Home Assistant's best feature is a lot simpler than that: a unified dashboard.

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Building a smart home begins with selecting the right ecosystem, and two prominent contenders in this space are Home Assistant and Homey Pro. Both platforms offer distinct features, advantages, and ...

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The brand-new Home Assistant Yellow box had been collecting dust in my “gadgets to install” cardboard box for four months, with me randomly sighing and proclaiming to my husband, “We should set up ...

I recently described how a recent flurry of smart home failures made me turn to Home Assistant, the increasingly polished DIY smart home platform that you can host yourself without relying on the ...

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From the homepage for the “Lauren” project (gif by the author for Hyperallergic, images via get-lauren.com) HOUSTON — Artist Lauren McCarthy wants to be your virtual assistant, but the catch is you ...