
Home Assistant Podcast
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Join hosts Phil Hawthorne and Rohan Karamandi each fortnight as they explore the newest Home Assistant release 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.
Home Assistant Podcast
2d ago
2025.2 is here with a bunch of new updates to the backups feature, and the Home Assistant voice assistant gets some long awaited new skills. Meanwhile Rohan and Phil discuss a new office occupancy sensor from Logitech, and an issue with HACS
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Home Assistant Podcast
2w ago
Rohan and Phil go to CES 2025 in Las Vegas. In this episode they give an outline of some of the things they experienced from an open source and Home Assistant perspective.
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Home Assistant Podcast
3w ago
Gavin from the Home Tech Podcast stops by to talk about his smart home journey with Home Assistant. From automating the pool to soil sensors and cameras, Gavin has tackled a lot
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Home Assistant Podcast
1M ago
2025 is here and Home Assistant is kicking it off with a new cloud-ready backup solution, and a bunch of updates that have been making peoples heads scratch for a while
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Home Assistant Podcast
1M ago
You may not know her, but you have most likely seen or read her work. Missy is the social media and community manager for Nabu Casa, and a home assistant user.
Chapters
00:00:52 - Meet Missy
00:01:28 - Role of Community Manager
00:02:09 - Nabucasa Developments
00:03:02 - Community Engagement
00:06:46 - Discord Restructuring
00:13:18 - Social Media Management
00:15:58 - Reddit Influence
00:17:54 - Home Automation Projects
00:22:36 - RoboVac Insights
00:25:03 - Office Automation Challenges
00:26:53 - Family and Cleaning Routine
00:29:42 - Light and Smart Plug Automations
00:31:03 - Dog Mo ..read more
Home Assistant Podcast
2M ago
For the final release episode of 2024, Frenck decides to turn the microphone and questions back on to Rohan and Phil
Chapters
00:00:17 - Introduction
00:01:51 - Origin of the Home Assistant Podcast
00:03:18 - Changes and Evolution of the Podcast
00:06:10 - Motivations and Inspirations
00:11:28 - Phil and Rohan's Smart Home Experiences
00:22:30 - Future Smart Home Technologies
00:25:24 - Introduction to Home Automation
00:25:30 - Energy and Sustainability Discussion
00:26:24 - The Influence of Podcast on Smart Homes
00:28:02 - Smart Home Advice for Beginners
00:29:38 - Approach to Smart Home ..read more
Home Assistant Podcast
2M ago
2024.4 lands with a much requested feature - an ability to organise our automations, scripts and devices. Rohan and Phil break down the 2024.4 release and the Voice Assistant community content winners
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:47 State of the Open Home
02:06 Voice Assistant Community Awards
10:03 2024.4
29:52 Maps and Webpage Dashboards
32:15 Section Layout
33:51 Related Items
34:41 Repairs and Spook
37:18 Matter Controllers
39:21 Opening Doors
43:24 New Integrations
45:21 Breaking Changes
47:21 Shoutouts
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Home Assistant Podcast
2M ago
The final release of 2023 is here, and Franck joins Rohan and Phil to break it down and ponder what 2024 will bring.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:54 Another "year of"
04:49 30 Employees at Nabu Casa
11:20 GitHub Security Audit
14:15 2023.12
01:00:12 2023 Wish List - Cameras
01:02:26 2024 Wish List
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Home Assistant Podcast
2M ago
Tim is starting out with his Home Assistant journey like many of us did, in a rental with limited options for changing fixtures.
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Chapters
00:00:15 Introduction
00:00:50 Meet Tim
00:01:07 Home Automation Beginnings
00:03:13 Challenges in Home Automation
00:05:33 Zigbee and IKEA Devices
00:12:27 ZHA and Zigbee to MQTT
00:31:35 Network Stability and Hardware Flexibility
00:33:39 Home Automation Planning
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Home Assistant Podcast
3M ago
2024.7, Year of the voice chapter 7, and an amazing ESPHome update are just some of the goodies released Rohan and Phil break down.
Chapters
00:44 ESPHome Update Entities
05:16 Year of the voice chapter 7
18:49 2204.7
20:11 Home Assistant Roadmap
29:05 20247 Continued
For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at
https://hasspodcast.io/ha159
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