Mushroom creator joins Nabu Casa in push for prettier Dashboard
In what is likely a pivotal point for the Home Assistant Dashboard's design, creator of Mushroom Cards, Paul Bottein, has joined Nabu Casa.
Jasco is working with Home Assistant to deliver firmware updates
It took a YouTuber with over 20 million subscribers to convince Jasco to rethink their firmware policy. Sadly, this is the state of many smart home products.
The Home Assistant Companion app for Wear OS is here
This week, as something of an early Christmas present, we finally get to play with the first beta release of the Home Assistant Companion App for Wear OS.
Don’t expect a Home Assistant companion app for Windows anytime soon
This is why there isn't a Home Assistant companion app, and likely won't be one any time soon, for Windows.
The Home Assistant Area Card for Lovelace is here
The previously teased Area Card is the latest addition to the list of official Lovelace components. Read on to see this Home Assistant card in action.
Home Assistant’s configuration is getting a splash of colour
In what is shaping up to be a major update to the interface, Home Assistant 2021.12 will add colours to the currently rather monotonous configuration options.
Home Assistant gains a new entity: Buttons
Buttons are similar to switches, but whereas switches can be considered virtual latching switches, a button is a virtual momentary switch.
ESPHome will soon track iBeacon devices (beacons)
A pull request, that was merged with ESPHome just ten days ago, promises big things: ESPHome will soon track iBeacon devices.
Home Assistant turned eight and something new will be announced to celebrate
Eight years ago, balloob, created Home Assistant. To celebrate, the developers have teased an announcement being made on Wednesday, September 15.
eWeLink releases a Home Assistant add-on for Sonoff devices
This news shows that vendors are interested in integrating their smart home wares with Home Assistant. However, this integration shouldn't be used.