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Home AssistantIn September, we're celebrating our 12th Birthday! This year, we're doing something new - we want to share YOUR stories. 👏🏻Does Home Assistant help you in unexpected ways? Do you know of or have projects that inspire others? Fill out this Form and tell us about it! 👇🏼<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartHome</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAutomation</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> <a href="https://forms.gle/V6rWxqsA7rpTSH1E8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/V6rWxqsA7rpTSH1E8</a>

Home Assistant✨What's new in Home Assistant? ✨ 2025.7 release was filled with so many good things we're bringing you 3 feature highlight videos this month! 🎉Here's Chapter 2 - Area card and dashboard improvements! Catch all the latest 👉🏻 <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/07/02/release-20257/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/07/02/release-20257/</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAutomation</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartHome</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Release" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Release</a>

greemThe weather rather implies that this will be an afternoon of electronical tinkerage.<a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/rain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rain</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/homeautomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homeautomation</a> <a href="https://cyberplace.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#electronics</a>

Otto RaskI wonder how many signatures we could get for an EU initiative that would require manufacturers to sell same quality "dumb" counterparts to their regular "smart" offerings of appliances and electronics, at the same or lower price.Dumb TVs, washing machines, coffee makers, toothbrushes, etc. that would not require apps, wifi, bluetooth, phoning home, ads, etc.Remove anything extra that is not required for the core use case of the product.<a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/ConsumerRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConsumerRights</a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartHome</a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/HomeAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAutomation</a> <a href="https://piipitin.fi/tags/SmartTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartTV</a>

Home Assistant✨ What's new in Home Assistant? ✨ 2025.7 was filled with so many good things we're bringing you 3 feature highlight videos this month! 🎉Here's Chapter 1 - Assist asks the questions!Find the blueprint and what else is new this release on our blog 👉🏻 <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/07/02/release-20257/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/07/02/release-20257/</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Release" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Release</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartHome</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAutomation</a>

「ʀᴏʙᴇʀᴛ」Planned obsolescence in full effect.This is why you should never buy devices that depend on cloud services to be able to function.<a href="https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/07/belkin-shows-tech-firms-getting-too-comfortable-with-bricking-customers-stuff/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/07/belkin-shows-tech-firms-getting-too-comfortable-with-bricking-customers-stuff/</a><a href="https://c.im/tags/homeassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homeassistant</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/homeautomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homeautomation</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/iot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iot</a>

Home AssistantWe have another addition to our Works with Home Assistant program to share - Zooz! 🎉They bring an awesome selection of device types and certified the first Z-Wave devices in the program this year. 👏🏻 Learn more about what devices they certified in the latest blog 👇🏼<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartHome</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAutomation</a> <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/07/15/zooz-joins-works-with-home-assistant/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/07/15/zooz-joins-works-with-home-assistant/</a>

Paco Hope #resistOK, so I got some preliminary results. I used <a href="https://github.com/Th3NiKo/Video-heatmap" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">this video heatmap tool</a>.My video was pretty crappy. The camera wasn't well placed. But it's kinda neat for a first attempt.There's a couple hot areas at the top left and bottom right. The top left is a spillway in the pool that has water constantly moving. And I think the bottom right is just grass/bushes blowing in the wind.I took the video and compressed it down quite a bit, so it's an hour's worth of motion in 20 seconds. Pretty neat.It did confirm my suspicions that the robot gets stuck in the corners a lot and doesn't do a lot of longitudinal runs. This is only the first hour out of 3, though, so it's possible it did more later. <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#video</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/swimmingpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#swimmingpool</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/homeautomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homeautomation</a>

Paco Hope #resistOk. Here's a 10-second sample of what I got. 3 things went wrong.<ol><li>The gopro has some "automatic" get-the-orientation-wrong sensor. It decided this was a portrait mode video.</li><li>It's impossible to see, from the ground, what the video looks like when it's all the way up. So it's not really focused on the pool well. There's a whole chunk of pool excluded.</li><li>I only got about an hour, but the poomba battery lasted 3.5 hours. I have power I can tap, so next time I try this I will plug the camera in.</li></ol>Still, I have enough video to experiment with. I also need to see whether the wide-angle lens is necessary, or whether I can get it with linear focus instead.I'm curious how much it gets stuck in the corners. Unlike a lot of pools, there isn't a straight line in my pool. It's a curvy, asymmetric shape. Some of the curvature is obviously the fishbowl effect from the lens. But there really aren't any straight lines.<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/swimmingpool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#swimmingpool</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/homeautomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homeautomation</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#video</a>

Ada :v_trans: :v_pan:Smart home additions 2025Q3:<ul><li>✅ 2x Temperature + Humidity sensors (Zigbee)</li><li>✅ Airco (App + Google home)</li><li>✅ Zigbee ↔ Matter Bridge</li><li>🚚 Air Purifier (Homekit)</li><li>⌛ Homekit ↔ Google Home bridge</li></ul>I'm really pleased with the "Thirdreality" bridge to add Zigbee devices, the sensors are from the same brand. For the price (each ~20eur) it's a steal.<a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/zigbee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#zigbee</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/homekit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homekit</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/googlehome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#googlehome</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/thirdreality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thirdreality</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smarthome</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/iot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iot</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/homeautomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homeautomation</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/homeassistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homeassistant</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smarthome</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technology</a>

David J. Atkinson<a href="https://feddit.uk/u/tenebrisnox" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@tenebrisnox</a> <a href="https://feddit.org/u/Teppichbrand" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Teppichbrand</a> Would you recommend <a href="https://c.im/tags/DietPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DietPi</a> for a <a href="https://c.im/tags/RPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RPi</a> Zero running a slim <a href="https://c.im/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> that will be dedicated to drive a kiosk? (no camera feeds)<a href="https://c.im/tags/homeAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homeAutomation</a>

h3artbl33d :openbsd: :ve:The <a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/homeautomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homeautomation</a> protocol is named <a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/Thread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Thread</a>, perhaps that is a typo as <a href="https://exquisite.social/tags/Threat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Threat</a> is more apt and accurate. If you roll your own device <a href="https://overengineer.dev/blog/2024/05/10/thread/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">you might very well experience the full force of their blood thirsty lawyers</a>. What the actual F.

Home AssistantIn 2025.7, we made improvements to the Areas dashboard. 👏🏻The dashboards the community has shared helped shape this design 🤩 and we would love to see how it works for you. Even if you already have the perfect dashboard, try it out!Share your thoughts here ➡️ <a href="https://forms.clickup.com/2533032/f/2d9n8-32191/NK2MUOVKXQVH2L0NHI" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forms.clickup.com/2533032/f/2d9n8-32191/NK2MUOVKXQVH2L0NHI</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartHome</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAutomation</a>

Home Assistant📢 iOS Companion App version 2025.6 is now available! 🎉 This release includes:🔹 The option to open the "more-info" dialog from Control Center 🔹 Ability to reorder servers in app settings 🔹 A fixed missing unit of measurement in CarPlay sensor states...and more! Update or download today 👇🏼<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Release" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Release</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAutomation</a> <a href="https://apps.apple.com/app/home-assistant/id1099568401" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apps.apple.com/app/home-assistant/id1099568401</a>

Home Assistant📢 Android Companion App version 2025.6.6 is now available! 🎉 This release includes:🔹 Invitation flow - send a link from app to your server 🔹 Faster loading from redirect links 🔹 Using the app as a launcher...along with bug fixing! Download the latest version today 👇🏼<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Release" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Release</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAutomation</a> <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.homeassistant.companion.android" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.homeassistant.companion.android</a>

Ethan ShollySelf-Host Weekly (4 July 2025)<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Tailscale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tailscale</a> updates, software launches, a spotlight on <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ZenNotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ZenNotes</a>, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#community</a> content, and more in this week's self-hosted <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/newsletter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newsletter</a> recap!<a href="https://selfh.st/weekly/2025-07-04/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://selfh.st/weekly/2025-07-04/</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#selfhost</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhosted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#selfhosted</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/selfhosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#selfhosting</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foss</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opensource</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homelab</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/homeserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homeserver</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/homeautomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homeautomation</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/app" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#app</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#apps</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#software</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/vpn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vpn</a>

Home AssistantWe're kicking off July with another addition to the WWHA program - Nuki! 🎉They bring three different smart lock types to the program certified for use with our Matter integration. Read on for more about Nuki's origin story and the devices certified 👇🏼<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartHome</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAutomation</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> <a href="https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/07/03/nuki-joins-works-with-home-assistant/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/07/03/nuki-joins-works-with-home-assistant/</a>

SoyaCincauSamsung’s Real Smart Home Innovation Isn’t Something You Can Touch | SmartThings <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aihome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aihome</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#apps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bespokejetbotsteamultra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bespokejetbotsteamultra</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitallife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#digitallife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/homeautomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homeautomation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opinions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#opinions</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/samsung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#samsung</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/samsunghomeappliancesmalaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#samsunghomeappliancesmalaysia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/samsungmalaysia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#samsungmalaysia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smarthome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smarthome</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/smartthings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#smartthings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a><a href="https://soyacincau.com/2025/07/01/samsungs-real-smart-home-innovation-isnt-something-you-can-touch-smartthings/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://soyacincau.com/2025/07/01/samsungs-real-smart-home-innovation-isnt-something-you-can-touch-smartthings/</a>

Open Home FoundationJune was an especially energizing month - we came together in person for the first Open Home Foundation Summit in Dublin. 🤩This month's newsletter covers highlights from the summit, stats from Community Day, new voice features, Apple following our lead, and more! Read on 👇🏼<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Newsletter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Newsletter</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAutomation</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SmartHome</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAssistant</a> <a href="https://newsletter.openhomefoundation.org/getting-out-of-the-home/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://newsletter.openhomefoundation.org/getting-out-of-the-home/</a>

Dimly Lit Corners<a href="https://c.im/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> should never have gone with the LLM hype and should've focussed on <a href="https://c.im/tags/HomeAutomation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HomeAutomation</a>. <a href="https://c.im/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LLM</a> is a bubble which will burst, but should it actually turn out something useful in 10-20 yrs? An Apple which had focusses on home automation would've been in the ideal situation to actually make it do something useful.

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