But with Matterbridge installed as a Home Assistant add-on, I can realize the promise of Matter by passing any devices that ...

Home Assistant is giving Z-Wave a serious range boost with its latest bit of official hardware: the Connect ZWA-2, which has just been officially announced. Built by Nabu Casa (as all official Home ...

Smart plugs are possibly the cheapest smart home upgrade you can make. They’re significantly cheaper than installing smart ...

I recently described how a recent flurry of smart home failures made me turn to Home Assistant, the increasingly polished DIY smart home platform that you can host yourself without relying on the ...

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 ...

The open-source smart home platform has joined the Z-Wave Alliance board to help shape the direction of the protocol alongside companies like Ring, ADT, and Assa Abloy. Founder Paulus Schoutsen said ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. From coop to attic, Home Assistant’s new Z-Wave antenna helped me connect devices in the furthest corners of my ...

The Z-Wave Alliance announced it has welcomed Nabu Casa, best known as the organization driving the development of Home Assistant, as an official member of the Z-Wave Alliance Board of Directors.

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I’ve set up dozens of smart home gadgets across two homes and two apartments over the last five years. I have a mental list of brands I revere and brands from which nothing shall ever be purchased ...

I’ve been buying and tinkering with smart home devices for years. As a result, my home network resembles a kind of Model UN of devices, bridges, protocols, assistants, and apps. I try to broker ...