HeyJaredHome Assistant Podcast
Join hosts Phil Hawthorne and Rohan Karamandi as they explore the newest Home Assistant release and the latest Home Automation news.
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Rob went from 15 Apps to One Smart Home With Home Assistant (opens the original)
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Rob 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, Git, YAML documentation, solar optimisation, camera-powered number plate recognition, and a resilient smart-home network.
Home Assistant 2026.9 improves Modbus integrations, and a better activity history (opens the original)
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Home 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 testing a new and improved speech to text provider via Labs.
Living With Home Assistant: The Other Side of the Smart Home (opens the original)
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Sofia 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 make for a happier smart home.
Rohan is Packing Up his Smart Home and Starting Over (opens the original)
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Rohan 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 leaving behind, how to keep a house buyer-friendly, and why removable devices are often the safest choice. Plus, Rohan shares his plan to rebuild his smart home from scratch in a new house with a pool, septic, a generator, and plenty of new automation opportunities.
Home Assistant 2026.8 says goodbye to 8123, while SmartThings goes behind a paywall (opens the original)
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Home 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 automation triggers, and the device-registry separation that may affect merged devices.
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