How-To Geek on MSN

This is the easiest way to access your Home Assistant smart home remotely, no subscription

Home Assistant is amazing because it’s free, but it’s not always the easiest platform in the world to use. Though you can ...
Ars Technica

Can you manage your house with a local, no-cloud voice assistant? Mostly, yes.

The leaders of Home Assistant declared 2023 the “Year of the Voice.” The goal was to let users of the DIY home automation platform “control Home Assistant in their own language.” It was a bold shot to ...
SlashGear

6 Smart Home Devices That Still Work With No Internet Connection

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. As someone who remembers a time before the internet, I still have a natural mistrust of anything that needs to be online to function. This is ...
Android Authority

Google is making your smart home setup even easier by backing up Thread credentials

Google will now back up Thread credentials stored on your Android phone or tablet. This will make it easier to add new Thread-enabled smart home devices to your Thread network at home. Your Thread ...
XDA Developers on MSN

I turned my home server into the brain of my smart home

For years, my home server has served as an ultra-powerful NAS drive. For a machine as powerful as it is, my home server ...