How-To Geek on MSN

How to access your Home Assistant files via network share (and why you might want to)

If you’re running Home Assistant on a server that’s not easily accessible, you might be interested in making the platform’s files more easily accessible via a network share. This is pretty easy to do, ...
XDA Developers on MSN

I started using Ansible to configure everything, and now I don't want to do it manually

Ansible is just the automation engine on its own, so it needs instructions detailing all the processes I wish to automate.
techtimes

Google Gemini for Home: Early Access Expands with Smarter AI Voice Assistant

After months of waiting, Google officially announced Gemini for Home nearly two months ago. However, the availability was initially limited to a small early access program, but it seems that popular ...
9to5google

Google Home trick lets you enable the new Gemini voices immediately

The Gemini for Home voice assistant started rolling out at the end of October, with Early Access availability currently quite limited. A trick today does not enable the new LLM-powered assistant, but ...
Forbes

Home Assistant’s New Zigbee And Thread Dongle Goes Live

Home Assistant has just taken the covers off of its latest device: the Connect ZBT-2, which is a big USB dongle that will give your smart home a high-performance Zigbee or Thread connection. It’s the ...
SlashGear

Can Gemini Make Google Home Less Awful? We Put Google's AI Update To The Test

Smart home ecosystems like Google Home and Amazon Alexa were supposed to herald a "Jetsons" style future when they arrived in the mid-2010s. Complete with voice assistants that allowed users to ...
Mashable

Readers' Choice: The battle of the smart home assistants

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. Credit: Ian Moore / ...
Mashable

Readers' Choice Awards 2025: Your favorite smart home brands

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. Your smart home winners are ...
The Verge

AI can’t even turn on the lights

On The Vergecast: Apple’s M5, the state of smart home assistants, and a boom in AI song covers. On The Vergecast: Apple’s M5, the state of smart home assistants, and a boom in AI song covers. is ...
Gizmodo

Voice Assistants Are Begging for a Do-Over. Should You Really Give Them One?

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Gizmodo may earn an affiliate commission. Reading time 4 minutes If ...
LancasterOnline

6 affordable tech options that can help you age in place

Thousands of miles separate Karen Latimer from her octogenarian parents, who still live in their two-story home in southern California. But one thing gives everyone in the family some peace of mind: ...