Home Assistant 2026.9 improves Modbus integrations, and a better activity history
Home Assistant 2026.9 is here. Maps suffer an unexpected turn of events and easier Modbus integrations arrive. Activity history gets some love. Nabu Casa subscribers can start testing a new and improv...
1 Sep 49min
Living With Home Assistant: The Other Side of the Smart Home
Sofia lives in a Home Assistant smart home, but she didn’t install it. We’re breaking down what its like on the other side of the fence and how open communication and involvement make for a happier sm...
18 Aug 37min
Rohan is Packing Up his Smart Home and Starting Over
Rohan is moving house! Phil and Rohan dive into the realities of selling a Home Assistant-powered home and moving into a new property. They discuss what smart home gear is worth leaving behind, how to...
11 Aug 59min
Home Assistant 2026.8 says goodbye to 8123, while SmartThings goes behind a paywall
Home Assistant 2026.8 is here, we unpack the biggest changes. From port 8123 to port 80 for new Home Assistant OS installs, customizable entity ID formats, moon and vibration automation triggers, and ...
5 Aug 1h 3min
How Eugene Built a .NET Home Assistant Brain for his Smart Home
Phil and Rohan chat with Eugene about how he built a deeply automated smart home using Home Assistant, Raspberry Pi, Zigbee, Shelly devices, Aqara sensors, and even C#/.NET with NetDaemon. They explor...
28 Jul 51min
Khaled - The dentist with a Kubernetes Cluster and Home Assistant
Phil and Rohan chat with Khaled, a periodontist who turned Home Assistant into the central brain of his home. From Roomba integrations and Soma shades to barcode-driven dog treat tracking, e-ink dashb...
21 Jul 1h 9min
Omri Peretz the creator of QuickBars for Android TV
In this episode Phil and Rohan chat with Omri, the creator of QuickBars, an Android TV and Google TV app for controlling Home Assistant from the couch. They dig into his smart home journey, how he rep...
7 Jul 49min
