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ITEAD Unveils a Game-Changer: The $7 SONOFF Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle

Mar 17, 2021

ITEAD, otherwise known for their Sonoff line of devices, has just release a $6.99 Zigbee 3.0 dongle.

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The Home Assistant App Embraces Wear OS Support

Jan 17, 2021

The most recent update to the Home Assistant Android app is laying the groundwork for you to be able to control Home Assistant, from Wear OS.

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Home Assistant OS finally supports the 8 GB Raspberry Pi 4 Model B

Dec 17, 2020

Home Assistant OS Release 5 officially supports the 8 GB Raspberry Pi 4 Model B. It can now power your smart home without relying on workarounds.

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Remove ZHA Network Visualization and ZHA Map before updating to Home Assistant Core 1.0

Dec 7, 2020

ZHA (Zigbee Home Automation), which is Home Assistant's native Zigbee integration, will see the inclusion of a Network Visualization to the ZHA config panel once Home Assistant Core 1.0 hits.

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What to expect from Home Assistant Core 1.0

Dec 3, 2020

In this release, there are four new integrations, a couple of new platforms, and three integrations which have been removed. And then there's also Blueprints.

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Update HACS before updating to Home Assistant 0.118

Nov 19, 2020

There's one thing you should be doing before updating to Home Assistant 0.118 in order to avoid any potential headaches: Updating HACS (Home Assistant Community Store) to version 1.6.2.

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TP-Link Kasa smart plugs are no longer compatible with Home Assistant

Nov 17, 2020

TP-Link has decided to block local access to their Kasa smart plugs. A forced update means that TP-Link Kasa smart plugs can no longer be controlled by Home Assistant.

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Accessing Home Assistant Dashboard via Android Power Menu

Nov 12, 2020

You can launch the Home Assistant dashboard from the Android 11 Power Menu itself.

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Home Assistant Android Companion App Update: What You Need to Know

Nov 6, 2020

This update to the Home Assistant companion app for Android gives you two major new features: access to even more sensors and support for the Android 11 Power Menu.

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Tasmota is being natively integrated with Home Assistant

Oct 24, 2020

The Home Assistant integration with Tasmota devices is about to change as there will be a native integration in the next version of Home Assistant.

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