On the hardware front, you can use an old smartphone with a working mic and speaker to use the Home Assistant Companion app ...

If you would like to start your journey by setting up your own home automation system, Zigbee, offers a robust wireless protocol, and has been transforming the way we control and automate our homes.

Imagine a home that not only responds to your commands but also sees, understands, and acts on its own. With the integration of AI vision into the Home Assistant platform, this futuristic scenario is ...

Thanks to the ESP8266 and the ESP32, we’ve seen an explosion in DIY home automation projects recently. When it only takes $3 and a few lines of code to bring your gadgets onto the network, that’s ...

Home Assistant is free and open source home automation software that allows you to control and interact with smart home gadgets. You can install the software on a ...

When the Nest Learning Thermostat burst into the smart home market nearly a decade ago, it seemed poised to change how we saw smart home tech: Lindsey Turrentine, CNET's editor-in-chief at the time, ...