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1. 2025.1 - Backups, Voice and What The Heck?!

   <p>2025 is here and Home Assistant is kicking it off with a new cloud-ready backup solution, and a bunch of updates that have been making peoples heads scratch for a while</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/5ppeus2CRqg" r
   47 min

2. 2025.2 - Broadcasting our backups to OneDrive and Google Drive

   <p>2025.2 is here with a bunch of new updates to the backups feature, and the Home Assistant voice assistant gets some long awaited new skills. Meanwhile Rohan and Phil discuss a new office occupancy sensor from Logitech, and an issue with
   29 min

3. CES 2025 Debrief

   <p>Rohan and Phil go to CES 2025 in Las Vegas. In this episode they give an outline of some of the things they experienced from an open source and Home Assistant perspective.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/1Jt62Bks_0E" rel="nofollow">Watch
   46 min

4. Automating the pool pump started Gavin’s smart home journey

   <p>Gavin from the Home Tech Podcast stops by to talk about his smart home journey with Home Assistant. From automating the pool to soil sensors and cameras, Gavin has tackled a lot</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/tj0GC
   1 h 09

5. Dan Built His Own Smart Switches and Connected Them to Home Assistant

   <p>Dan joins Phil and Rohan to trace his smart home journey from X10 and MySensors to Home Assistant. Hear how he designs ESPHome light switches, controls an RS-485 thermostat, and plans new automations with Zigbee, Frigate and Reolink came
   50 min

6. Jason’s Home Assistant Smart Home That Watches Birds and Tracks Visitors

   <p>Phil and Rohan tour Patreon supporter Jason’s Home Assistant setup. Discover how he uses UniFi cameras as motion sensors, automatically aims a PTZ camera, and identifies backyard birds with BirdNet.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/IGJsY2
   1 h 08

7. A Baby Who Wouldn’t Sleep Started Maayan’s Home Assistant Journey

   <p>A temperature sensor, a smart plug and a baby who wouldn’t sleep started Mayan’s Home Assistant journey. Phil and Rohan explore how that first nursery automation grew into Zigbee heating controls, local white noise, custom lighting and a
   1 h 09

8. Mapping all the changes in Home Assistant 2026.10

   <p>Phil and Rohan unpack Home Assistant 2026.10, from redesigned maps and easier trigger-based automations to AI setup, Matter devices and Z-Wave network maps. They also discuss reports about LG TV privacy and Shelly’s planned acquisition.<
   1 h 17

9. Home Assistant was Trey’s answer for a local first smart home

   <p>Phil and Rohan are joined by Trey from Tallahassee, Florida, to explore his local-first Home Assistant setup. From an X10 beginning and a MyQ API shutdown to Zigbee migrations, Trey has seen a lot!</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://youtu
   56 min

10. Roland “Accidentally” Installed Home Assistant, Then Automated Everything

    <p>Roland joins Phil and Rohan to share how a simple attempt to measure an old fridge's energy use led to a deeply data-driven Home Assistant smart home. Energy monitoring, solar forecasting, home batteries, EV charging, ESPHome, weather da
    1 h 06

11. Adrian’s High Availability Home Assistant

    <p>How do you make Home Assistant resilient when an update fails or your primary server goes offline? Phil and Rohan talk with Adrian from Western Australia about his dual Home Assistant setup, webhook heartbeat failover, Git-based YAML con
    1 h 00

12. Rob went from 15 Apps to One Smart Home With Home Assistant

    <p>Rob joins Phil and Rohan from New Zealand to share how he replaced 15 smart-home apps with Home Assistant. Discover his AI-assisted workflow using VS Code, Claude Code, Codex, Git, YAML documentation, solar optimisation, camera-powered n
    1 h 04

13. Home Assistant 2026.9 improves Modbus integrations, and a better activity history

    <p>Home Assistant 2026.9 is here. Maps suffer an unexpected turn of events and easier Modbus integrations arrive. Activity history gets some love. Nabu Casa subscribers can start testing a new and improved speech to text provider via Labs.<
    50 min

14. Living With Home Assistant: The Other Side of the Smart Home

    <p>Sofia lives in a Home Assistant smart home, but she didn’t install it. We’re breaking down what its like on the other side of the fence and how open communication and involvement make for a happier smart home.</p><p><a href="https://yout
    38 min

15. Rohan is Packing Up his Smart Home and Starting Over

    <p>Rohan is moving house! Phil and Rohan dive into the realities of selling a Home Assistant-powered home and moving into a new property. They discuss what smart home gear is worth leaving behind, how to keep a house buyer-friendly, and why
    1 h 00

16. Home Assistant 2026.8 says goodbye to 8123, while SmartThings goes behind a paywall

    <p>Home Assistant 2026.8 is here, we unpack the biggest changes. From port 8123 to port 80 for new Home Assistant OS installs, customizable entity ID formats, moon and vibration automation triggers, and the device-registry separation that m
    1 h 04

17. Home Assistant 2026.6, E‑Ink Unboxing, Yoto, and Smarter Automations

    <p><span>Rohan and Phil are breaking down the 2026.6 release, which features updates for Infrared, Purpose specific triggers and conditions. Plus we talk KVM’s, eInk displays and starting from scratch in 2026.</span></p><p><a href="https://
    1 h 02

18. How Eugene Built a .NET Home Assistant Brain for his Smart Home

    <p>Phil and Rohan chat with Eugene about how he built a deeply automated smart home using Home Assistant, Raspberry Pi, Zigbee, Shelly devices, Aqara sensors, and even C#/.NET with NetDaemon. They explore practical automations for alarms, p
    52 min

19. Khaled - The dentist with a Kubernetes Cluster and Home Assistant

    <p>Phil and Rohan chat with Khaled, a periodontist who turned Home Assistant into the central brain of his home. From Roomba integrations and Soma shades to barcode-driven dog treat tracking, e-ink dashboards, and local AI workflows, this c
    1 h 10

20. The Home Assistant Smart Home That Reminds, Nudges, and almost Pours Tea

    <p>Phil and Rohan chat with Jason from the UK about building a truly proactive smart home with Home Assistant. From room-aware dashboards and presence detection to Alexa routines, Google Calendar, Todoist, Zigbee, ESP32s, and AI-powered dri
    1 h 08

21. Omri Peretz the creator of QuickBars for Android TV

    <p><span>In this episode Phil and Rohan chat with Omri, the creator of QuickBars, an Android TV and Google TV app for controlling Home Assistant from the couch. They dig into his smart home journey, how he replaced a slow proprietary Zigbee
    50 min

22. Home Assistant 2026.7 Brings The Biggest Automation Upgrade Yet

    <p>Phil and Rohan unpack the massive 2026.7 release, including purpose-specific triggers and conditions graduating from Labs, the move to Matter.js, faster templates, improved dashboards, and better debugging tools. They also discuss mailba
    56 min

23. Neil takes us through how he is using AI to build his ultimate smart home with Home Assistant

    <p><span>Neil walks us through how he has managed to leverage AI tools to create his dream smart home with Home Assistant. From automating blinds to automating a winter cottage</span></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/f2PHxKOnHNA" rel="nofoll
    1 h 01

24. From an Orange Bulb to a Smart Home: Claudia’s Home Assistant Journey

    <p><span>Claudia joins Phil and Rohan to share how an orange Philips Hue bulb sparked a full-blown smart home powered by Home Assistant.</span></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/P4AJuApWtEM" rel="nofollow">Watch this episode on YouTube</a></p
    1 h 05

25. From Tuya to Home Assistant: A Kiwi’s Smart Home Journey

    <p><span>Steve from New Zealand (Kiwi Smart Tech) shares his journey from Tuya bulbs to a powerful Home Assistant setup. We dig into garage door woes and wins, cross‑protocol sensors, mmWave presence, and why Apple Home is his go‑to interfa
    1 h 08

26. Home Assistant On Wheels: We’re going Inside the SmartyVan

    <p><span>Director-turned-vanlifer Mike from the YouTube channel SmartyVan shows how he turned a bare Mercedes Sprinter into a fully automated, off‑grid smart RV powered by Home Assistant and ESPHome. We cover DC power realities, alternator
    1 h 10

27. MiciMike will turn your Google Home Mini into a Home Assistant Voice Satellite

    <p><span>Imre is a Home Assistant user, who was frustrated with his Google Home mini, so he created a PCB that can turn your Google Home Mini into a Home Assistant Voice Satellite</span></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/tKV4LTZHlAc" rel="nof
    59 min

28. Giovanni’s Self-Hosted Home

    <p><span>Giovanni joins Rohan and Phil to dive into a fully local, privacy-first smart home. We cover Home Assistant on an Intel N100, Shelly devices, Zigbee vs Wi‑Fi, ESP32 Bluetooth proxies, Frigate with a Coral TPU, Reolink cams, and sma
    58 min

29. Mark's Home Assistant Setup: The Good, The Bad, The Exploded Server

    <p><span>Mark went from a rocky SmartThings world to a rock-solid Home Assistant install. He shares his tails of disaster and recovery, as well as his journey from Tasmota to ESPHome.</span></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/FiBsJi
    53 min

30. Home Assistant 2026.5 introduces RF and RS-232 Control

    <p><span>We’re diving into Home Assistant 2026.5 and re-capping the highlights from State of the Open Home 2026. There’s new RS-232 serial control, dashboard strategies, and more purpose-specific triggers.</span></p><p><br></p><p><a href="h
    1 h 06

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