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.

The State of the Open Home live stream had some big announcements for Home Assistant and its future. Frenck fills in for Rohan to go behind the scenes and break down the announcements, and the latest Home Assistant release <h2>Chapters</h2>01:10 State of the Open Home 03:47 New Owner of Home Assistant05:40 Home Assistant Foundation 10:56 How many homes use Home Assistant 13:35 Home Assistant Hardware Updates 17:18 Cloud New Features 18:04 Home Assistant Longterm New Features 22:53 2024.5 New Features 50:20 20245 New Integrations 54:45 Backwards Incompatible Changes For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at<a href="https://hasspodcast.io/ha155" rel="nofollow">https://hasspodcast.io/ha154</a><a href="https://youtu.be/VJt-kSGPbFs" rel="nofollow">Watch this episode on YouTube</a><a href="https://patreon.com/hkmedia" rel="nofollow">Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon</a> This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsors<a href="https://nabucasa.com/" rel="nofollow">Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa</a>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. HostsPhil Hawthorne<a href="https://philhawthorne.com/" rel="nofollow">Website</a><a href="https://kit.co/philhawthorne" rel="nofollow">Smart Home Products</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/philhawthorne" rel="nofollow">@philhawthorne</a><a href="https://buymeacoff.ee/philhawthorne" rel="nofollow">Buy Phil a Coffee</a> Franck Nijhof<a href="https://frenck.dev" rel="nofollow">Website</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/frenck" rel="nofollow">@frenck</a> Our Sponsors: * Check out eufy: us.eufy.com Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

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Talking the Open Home Foundation and 2024.5 with Frenck

Kurt from Belgium loves everything to do with technology. So there’s little surprise as Kurt shares with us all the ways he is using Home Assistant to make his life smarter <h2>Chapters</h2>02:05 Getting started with Home Automation 10:10 Smart Locks 14:35 Solving the smart home for non tech people 15:53 Driving Automations 20:40 AI for the smart home24:13 Favourite Automations 28:36 Sleep Detection 31:35 Phil's Zwave Network Offline 37:47 Robot Vacuums 42:33 Presence Detection 45:13 Powering Automations 48:29 Car Log Book Automation 50:07 Putting Home Assistant in Schools 53:28 Family feature requests 55:41 Driving Home Assistant 01:01:28 Failsafes for Home Automation For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at<a href="https://hasspodcast.io/ha154" rel="nofollow">https://hasspodcast.io/ha154</a><a href="https://youtu.be/qpKAoUmUAwI" rel="nofollow">Watch this episode on YouTube</a><a href="https://patreon.com/hkmedia" rel="nofollow">Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon</a> This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsors<a href="https://nabucasa.com/" rel="nofollow">Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa</a>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. HostsPhil Hawthorne<a href="https://philhawthorne.com/" rel="nofollow">Website</a><a href="https://kit.co/philhawthorne" rel="nofollow">Smart Home Products</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/philhawthorne" rel="nofollow">@philhawthorne</a><a href="https://buymeacoff.ee/philhawthorne" rel="nofollow">Buy Phil a Coffee</a> Rohan Karamandi<a href="https://karamandi.com/" rel="nofollow">Website</a><a href="https://kit.co/rkaramandi/" rel="nofollow">Smart Home Products</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/rohank9" rel="nofollow">@rohank9</a><a href="https://buymeacoff.ee/rkaramandi" rel="nofollow">Buy Rohan a Coffee</a> Our Sponsors: * Shop the eufy video lock: https://shop.eufy.com/VideoLock or order it on Amazon today! Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

Automating all the things with Kurt

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 <h2>Chapters</h2>00:00 Intro00:47 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 For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at<a href="https://hasspodcast.io/ha153" rel="nofollow">https://hasspodcast.io/ha153</a><a href="https://youtu.be/r9giaQqpf2U" rel="nofollow">Watch this episode on YouTube</a><a href="https://patreon.com/hkmedia" rel="nofollow">Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon</a> This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsors<a href="https://nabucasa.com/" rel="nofollow">Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa</a>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. HostsPhil Hawthorne<a href="https://philhawthorne.com/" rel="nofollow">Website</a><a href="https://kit.co/philhawthorne" rel="nofollow">Smart Home Products</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/philhawthorne" rel="nofollow">@philhawthorne</a><a href="https://buymeacoff.ee/philhawthorne" rel="nofollow">Buy Phil a Coffee</a> Rohan Karamandi<a href="https://karamandi.com/" rel="nofollow">Website</a><a href="https://kit.co/rkaramandi/" rel="nofollow">Smart Home Products</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/rohank9" rel="nofollow">@rohank9</a><a href="https://buymeacoff.ee/rkaramandi" rel="nofollow">Buy Rohan a Coffee</a> Our Sponsors: * Shop the eufy video lock: https://shop.eufy.com/VideoLock or order it on Amazon today! Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

Categorising and Labelling everything with 2024.4

Brian is a spacecraft systems engineer, who uses Home Assistant to automate his house, and help him remember some of the earthly world problems in his day-to-day life <h2>Chapters</h2>00:00 Intro 03:25 Getting started with Home Assistant 05:59 Who's in the house 08:39 Protocols Used in the House 10:24 Driving Automations 13:48 Hardware used for Home Assistant 15:02 Using Frigate 16:56 Using Home Assistant for Memory 23:05 Night Time Automations 34:15 Leak Sensors 45:30 Zigbee 48:50 Presence Detection 55:48 To Do Lists and Battery Automation 01:03:25 Automating a Pool For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at<a href="https://hasspodcast.io/ha152" rel="nofollow">https://hasspodcast.io/ha152</a><a href="https://youtu.be/r9giaQqpf2U" rel="nofollow">Watch this episode on YouTube</a><a href="https://patreon.com/hkmedia" rel="nofollow">Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon</a> This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsors<a href="https://nabucasa.com/" rel="nofollow">Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa</a>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.<a href="https://trynom.com/homeassistant" rel="nofollow">Nom Nom</a>What you feed your dog goes a long way to helping them lead their best lives. Use promo code HOMEASSISTANT for 50% offhttps://trynom.com/homeassistant<a href="https://factormeals.com/homeassistant50" rel="nofollow">Factor</a>Eating better is easy with Factor’s delicious, ready-to-eat meals. Every fresh, never-frozen meal is chef-crafted, dietitianapproved, and ready to go in just 2-minutes. Use promo code homeassistant50 for 50% off.https://factormeals.com/homeassistant50 HostsPhil Hawthorne<a href="https://philhawthorne.com/" rel="nofollow">Website</a><a href="https://kit.co/philhawthorne" rel="nofollow">Smart Home Products</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/philhawthorne" rel="nofollow">@philhawthorne</a><a href="https://buymeacoff.ee/philhawthorne" rel="nofollow">Buy Phil a Coffee</a> Rohan Karamandi<a href="https://karamandi.com/" rel="nofollow">Website</a><a href="https://kit.co/rkaramandi/" rel="nofollow">Smart Home Products</a>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/rohank9" rel="nofollow">@rohank9</a><a href="https://buymeacoff.ee/rkaramandi" rel="nofollow">Buy Rohan a Coffee</a> Advertising Inquiries: <a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'>https://redcircle.com/brands</a> Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircle.com/privacy</a>

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