering indoor positioning and transmitting to mqtt"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homeassistant</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smarthome</a>

Home AssistantFrom our families to yours, happy new year! 🎊We're grateful 🙏🏻 for each and every one of you who contributed to and supported us through 2024 - we've had too many milestones to name, it's been a busy year. 😌Here's to 2025 - whatever it may bring! 🥂<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmartHome</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomeAutomation</a>

Autonomie und SolidaritätDie <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Polizei" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Polizei</a> will ins <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmartHome</a>."Können Staubsaugerroboter oder Stromzähler zur Verbrechensaufklärung beitragen?Jemand öffnet ein Fenster, an dem ein Sensor befestigt ist, dahinter ist unscharf eine Person zu erkennen, Ungebetener Besuch? Der smarte Fenstergriff könnte ihn zumindest registrieren.Ein Mensch wird ermordet – und den entscheidenden Hinweis auf den Täter liefert der Kühlschrank? So muss man sich wohl Kriminalfälle vorstellen, die die Polizei in Zukunft auch mithilfe von Smart-Home-Forensik lösen möchte. Denn längst sind viele Geräte wie Glühbirnen oder Staubsauger in Privathaushalten intelligent, mit Chips und Sensoren ausgestattet, untereinander und oft auch mit dem Internet vernetzt. Alexa und Co. können ganze Etagen abhören. Und sie sammeln dabei eine Flut von Daten.Wie man all das, was in WLANs, Bewegungsmeldern oder Stromzählern anfällt, für die Aufklärung von Verbrechen nutzbar machen kann, soll in den kommenden zwei Jahren ein gemeinsames Forschungsprojekt des „Innovation Hub“ der niedersächsischen Polizei und der Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften im östlichen Niedersachsen herausfinden. Das gab die Hochschule Anfang Dezember bekannt. Knapp 400.000 Euro gibt es für das Projekt „Smarthome Forensics“ vom Land und der <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a> .“<a href="https://emrawi.org/?Strafverfolgung-im-Internet-der-Dinge-3481" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://emrawi.org/?Strafverfolgung-im-Internet-der-Dinge-3481</a>

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