We’ve been talking a bunch of home automation on the Podcast lately, and this week, in the Mailbag segment, a reader asked us about our setups. Neither Kristina nor I are poster children for the home ...

This custom component will allow you to integrate you Niko Connected Controller II in Home Assistant. You can use a touchscreen profile or the Hobby API account. This integration communicates directly ...

Yadullah Abidi is a Computer Science graduate from the University of Delhi and holds a postgraduate degree in Journalism from the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. With over a decade of experience ...

What started back in 2017 with just a single smart thermostat has evolved into a comprehensive smart home automation system using Home Assistant. Over the past years I’ve transformed my house into an ...

ESPHome 2026.5.0 has just been released with the beta version of the new ESPHome Device Builder web app that replaces the legacy in-tree dashboard with a real configuration editor, a firmware job ...

Yadullah Abidi is a Computer Science graduate from the University of Delhi and holds a postgraduate degree in Journalism from the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. With over a decade of experience ...

Belkin will shut down its Wemo cloud service for smart home devices later this week. Around two dozen devices are at risk of going obsolete, but you might be eligible for a partial refund if you ...

The integration of social networking with the Internet of Things (IoT) has led to the emergence of the Social Internet of Things (SIoT). This integration has brought about various security and privacy ...

💡 The ESP32 is a low-cost, low-power system on a chip (SoC) developed by Espressif. It features built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, dual-core processing, and a rich set of peripherals. We will ...

You’ve probably heard of the Flipper Zero, a pocket-sized device that packs in lots of great hacking potential. The team behind it has now turned their efforts towards developing the Flipper One, and ...

Get your coffee ready, let's go.So to complete our mission, we'll need two main things. First,we'll need smart stuff. IOT devices that we can control and manage.Things like smart light bulbs, ...