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I’m Adam Conway, an Irish technology fanatic with a BSc in Computer Science and I'm XDA’s Lead Technical Editor. My Bachelor’s thesis was conducted on the viability of benchmarking the non-functional ...

Imagine walking into your home, and with a single voice command or tap on your phone, the lights dim, your favorite playlist starts, and the thermostat adjusts to the perfect temperature, all without ...

I want to leave my home's lighting and air conditioning to AI. But I don't really like the idea of having everything ...

Build a custom ESP32-P4 Home Assistant touch panel to manage your smart appliances. This 10.1-inch TFT display hub features LVGL UI and Wi-Fi.

Megan is a Software Writer at XDA Developers who has been writing about consumer technology since 2016. With a postgraduate degree in New Media journalism, she has always been passionate about diving ...

Home Assistant 2025.8 has arrived. This is the latest version of the open-source smart home automation software, following the 2025.7 release, which brought a new Ask Question action and redesigned ...

Reinventing the wheel.

The move is part of a long-term strategy Schoutsen and his team have been pursuing to make Home Assistant a mainstream smart home platform. Schoutsen says most users find the powe ...

Nabu Casa is rebrandung Home Assistant Cloud to Home Assistant Link to emphasize local control, while HACS also joins Core as a built-in Marketplace.