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Join hosts Phil Hawthorne and Rohan Karamandi as they explore the newest Home Assistant releases and the latest Home Automation news. Featuring guests who use or contribute to Home Assistant, the podcast aims to inspire new ways to make your home smarter.
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2024.3 - Features we wanted, and some we didn’t know we needed
2024.3 lands with exciting updates, with some features which are sure to please everyone. Phil shares a tip for owners with robot vacuums with mopping capabilities
Chapters00:00 Intro
01:00 2024.3 New Features
27:01 Vacuum Smells
31:15 Template Translation Helper
36:22 New Integrations
39:33 Breaking Changes
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha151
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Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon
This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsors
Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa
Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Configuration is via the User Interface so no fiddling with router settings, dynamic DNS or YAML.
BetterHelp
Home Assistant Podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. If you’re thinking of starting therapy, give BetterHelp a try. Get 10% off your first month with promo code ASSISTANT.
https://betterhelp.com/assistant
Hosts
Phil Hawthorne
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @philhawthorne
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Rohan Karamandi
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @rohank9
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Talking Nabu Casa, Future Plans and so much more with Paulus
Paulus joins Rohan and Phil to catch up on what’s been happening with Home Assistant and Nabu Casa. From working with smart home alliances to the future of Home Assistant and Nabu Casa, this chat covered a lot of ground
Chapters00:00 Intro
01:26 What is Nabu Casa up to
05:48 How is Nabu Casa going
09:44 Nabu Casa vs Open Source
14:07 Working with Smart Home Alliances
21:36 Open Source vs Closed Alliances
28:49 Paulus at CES
31:52 Was the Year of the Voice a Success
34:57 Local Wake Word Detection
38:56 Reflecting on the Year of the Voice
40:14 Raspberry 5 Support
42:31 AI For Home Assistant
47:55 Roadmap for Home Assistant
50:56 More Hardware for Nabu Casa
56:23 The Home Assistant Community
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha150
Watch this episode on YouTube
Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon
This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsors
Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa
Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Configuration is via the User Interface so no fiddling with router settings, dynamic DNS or YAML.
Nom Nom
What you feed your dog goes a long way to helping them lead their best lives. Use promo code HOMEASSISTANT for 50% off
https://trynom.com/homeassistant
Hosts
Phil Hawthorne
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @philhawthorne
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Rohan Karamandi
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @rohank9
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2024.2 and Apple Car Play
Rohan and Phil sit down with Simon from Australia. From smart integration with alarm panels to automating garage doors
Chapters00:00 Intro
00:49 Cloud Strikes Again
13:46 Apple Car Play
18:51 2024.2
45:15 Breaking Changes
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha149
Watch this episode on YouTube
Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon
This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsors
Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa
Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Configuration is via the User Interface so no fiddling with router settings, dynamic DNS or YAML.
BetterHelp
Home Assistant Podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. If you’re thinking of starting therapy, give BetterHelp a try. Get 10% off your first month with promo code ASSISTANT.
https://betterhelp.com/assistant
Hosts
Phil Hawthorne
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @philhawthorne
Buy Phil a Coffee
Rohan Karamandi
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @rohank9
Buy Rohan a Coffee
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Automating a rental with an existing alarm control panel with Simon
Rohan and Phil sit down with Simon from Australia. From smart integration with alarm panels to automating garage doors
Chapters00:00 Intro
01:23 Getting in to Home Automation
07:09 Australia's Device Limitations
10:05 Smart Home Setup
15:14 Automating the garage door
19:26 mmWave Sensors
21:37 Driving Home Assistant Tablets
23:00 Wireless Speaker Planning
24:31 Wireless Speaker Interface
28:23 Voice Assistants
35:05 House Alarm Modes
40:50 Room Presence
43:47 Garbage Bins
48:34 Away mode heating/cooling
51:14 Tracking data with Grafana
54:15 Energy Monitoring
56:22 End Goals for Home Automation
01:00:09 Smart Irrigation
01:01:10 Internet Down Alert
01:01:56 Phil Zigbee Issues
01:04:24 Simons End Goals
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha148
Watch this episode on YouTube
Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon
This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsors
Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa
Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Configuration is via the User Interface so no fiddling with router settings, dynamic DNS or YAML.
BetterHelp
Home Assistant Podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. If you’re thinking of starting therapy, give BetterHelp a try. Get 10% off your first month with promo code ASSISTANT.
https://betterhelp.com/assistant
Nom Nom
What you feed your dog goes a long way to helping them lead their best lives. Use promo code HOMEASSISTANT for 50% off
https://trynom.com/homeassistant
Hosts
Phil Hawthorne
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @philhawthorne
Buy Phil a Coffee
Rohan Karamandi
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @rohank9
Buy Rohan a Coffee
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
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Home Assistant brings in 2024 with a fresh take on the automation UI builder
Rohan and Phil break down the 2024.1 release, which brings in some new updates to the automation UI
Chapters00:00 Intro
01:12 2024 Wishes
14:07 2024.1
26:22 2024.1 New Integrations
34:09 2024.1 Breaking Changes
39:03 iOS versions
43:39 Reolink Doorbell
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha147
Watch this episode on YouTube
Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon
This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsor
Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa
Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Configuration is via the User Interface so no fiddling with router settings, dynamic DNS or YAML.
Hosts
Phil Hawthorne
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @philhawthorne
Buy Phil a Coffee
Rohan Karamandi
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @rohank9
Buy Rohan a Coffee
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy -
Jasper’s Automated Hotel with Home Assistant
Meet Jasper, Technical Director of a Netherlands hotel. Discover how Home Assistant integrates with the hotel's KNX system, helping manage the hotel and Jasper’s home life
Chapters00:00 Intro
01:47 Getting started wth Home Automation
04:52 Custom Brewery
05:44 Automating a Hotel with Home Assitant
14:48 Future plans for the Hotel
16:18 Beta Testing for the Home
19:07 Hardware for Home Assistant
23:48 Tracking Guests energy usage
25:20 Presence Sensors
34:28 NVR for the Hotel
35:25 Home Energy Monitoring
37:59 What powers these automations
38:56 Natural Gas Replacements
43:38 Voice Control
46:05 Technology Stack
49:33 Brewery Automations
54:32 GPT Flavoured Beer
56:21 To Do Lists
01:01:00 Battery Management
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha146
Watch this episode on YouTube
Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon
This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsor
Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa
Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Configuration is via the User Interface so no fiddling with router settings, dynamic DNS or YAML.
Hosts
Phil Hawthorne
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @philhawthorne
Buy Phil a Coffee
Rohan Karamandi
Website
Smart Home Products
Twitter: @rohank9
Buy Rohan a Coffee
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Customer Reviews
Great show
Very inspirational and informative. Keep up the good job!
Host and guest sharing is inspiring!
Listening to the hosts and guests discuss the unique and most useful features of their setups are inspiring. It is exciting to learn about a clever way to use devices in a way that I hadn't considered before.
I appreciate the release notes and especially the breaking changes as a nice overview to listen to before I install an upgrade. I always quickly skim the breaking changes myself before an update to make sure nothing was added since the podcast was recorded.
Great Way to Generate Ideas
I was skeptical going in to this podcast. I mean, what could you possibly talk about that I would be interested in? It turns out, a lot! I have come away with so many new ideas for new automations listening to this podcast. I really love that they’re featuring users that are normal every day people that have gotten into home assistant. It validates that anyone can get into home assistant and all the awesome things you can do with it. Keep up the awesome work guys!