Tag: IOT

How to use Template conditions in Home Assistant

How to use Template conditions in Home Assistant

It is finally Summer!  School is over and the kids are home for a couple of months.  My Smart Home was previously adjusted using Home ... Read More

Home Assistant Breaking Change: All Light Groups

Home Assistant Breaking Change: All Light Groups

I have been running Home Assistant from the very beginning and the very first light group I used was the auto generated group.all_lights. This was ... Read More

Elevate your home security with these essential additions to Alexa Guard

Elevate your home security with these essential additions to Alexa Guard

I was pretty excited when they announced Amazon Guard way back in September 2018.  I’m doubly excited now that it has finally been rolled out ... Read More

Google Nest saves ‘Works with Nest’ program – sort of.

Google Nest saves ‘Works with Nest’ program – sort of.

Wow!  That was a fast response from a really large company!  The cries from below have reached the high towers of Google in regards to ... Read More

Google is shutting down the Works with Nest API.

Google is shutting down the Works with Nest API.

Announced at Google IO, GoogleNest (as it’s now called) will be shutting down the Works With Nest program in favor of the Works with Google ... Read More