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Welcome to our guide page for Home Assistant, ESPHome, and smart home automation! This page is designed to provide you with comprehensive and step-by-step guides for setting up and using Home Assistant, ESPHome, and various smart home devices. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced user, our guides will help you make the most out of your smart home setup. We cover everything from the basics of home automation to advanced topics like automating your lights and controlling your devices with voice commands. Join us as we explore the exciting world of smart homes and discover how easy it is to make your home smarter, safer, and more comfortable!

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The Dreametech L10 Pro and Z10 Pro provide the best Valetudo experience

Nov 10, 2021

If you are looking for the best Valetudo and cloud-free robot vacuum cleaner experience, there are two realistic options: the Dreametech L10 Pro and Z10 Pro.

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The best particulate (PM2.5) sensor for ESPHome

Nov 10, 2021

This comparison will help you make the right choice when planning an ESPHome air quality sensor by taking a look at the supported particulate sensors.

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How to integrate your Tesla electric car with Home Assistant

Nov 4, 2021

The Tesla Custom Integration for Home Assistant is a fork of the ceased official integration. It offers all the functionality you need, and perhaps even more.

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The Area Card for Lovelace is an upcoming addition to the official selection

Nov 3, 2021

As the name suggests, the Area Card for Home Assistant's Lovelace dashboard lets you view information and control devices of a defined area.

How to connect just about any Xiaomi BLE device to ESPHome using custom components

Oct 28, 2021

These custom components for ESPHome integrate with numerous Bluetooth devices from Xiaomi that are not (yet) officially integrated with ESPHome.

ESPHome adds early support for ESP32-S2, ESP32-S3, and ESP32-C3

Oct 27, 2021

ESPHome 2021.10 introduces the ESP-IDF that allows tinkerers and makers to use three ESP32 variants: the ESP32-S2, ESP32-S3, and ESP32-C3.

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Integrating Airthings Wave Plus with Home Assistant using ESPHome

Sep 20, 2021

As of ESPHome 2021.9.0, you can easily integrate the Airthings Wave Plus, a CO2, VOC, and Radon sensor, with Home Assistant.

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How to use the Mini Media Player card in Home Assistant

Sep 16, 2021

This guide will introduce you to the popular Mini Media Player custom card for the Home Assistant Lovelace dashboard.

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The Garmin Connect integration with Home Assistant is now a custom component

Sep 9, 2021

The Garmin Connect integration with Home Assistant is now available as a custom component. This will let you view your health and fitness data.

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Xiaomi's Bluetooth Thermometers: affordable, sleek, and hackable?

Sep 2, 2021

Three of Xiaomi's Bluetooth thermometers and hygrometers can be hacked and flashed with custom firmware.

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