Virtual assistants, also known as voice assistants, are computer programs that are designed to understand and respond to voice commands. They can be used to perform a wide range of …
Control the lights or execute an automation using your TV remote
Did you ever want to go supercharged on your smart home automations and execute one through your TV remote? This can be handy – for example – whenever you want …
How to activate developer mode on Android TV and USB Debugging
Activating developer mode on Android TV is sometimes necessary to debug an app or to integrate with systems like Home Assistant. So how to do it? It’s pretty straight forward! …
Creating bedroom night lights
So my wife keeps complaining that she’s finding herself in the dark all the time when she wants to wake up before me or get in bed after I’m already …
Home Assistant – Using the Grid, Vertical Stack and Horizontal Stack card
Home Assistant has those cool cards to help you arrange your Lovelace dashboard so that it will be arranged to your liking. Currently, there are no option to drag and …
First steps in Home Assistant – initial recommended configuration
Home Assistant is awesome, but can be confusing and overwhelming for a beginner user.Here are the most recommended steps to take right after you’ve finished the installation and your home …
How to Install HACS – Home assistant community store
HACS (Home Assistant community store) is an add-on for HA, allowing you to add community-created add-ons with a click of a button, browse for more add-ons and keep it updated. …
Digital clock on Home Assistant
So you want to have a nice digital clock on your system! It’s only logical.Easiest way to do it is with HACS + digital-clock custom card. Let’s get to it: …
Install Home Assistant on a Linux machine – Debian 11
Installing HA supervised on Debian 11 is an officially supported method by HA.Why would you do that you ask?– Install on any machine that supports linux, making you flexible about …
Setting up DuckDNS on your Home Assistant and reach it outside you local network without a static IP
By using DuckDNS, you can reach you Home Assistant instance from outside your network – instead of using http://homeassistant.local:8123 you can use http://yoursubdomain.duckdns.org:8123 from anywhere.Using a static IP costs more, …