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Worried your cloud-controlled smart devices could be ruined by the manufacturer? You should be.
Our latest newsletter covers the recent cloud disasters from three companies, and why local control is the only safe path forward for your smart home 
#Newsletter #SmartHome #HomeAutomation
https://newsletter.openhomefoundation.org/you-dont-own-it-if-they-can-break-it/
Building the Open Home · You don’t own it if they can break itThis newsletter covers the recent cloud disasters from three companies, and why local control is the only safe path forward for your smart home.
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 the final video: Chapter 3 - Sub-entities & credential sharing!
Read more 
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/07/02/release-20257/
July has been jam packed with new additions to the WWHA program - for this month's final addition, Shelly is joining! 
They certified Z-Wave devices like their retrofit smart switches & relays, turning dumb devices into smart ones. 
Check out the blog for more details
#SmartHome #HomeAutomation #HomeAssistant
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/07/29/shelly-joins-works-with-home-assistant/
Home AssistantShelly joins Works with Home AssistantWith a great selection of switches and relays built for Z-Wave.
Gonna re-post my guide for anyone with a Mitsubishi Electric split-system Air con from the last 10ish years, on how to integrate it with Home Assistant/ESPHome for $20 with one extremely easy, reversible, safe hardware addition!
I've been running it without issue for 9 months now, and others have successfully followed my process.
https://github.com/echavet/MitsubishiCN105ESPHome/discussions/183
Original post here: https://cathode.church/@s0/113509209574322642
I've used the integration to do stuff like automatically turn off the aircon an hour after I go to sleep, and put an automation so if we leave the house, it'll turn the aircon off in case we forgot. I also built an automation to run it in fan only mode on low for 15 minutes after being on cooling, to evaporate the moisture inside that otherwise leaves to building up mould.
GitHubIdeal installation with the M5Stack NanoC6! · echavet MitsubishiCN105ESPHome · Discussion #183Wanted to note how extremely easy it was to get this working with the M5Stack NanoC6 and one HY2.0-4P cable from them. By coincidence the pinout lines up exactly with pins 2-5 of the Mitsubishi CN1...
In 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!
#SmartHome #HomeAutomation #HomeAssistant
https://forms.gle/V6rWxqsA7rpTSH1E8
Google DocsTell us your Home Assistant story!For the 12th Anniversary of Home Assistant, we'd love to highlight community stories about how Home Assistant helps you and learn about any inspirational projects out there in the wild. 🥰
If selected, your story will be published in this year's anniversary blog post - submitting your story gives us implicit permission to share it publicly. Due to time constraints, we won't be able to notify community members if their submission is selected - let it be a surprise. 😉
This Form will close on August 11th so we can review the submissions. We sincerely appreciate the time you take to submit your story to us. 🙏🏻
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 https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/07/02/release-20257/
I 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.
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 https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/07/02/release-20257/
Pulling at Threads With the Flipper Zero - Gone are the days when all smart devices were required an internet uplink. The WiF... - https://hackaday.com/2025/07/15/pulling-at-threads-with-the-flipper-zero/ #microcontrollers #homeautomation #networkhacks #flipperzero #homehacks #matter #thread
Hackaday · Pulling At Threads With The Flipper ZeroGone are the days when all smart devices were required an internet uplink. The WiFi-enabled IoT fad, while still upon us (no, my coffee scale doesn’t need to be on the network, dammit!) has b…
We 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
#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/07/15/zooz-joins-works-with-home-assistant/
Home AssistantZooz joins Works with Home AssistantWith a big selection of Z-Wave devices, which support Long-Range in select regions, opening up a lot of new options for your smart home.
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OK, so I got some preliminary results. I used this video heatmap tool.
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.
#video #swimmingpool #homeautomation
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Ok. Here's a 10-second sample of what I got. 3 things went wrong.
- The gopro has some "automatic" get-the-orientation-wrong sensor. It decided this was a portrait mode video.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
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The #homeautomation protocol is named #Thread, perhaps that is a typo as #Threat is more apt and accurate. If you roll your own device you might very well experience the full force of their blood thirsty lawyers.
What the actual F.
overengineer.devThread - the tech we can't use or teach - Dennis SchubertRandom thoughts, articles and projects by a chronic overengineer.
In 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 
https://forms.clickup.com/2533032/f/2d9n8-32191/NK2MUOVKXQVH2L0NHI
forms.clickup.comClickUp Forms
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Second round, this time the #HomeAssistant on my #RaspberryPi4 - I still had a 32-bit install and it was time to migrate. Support ends this year and #ESPHome already couldn't be updated any more.
It was relatively easy - create a #backup on old system, boot a new install and select #restore on the setup page.
It took a while to restore everything, and I got impatient, but after around 30 minutes it was finished and everything like before.
#RaspberryPi #HomeAutomation
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
#HomeAssistant #Release #HomeAutomation
https://apps.apple.com/app/home-assistant/id1099568401
App StoreHome AssistantThe Home Assistant Companion app allows you to access your Home Assistant instance on the go. Home Assistant is the smart home solution focused on privacy, choice, and sustainability. It runs locally in your home via a device like the Home Assistant Green or Raspberry Pi.
This app connects to all t…
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
#HomeAssistant #Release #HomeAutomation
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.homeassistant.companion.android
play.google.comHome Assistant – Applications sur Google PlayL'application officielle pour Home Assistant. Contrôlez votre maison partout dans le monde.
Controlling my smart home with a D20! Text-to-speech generated on a local GPU plays on a smart speaker in the room. Decorative lighting turns on or off depending on the roll. @homeassistant #smarthome #homeassistant #homeautomation #tabletop #gamewithpixels