Episode 528 - The Best Home Assistant Meetups

It’s Home Assistant Community Day Season! Meet up with TJ or Gavin on May 24th in Ohio or Ontario. On this week's show: WiiM is on the AppleTV, Sonos gets AI, Samsung buys more receivers, Matter gets an update, letters from the mailbag, a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!
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Show Notes

• Home Assistant Commuinity Days• Meet TJ in Columbus, Ohio Meetup (lu.ma/c05easbv)
• Gavin will be at the Toronto meetup (lu.ma/xx7bohlo?locale=en-CA&tk=Nypu5J)

• Meet TJ at Home Assistant Community Day: Columbus, Ohio Meetup (lu.ma/c05easbv)
• Gavin will be in Toronto: Toronto meetup (lu.ma/xx7bohlo?locale=en-CA&tk=Nypu5J)
• HomeTech Headlines• Adafruit gets Tariffed (mastodon.cloud/@adafruit/114473093999575769)
• WiiM Brings Home App to Apple TV for Big-Screen Control (cepro.com/news/wiim-brings-home-app-to-apple-t…)
• Exclusive: Sonos launches its first AI-powered sound mode to enhance speech, developed with a major hearing-loss charity – and it sounds great | TechRadar (techradar.com/televisions/soundbars/sonos-laun…)
• VSSL (vssl.com)
• Samsung acquires Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Marantz, in $350M audio deal | TechSpot (techspot.com/news/107850-samsung-acquires-bowe…)
• Matter’s latest update brings tap-to-pair setup (theverge.com/news/662266/matter-spec-update1-4…)

• Pick of the Week• The Screamer (rulethepla.net/the-screamer)

• Roadmap 2025: A Truly Smart Home through Collective Intelligence - Home Assistant (home-assistant.io/blog/2025/05/09/roadmap-2025h1)
• Home Assistant 2025.5 Released (home-assistant.io/blog/2025/05/07/release-20255)
• Unraid 7.1.0 Released (unraid.net/blog/unraid-7-1)
• Skylight | Digital Picture Frame and Smart Calendar (skylightframe.com)
• Mole cricket - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole_cricket)