Testing shows Home Assistant’s locally run large language models outperform Google’s cloud-based Gemini for Home in complex smart home tasks. Local setups offer faster responses, deeper contextual ...

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Home Assistant turns all my different gadgets into inputs and outputs, which is exactly what a smart home should have been ...

If you’ve got an RTL-SDR compatible receiver, you’ve probably used it for picking up signals from all kinds of weird things. Now, [Jaron McDaniel] has built a tool to integrate many such devices into ...

Google Assistant has, especially in the context of the smart home, been crumbling over the past couple of years. In a post this evening, Google’s lead for Home and Nest has acknowledged Assistant ...

Have you ever dreamed of a home that anticipates your needs, adjusts to your routines, and simplifies your daily life? With Home Assistant, that vision is closer than ever. But let’s face it, diving ...

The MiciMike Home Mini Drop-In PCB is an open-source replacement mainboard designed to convert a 1st Gen Google Home Mini ...

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 ...

Building a smart home begins with selecting the right ecosystem, and two prominent contenders in this space are Home Assistant and Homey Pro. Both platforms offer distinct features, advantages, and ...

Enter the MiciMike Home Mini Drop-in Board. It’s a drop-in replacement for the original Google Home Mini printed circuit board that fits inside the case and works with the same speaker hardware. But ...