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The Raspberry Pi is a popular device for newcomers to run Home Assistant on. It’s small, cheap, quiet, and doesn’t use much electricity.
This article will cover the basics of what Home Assistant is, why local software is better than cloud software, and what the alternatives are.
There's Home Assistant, Hass.IO, HassOS, Hassbian, Hass, Home Assistant Core, and Home Assistant Supervised. That’s a lot of names for a single project. Fear not, for I have written a guide which will explain each and every one of the names mentioned.
In this guide we’ll be going through the steps on how to integrate your Home Assistant with the Google Assistant (and thus your Google Home).
Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to access the Home Assistant when you’re not at home? Luckily for you, that’s exactly what we’re going to be doing today!