I know, I know… At first glance, Telegram has a bad reputation. However, the Home Assistant Telegram integration can have certain advantages over normal app notifications. In this post, I’...
The smart home only works well as long as everything is done the way you are used to. But what if something is not ‘normal’? Someone is staying over, you are on holiday or you are having a party. Of c...
I had wanted a sensor that detects whether someone is in bed for quite some time. This is particularly useful if you have cats that may trigger motion detectors in the middle of the night and turn on ...
It’s slowly starting to get cold again. Time to use Home Assistant to control the heating again. But this time even smarter than before. With Better Thermostat! You’re probably wondering h...
AI is a topic that is becoming increasingly relevant.More and more AI functions are also being incorporated into Home Assistant.I recently took a look at the local LLM Ollama.For those who are not fam...
More and more ideas are sprouting up about how AI can be put to good use. Some people use it to write poetry or improve their business email writing skills. I, however, want to put an end to the tires...
Many of you would surely like to use Home Assistant as a voice assistant and be able to address it anywhere in the house, just like IronMan. In this article, I will explain how you can control Home As...
In my last post, I explained how you can easily build your own voice assistant. However, I noticed that my speech was often not understood, or words were recognised that I hadn’t said. At first,...
I have integrated two Tapo IP cameras into my smart home. These are currently available on Amazon* for less than 25 Euro. I mostly use the cameras to see what the cats are up to when no one is at home...
I recently watched this video and thought it was a great idea to use an LED strip as a visual timer. In the video, Paul says that it took forever to set up. He also only has fixed timers, and it looks...