If you love tinkering, ESPHome is a fantastic way to build custom smart home devices. This open-source firmware framework ...

The smart home vision is a bold one, but it doesn’t appeal to everyone. “Some people just want a light switch,” as a colleague recently put it. But many of the drawbacks of a modern smart home can be ...

The free and open-source smart home platform Home Assistant got another vote of confidence today, with the IoT manufacturer Xthings announcing that its Ultraloq U-Bolt series of Z-Wave smart deadbolts ...

Home Assistant reminds everyone that Z-Wave is still relevant. The open-source smart home platform has joined the Z-Wave Alliance board to help shape the direction of the protocol alongside companies ...

After supporting Matter in beta since 2023, the open-source smart home platform is now officially certified as a Matter Controller. This won’t make a jot of difference for users, says founder Paulus ...

Reolink has become the first security camera manufacturer to obtain Works With Home Assistant certification for its Wi-Fi home security cameras. This means Reolink’s cameras—not including its 4G ...

SONOFF iHost is a standalone smart home hub featuring a quad-core Cortex-A55 processor, 2GB RAM, 8GB eMMC storage, and built-in Zigbee, Matter-ready Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, microphone, and speaker ...

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