2021.8 brings a new energy dashboard to Home Assistant, while we announce a competition and a new show.
Episodes
Marlon joins Rohan and Phil, author of The Smart Home Manual about his home automation journey with Home Assistant
Release Breakdowns
2021.7 – Adding ID’s to our automation triggers, and provisioning ESP devices with ease
Rohan and Phil break down the goodies coming in with 2021.7. Phil discusses his experience setting up an ESP32 device for the first time with the ESP web tools.
Rohan and Phil talk to Keiran on how he uses Home Assistant around the home, and how he was able to use it to assist his girlfriend after surgery.
Rohan and Phil break down the 2021.6 release, and Rohan talks about the outdoor smart plug from Lutron.
Rohan and Phil talk with Anthony about how he uses Home Assistant to bring a more immersive experience for his board games
Release Breakdowns
2021.5 – A better integrations dashboard and getting the status of remote services
Rohan and Phil break down the 2021.5 release and Rohan’s status page in Lovelace. Phil shares some of his sensors for monitoring various services and containers on his...
Rohan and Phil are joined by Luke from Western Australia, who explains how he uses Home Assistant to make the ultimate home media controller.
Release Breakdowns
2021.4 – Debugging our automations, experimenting with Node-RED and getting future plans from Paulus
Rohan and Phil break down the 2021.4 release. Rohan talks about his experience making the switch to Node-RED, and Paulus talks about future plans for Home Assistant.
In this special episode we dig a bit deeper into Nabu Casa's acquisition of the ESPHome project with Home Assistant founder Paulus.