Episode 564 - E-Ink Everything

On this week’s show: Google Home lets you delete its pre-made routines, Sonos shows profit but not growth, IKEA’s leaked Matter light driver, Heiman joins Works with Home Assistant with Thread-based safety sensors, a pick of the week, project updates, AI updates, and so much more!
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Show Notes

• I Donut Believe - Presenting Third Party Results - I Donut Believe (idonutbelieve.com)
• HomeTech Headlines• Google Home now lets you delete pre-made routines, improves clip downloads on web - 9to5Google (9to5google.com/2026/02/17/google-home-automati…)
• Sonos Q1/2026 Shows Little Progress; CEO Gives Clues to His Turnaround Plan - Strata-gee.com (strata-gee.com/sonos-q1-2026-shows-little-prog…)
• IKEA’s latest Matter-compatible smart home gadget has been leaked – here's all you need to know - T3 (t3.com/home-living/smart-home/ikeas-latest-mat…)

• Pick of the Week• GitHub - ugomeda/home-assistant-epaper-remote: An e-ink remote for Home-Assistant built with FastEPD - GitHub (github.com/ugomeda/home-assistant-epaper-remote)
• How I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard - hawksley.org (hawksley.org/2026/02/17/timeframe.html)

• Heiman joins Works with Home Assistant - Home Assistant (home-assistant.io/blog/2026/02/24/heiman-joins…)
• The Open Home Foundation merch store is here! - Blog - Home Assistant Community - Home Assistant Community (community.home-assistant.io/t/the-open-home-fo…)