To get the most out of the Home app, especially for controlling devices when you’re away from home, you’ll need a HomeKit hub ...

Smart plugs are possibly the cheapest smart home upgrade you can make. They’re significantly cheaper than installing smart ...

MQTT is a communication system that helps different parts of your smart home talk to each other. For Zigbee2MQTT to work smoothly with Home Assistant, you usually need an MQTT broker, which is like a ...

Turning on Home Assistant backups is trivially easy and can be done from the UI. In a web browser or companion app, head to ...

Typically, the power savers include a flashy LED light that turns on to trick people into thinking it's doing something, along with high-school-level components like a capacitor or, well, nothing. Be ...

The front door has gone digital! Ditch digging around for a key and unlock the door with a pin code or finger print instead.

Build a DIY ESP32C6 temperature and humidity sensor in 10 minutes with ESPHome, then add it to Home Assistant for low-cost, ...

If you're hosting for Thanksgiving, you're likely already too busy to worry much about new technology. The secret of the ...

Google’s products and services have been flooded with AI features over the past couple of years, but smart home has been largely spared until now. The company’s plans to replace Assistant are moving ...