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Doorbell press plays a sound on every Amazon Echo: a Home Assistant blueprint and step-by-step guide
At our house the doorbell does not ring a chime on the wall. When someone presses it, every Amazon Echo in the house plays…
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UniFi Network 11 Adds Matter and Thread Monitoring. Read This Before You Update
UniFi Network 11 can monitor Matter-over-Thread devices alongside your Wi-Fi and Ethernet gear, but the update clears history, drops the USG, and has already…
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Ubiquiti U7 Industrial and Industrial Switches: What Installers Should Check
Ubiquiti’s rugged U7 Industrial Wi-Fi 7 access point and DIN-rail industrial switches are arriving, with firmware requirements and pricing that matter before you order.
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Video Doorbells in 2026: Which Ones Work With Home Assistant, Apple Home and Your Old Chime
Which video doorbells work with Home Assistant or Apple Home, which ring your existing chime, which need a subscription, and which handle a cold…
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Apple’s Welcome Home Event: What Installers and Owners Should Check First
Apple’s Welcome Home event is set for October 13th, with a rumored smart home hub, homeOS, and refreshed HomePod Mini and Apple TV, so…
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VIEWE’s ESP32-S31 Touch Display Board: Zigbee and Thread Radio, but Still Preview
VIEWE has launched a 4.3-inch touch display board built on the new ESP32-S31, with Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4 and an 802.15.4 radio, but the…
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Before You Buy a Smart Thermostat: The Wiring Checks That Matter
A CNET DIY guide lays out the compatibility and wiring checks to run before swapping in a smart thermostat, and we add what that…
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Home Assistant Automations Getting Out of Hand? What Community Users Do About It
A recent Home Assistant community thread lays out how long-time users keep hundreds of automations manageable, from categories to packages to plain YAML files.
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UGREEN HomeAgent: A Local AI Hub Is Coming to Kickstarter. What Installers Should Check
UGREEN has announced HomeAgent, a local-first AI hub with Matter support and its own cameras, open for pre-order ahead of a Kickstarter on Oct.…
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Thread Border Routers for Home Assistant: What to Buy, and What You Might Already Own
IKEA’s new Matter over Thread gear has a lot of people shopping for a Thread border router. Here are the real options for a…
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HACS Is Moving Into Home Assistant as Marketplace: What Changes for Your Install
The pull request that brings HACS into Home Assistant Core as Marketplace has been merged and is aimed at 2026.11. Here is what carries…
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Announce, then put the music back: a Home Assistant blueprint
A Home Assistant blueprint that makes an announcement on any speaker, then puts every speaker back the way it was: volume, music, groups, and…