With Apple’s introduction of the HomePod Mini they touted a feature which lets you hand-off music and audio between iPhone to your HomePod simply by bringing your iPhone close. A handy feature to have! (Video clip credit to Marques Brownlee) But what if you don’t own a HomePod and instead use other Airplay 2 speakers …
I’ve wanted to have motorized shades for a while now, and have not found an ‘off-the-shelf’ product that has the features I need, while remaining at an affordable price. The closest product that I’ve found is the IKEA ‘Fyrtur’ smart blinds. However, when pricing out my bedroom window which is almost 96″ wide, it would …
In the first part of this tutorial, we set up Telegraf and MQTT to transmit our computer temperature data from our host machine. If you have not yet read that tutorial, you can check it out here! In this second part, we are going to integrate the MQTT data into Home Assistant. I’m going to …
First, I need to acknowledge that there’s numerous methods to get presence detection with Home Assistant, each with their own pros and cons. When evaluating the various detection methods, I focused on three key aspects: The detection needs to be reliable and consistent. When I’m home, I’m home. I did not want incorrect arrivals/departures if …
Adding notifications to your Home Assistant server can really help to take your automations to the next level. And, by having your home automatically notify you with an actionable notification, the whole system can feel just that much more futuristic. I’ve decided to write a tutorial to hopefully help those who want to get started …