Smart Home

My local smart home hub was perfect until I moved it across the room

• Home Assistant
• Homey Pro Mini
• Matter
• Smart Home
• Technology

My local smart home hub was perfect until I moved it across the room

Bertel King May 6, 2026

Your smart home server is in another castle.

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These are the first Alexa+ speakers that aren’t made by Amazon

• Amazon Alexa & Amazon Echo
• Bose
• Smart Home
• Technology

These are the first Alexa+ speakers that aren’t made by Amazon

Jon Fingas May 5, 2026

The Bose Lifestyle Collection can handle your trickier voice commands.

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5 ESP32 projects that work even when the internet is down

• ESP32
• Home Assistant
• Single-Board Computers
• Smart Home
• Technology

5 ESP32 projects that work even when the internet is down

Adam Davidson May 5, 2026

Not a cloud in sight.

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These 4 simple solar panel tricks give me more power in less time

• Anker
• Hobbies
• Portable Power Station
• Smart Home
• Technology

These 4 simple solar panel tricks give me more power in less time

Bertel King May 5, 2026

The energy is free, but it's on you to get it.

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Matter support arrives in Homebridge 2.0, opening Apple Home to more devices

• Smart Home
• Technology

Matter support arrives in Homebridge 2.0, opening Apple Home to more devices

Moulik Mathur May 4, 2026

Homebridge is evolving.

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I used a local LLM to give my smart bulb a personality (and it’s starting to give me the creeps)

• automation
• Home Assistant
• Smart Home
• Technology

I used a local LLM to give my smart bulb a personality (and it’s starting to give me the creeps)

Adam Davidson May 4, 2026

Let there be light.

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Narwal Flow 2 Review: Quiet, powerful, with AI features you’ll actually like

• Narwal Flow 2
• robot vacuum
• Smart Home
• Technology

Narwal Flow 2 Review: Quiet, powerful, with AI features you’ll actually like

Patrick Campanale May 4, 2026

The Narwal Flow 2 struggles on high-pile carpet, but everywhere else it's a cleaning beast

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Your smart home will outlast your smart home hub—here’s how to plan for it

• automation
• Home Assistant
• Smart Home
• Technology

Your smart home will outlast your smart home hub—here’s how to plan for it

Adam Davidson May 3, 2026

Hub today, gone tomorrow.

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Home Assistant is incomplete without this essential plug-in—here’s why

• DIY
• Home Assistant
• Homelab
• Self Hosted
• Smart Home
• Technology

Home Assistant is incomplete without this essential plug-in—here’s why

Patrick Campanale May 2, 2026

This is the Home Assistant add-on you should install before anything else

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Claude and Codex vibe coding are putting your smart home at risk

• ChatGPT
• Home Assistant
• OpenAI
• Smart Home
• Technology

Claude and Codex vibe coding are putting your smart home at risk

Adam Davidson May 2, 2026

The vibes are off.

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