Ask any smart home enthusiast about their platform of choice, and you’re bound to hear great things about Home Assistant.

You can find custom integrations, dashboard components such as custom cards, and even entire dashboards. These aren't officially supported by Home Assistant, so you use them at your own risk, but most ...

The latest release of Home Assistant, version 2024.6, introduces a plethora of new home automation updates and enhancements designed to enhance your smart home control and user experience. This ...

The Home Assistant update 2025.12 brings a new Labs mode, more intuitive automation triggers, a real-time Energy dashboard, ...

If you would rather take control of your home automation yourself without the need to rely on large corporate businesses, you won’t be interested in learning how to use Home Assistant. A powerful, ...

Buy enough tech and you can’t escape the siren call of a smart home. Amazon practically throws Echo Dots at you. Google will sneak a Nest Mini in the box with almost anything you buy in its store.

Adam has a degree in Engineering, having always been fascinated by how tech works. Tech websites have saved him hours of tearing his hair out on countless occasions, and he enjoys the opportunity to ...

Google Assistant isn't what it used to be, and Gemini is something entirely different. Can these two coincide to fix the current state of the smart home? Chris Wedel Home Tech Editor Chris Wedel is a ...