Home Assistant Podcast

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

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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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

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

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2024.3 lands with exciting updates, with some features which are sure to please everyone. Phil shares a tip for owners with robot vacuums with mopping capabilities

00:00 Intro

01:00 2024.3 New Features

27:01 Vacuum Smells

31:15 Template Translation Helper

36:22 New Integrations

39:33 Breaking Changes

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Paulus joins Rohan and Phil to catch up on what’s been happening with Home Assistant and Nabu Casa. From working with smart home alliances to the future of Home Assistant and Nabu Casa, this chat covered a lot of ground

00:00 Intro

01:26 What is Nabu Casa up to

05:48 How is Nabu Casa going

09:44 Nabu Casa vs Open Source

14:07 Working with Smart Home Alliances

21:36 Open Source vs Closed Alliances

28:49 Paulus at CES

31:52 Was the Year of the Voice a Success

34:57 Local Wake Word Detection

38:56 Reflecting on the Year of the Voice

40:14 Raspberry 5 Support

42:31 AI For Home Assistant

47:55 Roadmap for Home Assistant

50:56 More Hardware for Nabu Casa

56:23 The Home Assistant Community

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Rohan and Phil sit down with Simon from Australia. From smart integration with alarm panels to automating garage doors

00:00 Intro

00:49 Cloud Strikes Again

13:46 Apple Car Play

18:51 2024.2

45:15 Breaking Changes

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Rohan and Phil sit down with Simon from Australia. From smart integration with alarm panels to automating garage doors

00:00 Intro

01:23 Getting in to Home Automation

07:09 Australia's Device Limitations

10:05 Smart Home Setup

15:14 Automating the garage door

19:26 mmWave Sensors

21:37 Driving Home Assistant Tablets

23:00 Wireless Speaker Planning

24:31 Wireless Speaker Interface

28:23 Voice Assistants

35:05 House Alarm Modes

40:50 Room Presence

43:47 Garbage Bins

48:34 Away mode heating/cooling

51:14 Tracking data with Grafana

54:15 Energy Monitoring

56:22 End Goals for Home Automation

01:00:09 Smart Irrigation

01:01:10 Internet Down Alert

01:01:56 Phil Zigbee Issues

01:04:24 Simons End Goals

For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at

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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.

BetterHelp

Home Assistant Podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. If you’re thinking of starting therapy, give BetterHelp a try. Get 10% off your first month with promo code ASSISTANT.

https://betterhelp.com/assistant

Nom Nom

What you feed your dog goes a long way to helping them lead their best lives. Use promo code HOMEASSISTANT for 50% off

https://trynom.com/homeassistant

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Rohan and Phil break down the 2024.1 release, which brings in some new updates to the automation UI

00:00 Intro

01:12 2024 Wishes

14:07 2024.1

26:22 2024.1 New Integrations

34:09 2024.1 Breaking Changes

39:03 iOS versions

43:39 Reolink Doorbell

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Meet Jasper, Technical Director of a Netherlands hotel. Discover how Home Assistant integrates with the hotel's KNX system, helping manage the hotel and Jasper’s home life

00:00 Intro

01:47 Getting started wth Home Automation

04:52 Custom Brewery

05:44 Automating a Hotel with Home Assitant

14:48 Future plans for the Hotel

16:18 Beta Testing for the Home

19:07 Hardware for Home Assistant

23:48 Tracking Guests energy usage

25:20 Presence Sensors

34:28 NVR for the Hotel

35:25 Home Energy Monitoring

37:59 What powers these automations

38:56 Natural Gas Replacements

43:38 Voice Control

46:05 Technology Stack

49:33 Brewery Automations

54:32 GPT Flavoured Beer

56:21 To Do Lists

01:01:00 Battery Management

For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at

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The final release of 2023 is here, and Franck joins Rohan and Phil to break it down and ponder what 2024 will bring.

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

For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at

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Rohan and Phil sit down with Ian, a Zero Trust security strategist, to unravel the intersection of security and smart homes. Ian shares insights on how he is fortifying his home with Home Assistant

01:44 Getting started with Home Automation

09:55 First Security Automations

22:23 Cyber Security Career

25:43 Automations around the house

30:05 Voice Automations

34:13 How does telemetry power your home

40:35 Geothermal Heating

42:40 Heat Pump

45:01 Long Term Statistic Storage

49:02 TimeRole Based Accounts

57:42 Future plans for the smart home

01:02:59 Smart home ideas for kids

For complete show notes and more information about the topics discussed in this episode, be sure to check the notes at

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