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 an auto-generated light…
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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 to the masses…
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 the 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 Assistant program on…
$20 Wyze Sense and Camera Unboxing – Early Access Program!
Today, we got an awesome package in the mail! Small and tiny, yet amazingly powerful in function, the Wyze Sense starter kit is going to be something I…
How to manually upgrade your Synology Surveillance System firmware
Recently, my Home Assistant lost the ability to stream live feeds from my cameras. The cameras attached to my Synology NVR1218 system still appeared fine in Home Assistant…
Solar-Putty: The free, feature-packed Putty alternative you’ve been waiting for!
Putty is awesome! It is a main staple for most IT professionals and Home Automation hobbyists alike. Need a secure way to SSH into a Linux machine? Putty…
Easily connect your Foscam cameras to Home Assistant and Synology for Notifications
I have finally gotten all the Foscam cameras set up and streaming perfectly to my Roku devices throughout the house. Now I want to show you how I…
Home Assistant 0.90 release upgrade
Yesterday Home Assistant dropped another release. They are on a 2 week release schedule so updates are many and frequent. I was excited about this one since the…