Mark's Home Assistant Setup: The Good, The Bad, The Exploded Server
Mark went from a rocky SmartThings world to a rock-solid Home Assistant install. He shares his tails of disaster and recovery, as well as his journey from Tasmota to ESPHome.Watch this episode on YouT...
12 Touko 52min
Home Assistant 2026.5 introduces RF and RS-232 Control
We’re diving into Home Assistant 2026.5 and re-capping the highlights from State of the Open Home 2026. There’s new RS-232 serial control, dashboard strategies, and more purpose-specific triggers.Watc...
6 Touko 1h 5min
How FireAvert wants to prevent house fires with a smart home twist
We’re sitting down with Nick and Larsen from FireAvert to talk about how FireAvert aims to stop house fires, and how they can tie into smart home systems like Home AssistantWatch this episode on YouTu...
21 Huhti 47min
How Mike is making heating smarter with Home Assistant
Industrial data pro Mike joins Phil and Rohan to unpack his Home Assistant setup. We dive deep into Node‑RED flows, mmWave presence, actionable dashboards, and AI‑assisted automations—including recogn...
14 Huhti 1h 10min
Braden’s Reliable, Low-Cost Home Automation System With Zero YAML Powered by Home Assistant
Electrical engineer Braden joins Phil and Rohan to share practical Home Assistant wins. From migrating to Zigbee2MQTT, taming a Whirlpool ice maker with ESPHome, building a garage door opener, and pla...
8 Huhti 59min
Infrared is cool again with Home Assistant 2026.4
Home Assistant 2026.4 is here! We break down Infrared as a first‑class feature with IR proxies, expanded purpose‑specific triggers, dashboard background colors, favorites for lights/covers, Matter loc...
31 Maalis 53min
Home Assistant On Wheels: We’re going Inside the SmartyVan
Director-turned-vanlifer Mike from the YouTube channel SmartyVan shows how he turned a bare Mercedes Sprinter into a fully automated, off‑grid smart RV powered by Home Assistant and ESPHome. We cover ...
24 Maalis 1h 10min
Kaden‘s Cat-Tracking Smart Home with Home Assistant and Frigate
We’re diving into Kaden’s cat-first smart home: Reolink + Frigate for pet detection, PetLibro feeders, and a Litter-Robot 4 all tied together with Home Assistant and LLM-generated dashboards.Watch thi...
17 Maalis 58min
