XDA Developers on MSN

Building a local smart home is easy until you try to replace the speaker

I replaced everything with local-only hardware, but this was the most difficult.
MUO on MSN

Home Assistant does what Alexa and Google Home won't — and it costs almost nothing

Smart homes work better without Big Tech in the loop.
The Verge

How to start a smart home using Home Assistant

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. If you’re a tech nerd, then Home Assistant may be the smart home ecosystem for you. If you’re a tech nerd, then ...

I let Claude audit my messy Home Assistant setup, and it was a massive wake-up call

I gave Claude access to my Home Assistant. It helped me audit, debug, and improve my smart home better than I ever could have.

Google Assistant ruined my smart home setup — but Gemini just saved it

The oldest devices in my Google Home ecosystem are pushing a decade old, and Gemini made the hardware worth using again.