Home Assistant Podcast
by Mostly Automated Media
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Dan Built His Own Smart Switches and Connected Them to Home Assistant
Dan Built His Own Smart Switches and Connected Them to Home Assistant
About this podcast
Join hosts Phil Hawthorne and Rohan Karamandi as they explore the newest Home Assistant releases and the latest Home Automation news. Featuring guests who use or contribute to Home Assistant, the podcast aims to inspire new ways to make your smart home even smarter.
Episodes
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- Dan Built His Own Smart Switches and Connected Them to Home Assistant · 50 min · Episode 256Dan joins Phil and Rohan to trace his smart home journey from X10 and MySensors to Home Assistant. Hear how he designs ESPHome light switches, controls an RS-485 thermostat, and…
- Jason’s Home Assistant Smart Home That Watches Birds and Tracks Visitors · 1 h 7 min · Episode 255Phil and Rohan tour Patreon supporter Jason’s Home Assistant setup. Discover how he uses UniFi cameras as motion sensors, automatically aims a PTZ camera, and identifies backyard…
- A Baby Who Wouldn’t Sleep Started Maayan’s Home Assistant Journey · 1 h 9 min · Episode 254A temperature sensor, a smart plug and a baby who wouldn’t sleep started Mayan’s Home Assistant journey. Phil and Rohan explore how that first nursery automation grew into Zigbee…
- Mapping all the changes in Home Assistant 2026.10 · 1 h 16 min · Episode 253Phil and Rohan unpack Home Assistant 2026.10, from redesigned maps and easier trigger-based automations to AI setup, Matter devices and Z-Wave network maps. They also discuss…
- Home Assistant was Trey’s answer for a local first smart home · 56 min · Episode 252Phil and Rohan are joined by Trey from Tallahassee, Florida, to explore his local-first Home Assistant setup. From an X10 beginning and a MyQ API shutdown to Zigbee migrations…
- Roland “Accidentally” Installed Home Assistant, Then Automated Everything · 1 h 5 min · Episode 251Roland joins Phil and Rohan to share how a simple attempt to measure an old fridge's energy use led to a deeply data-driven Home Assistant smart home. Energy monitoring, solar…
- Adrian’s High Availability Home Assistant · 60 min · Episode 250How do you make Home Assistant resilient when an update fails or your primary server goes offline? Phil and Rohan talk with Adrian from Western Australia about his dual Home…
- Rob went from 15 Apps to One Smart Home With Home Assistant · 1 h 3 min · Episode 249Rob joins Phil and Rohan from New Zealand to share how he replaced 15 smart-home apps with Home Assistant. Discover his AI-assisted workflow using VS Code, Claude Code, Codex…
- Home Assistant 2026.9 improves Modbus integrations, and a better activity history · 50 min · Episode 248Home Assistant 2026.9 is here. Maps suffer an unexpected turn of events and easier Modbus integrations arrive. Activity history gets some love. Nabu Casa subscribers can start…
- Living With Home Assistant: The Other Side of the Smart Home · 38 min · Episode 247Sofia lives in a Home Assistant smart home, but she didn’t install it. We’re breaking down what its like on the other side of the fence and how open communication and involvement…
- Rohan is Packing Up his Smart Home and Starting Over · 60 min · Episode 246Rohan is moving house! Phil and Rohan dive into the realities of selling a Home Assistant-powered home and moving into a new property. They discuss what smart home gear is worth…
- Home Assistant 2026.8 says goodbye to 8123, while SmartThings goes behind a paywall · 1 h 3 min · Episode 245Home Assistant 2026.8 is here, we unpack the biggest changes. From port 8123 to port 80 for new Home Assistant OS installs, customizable entity ID formats, moon and vibration…
- How Eugene Built a .NET Home Assistant Brain for his Smart Home · 52 min · Episode 244Phil and Rohan chat with Eugene about how he built a deeply automated smart home using Home Assistant, Raspberry Pi, Zigbee, Shelly devices, Aqara sensors, and even C#/.NET with…
- Khaled - The dentist with a Kubernetes Cluster and Home Assistant · 1 h 9 min · Episode 243Phil and Rohan chat with Khaled, a periodontist who turned Home Assistant into the central brain of his home. From Roomba integrations and Soma shades to barcode-driven dog treat…
- The Home Assistant Smart Home That Reminds, Nudges, and almost Pours Tea · 1 h 7 min · Episode 242Phil and Rohan chat with Jason from the UK about building a truly proactive smart home with Home Assistant. From room-aware dashboards and presence detection to Alexa routines…
- Omri Peretz the creator of QuickBars for Android TV · 50 min · Episode 241In this episode Phil and Rohan chat with Omri, the creator of QuickBars, an Android TV and Google TV app for controlling Home Assistant from the couch. They dig into his smart…
- Home Assistant 2026.7 Brings The Biggest Automation Upgrade Yet · 56 min · Episode 240Phil and Rohan unpack the massive 2026.7 release, including purpose-specific triggers and conditions graduating from Labs, the move to Matter.js, faster templates, improved…
- Neil takes us through how he is using AI to build his ultimate smart home with Home Assistant · 1 h 0 min · Episode 239Neil walks us through how he has managed to leverage AI tools to create his dream smart home with Home Assistant. From automating blinds to automating a winter cottage Watch this…
- From an Orange Bulb to a Smart Home: Claudia’s Home Assistant Journey · 1 h 5 min · Episode 238Claudia joins Phil and Rohan to share how an orange Philips Hue bulb sparked a full-blown smart home powered by Home Assistant. Watch this episode on YouTube Show notes for this…
- From Tuya to Home Assistant: A Kiwi’s Smart Home Journey · 1 h 7 min · Episode 237Steve from New Zealand (Kiwi Smart Tech) shares his journey from Tuya bulbs to a powerful Home Assistant setup. We dig into garage door woes and wins, cross‑protocol sensors…
