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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Darklumiere on 2024-11-13 22:53:41+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/chrisrbk on 2024-11-13 20:35:47+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/yesyesgadget on 2024-11-13 19:00:45+00:00.

Some companies cooperate with Home Assistant (recent example is LG's integration), others are neutral about it (community provided integration works, unsupported but tolerated) but unfortunately, there are some that are actively hostile to HA and other third party platforms.

My most recent example is Ariston which has blocked the community integration from working, and in the process, punished these users by also deliberately killing their own app from working as well:

They went out of their way to hurt these users.

Is there a maintained list of companies hostile to HA?

I obviously regret having purchased an Ariston water heater. It still does its job, but quality of life worsened and I'll have to manually reprogram it to not keep wasting energy by heating water on weekends or while I'm away on work-trips...

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/hokie9415 on 2024-11-13 16:52:51+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Beaufort_The_Cat on 2024-11-13 15:50:48+00:00.

Hi all, I’m reaching the point where my HA use is outgrowing my raspberry pi 4b 8gb ram and I’m looking for opinions on what to “upgrade” to. What do you all use to host HA other than a raspberry pi? What I’m looking for is:

1. Low power draw
2. Can run HA and Frigate in docker
3. Small form factor
4. Plenty of storage

Any and all suggestions welcome, thanks in advance!

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/ByzantiumIT on 2024-11-13 12:19:29+00:00.

🌦️ Smart drying just got smarter! 🧺 Check out my Home Assistant Laundry Monitor setup:

🔍 First, a Bayesian probability calculation checks the likelihood of washing on the line (based on the washing machine status).

📸 If detected, AI identifies the laundry (Towel spotted!) and calculates estimated drying time using real-time weather conditions.

📉 Graphs track drying progress, and I can adjust with a single tap.

☁️ Today's challenge? High humidity and slow drying!

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/_RedSpace200 on 2024-11-13 02:51:14+00:00.

I have been messing around with auto-entities recently and wanted to share some YAML im using which makes managing running addons so much easier. By utilizing auto-entities and custom button card, you can create a compact list which displays all the currently running addons. I also got starting and stopping the addon working by clicking on the button. This actually works better for me compared to HAs built in addon page :D Heres a preview of what it looks like on my dashboard:

Clicking the button shows a dialog asking you to confirm starting/stopping the service:

Note that the binary sensors can take a couple minutes to update, so you dont instantly see the addons change states. You need to go into your entities and enable the "running" binary sensor for each addon you want to show in this list. Also im sure the YAML/JS can be improved, but it works!

This uses custom:auto-entities and custom:button-card.

YAML:

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/D-o-Double-B-s on 2024-11-12 20:01:09+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/nyctomanica on 2024-11-12 19:02:27+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/esseeayen on 2024-11-12 14:43:57+00:00.

So, I am finally biting the bullet with some approval from the better half and installing some tablets to better control Home Assistant around the house instead of the cheap and nasty zigbee switches I have used in the past.

But the big question is... what size should I get?

I am settling on using some reasonably priced Samsung tablets as they have battery saver and knox is reasonably easy to use to configure and manage all the tablets but the tablet I am going with, the A9, has a A9 and A9+ which are 8.7" (220.5mm) and 11.0" (278.2mm) in size.

I am curious what people are using in their homes and if they use it to keep inconspicuous or they make it a big feature. And most of all, what are your thoughts on the screen size?

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Dave606 on 2024-11-12 10:21:09+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Lazy-Philosopher-234 on 2024-11-12 09:15:47+00:00.

Nuki Smart Lock Ultra - Nuki

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/HelloIAmRealHuman on 2024-11-12 09:52:26+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/GrandpaSquarepants on 2024-11-12 04:02:27+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Molokocet on 2024-11-11 21:18:47+00:00.

I am considering buying a weather station such as Ecowitt or Tempest for my backyard (grass, flower bed and vegetable bed) but not fully convinced of benefits.

What are the benefits of having a weather station connected to HA? What are your best automation’s using this data that you could not do with general weather forecast?

Also, how does the hardware stands on cold temperatures? Around -20C on extreme days.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Nestramutat- on 2024-11-11 21:38:11+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Secret_Butterfly_610 on 2024-11-11 20:36:56+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Lazy-Philosopher-234 on 2024-11-11 15:34:16+00:00.

Some of you will find this redundant, for some it's uninteresting. For me it was an eye opening experience.

I'm based in Germany and recently went to China for 2 weeks. Before going I thought "well, here goes nothing, 2 weeks without knowing what is going on back home"

Summary of what works and what not

1. Home assistant Green with NABU Casa remote connectivity option. Flawlessly, everything works
2. TP-Link. All worked perfect, even their cameras
3. Eufy cameras
4. Switchbot thermometers
5. Variety of zigbee devices and sensors through HA

What did not work? Anything Google related, since they left the Chinese market. No luck with the nest doorbell or calendar or Gmail or gmaps, HOWEVER, I was able to access my calendar and the doorbell through their home assistant integrations.

So HA is able to package all the Google traffic and send it over there. Video was perfect too.

If anyone is thinking about going to China and worry about your house, make sure all tlyoir integrations are working before you leave and it you are using the NABU casa option for connectivity, everything will work, even Google products

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/WoodworkerByChoice on 2024-11-11 14:16:58+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/rp-br on 2024-11-11 10:35:43+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Altruistic-Pea5377 on 2024-11-11 09:41:37+00:00.

I made my own personal Voice Assistant using the Wyoming Protocol with Pi Zero 2W and a ReSpeaker 2Mic HAT for use with Home Assistant.

It's got on-device wakeword, volume ducking, multi-room audio support using snapcast, tts. I used an old beats pill as the audio output. It sounds way better than the cheaper DIY options!

I have made an in-depth step-by-step tutorial if anyone's interested in making their own.

You can check it out

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/TendToTensor on 2024-11-11 03:05:02+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/arteryblock on 2024-11-10 20:46:44+00:00.

Looking for recommendations of devices to get.

Have some Moes relays and some LED strips currently in my basket.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Kypsylano on 2024-11-10 16:22:30+00:00.

I've used an intermix of Alexa and Apple's HomeKit now for probably ten years; I was super excited for Home Automation but it died quickly when these services proved to be clunky and unintuitive; many times devices simply disconnected and fell off the network for seemingly no reason, despite router tweaks, upgrades and alike.

I was reluctant to try to HomeAssistant as I will say the documentation and onboarding is quite substandard, but I just got my first device working and the sense of control and possibilities is top notch.

Just a note of appreciation :)

Edit: Point of clarity about substandard documentation; it's clearly well documented, the problem is the documentation isn't particularly accessible. When adding a device via HomeKit, documentation both states to add the device to HomeKit first, but also says if they're in HomeKit they must be removed; it doesn't effectively explain that these are a sequence to follow rather than mutually exclusive states.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/mrmp17 on 2024-11-10 16:53:05+00:00.