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Dan Built His Own Smart Switches and Connected Them to Home Assistant

October 27, 2026 · 50 min

Dan 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 plans new automations with Zigbee, Frigate and Reolink…
Jason’s Home Assistant Smart Home That Watches Birds and Tracks Visitors

October 20, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min

Phil 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 birds with BirdNet. Watch this episode on YouTube Show notes…
A Baby Who Wouldn’t Sleep Started Maayan’s Home Assistant Journey

October 13, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

A 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 heating controls, local white noise, custom lighting and a…
Mapping all the changes in Home Assistant 2026.10

October 6, 2026 · 1 hr 17 min

Phil 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 reports about LG TV privacy and Shelly’s planned…
Home Assistant was Trey’s answer for a local first smart home

October 2, 2026 · 56 min

Phil 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, Trey has seen a lot! Watch this episode on YouTube Show notes…

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Roland “Accidentally” Installed Home Assistant, Then Automated Everything

September 22, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

Roland 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 forecasting, home batteries, EV charging, ESPHome, weather data…
Adrian’s High Availability Home Assistant

September 15, 2026 · 60 min

How 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 Assistant setup, webhook heartbeat failover, Git-based YAML…
Rob went from 15 Apps to One Smart Home With Home Assistant

September 8, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

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…
Home Assistant 2026.9 improves Modbus integrations, and a better activity history

September 1, 2026 · 50 min

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…
Living With Home Assistant: The Other Side of the Smart Home

August 18, 2026 · 38 min

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. Watch this episode on…
Rohan is Packing Up his Smart Home and Starting Over

August 11, 2026 · 60 min

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…
Home Assistant 2026.8 says goodbye to 8123, while SmartThings goes behind a paywall

August 5, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

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…

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About the show

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.