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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Popple3 on 2026-06-27 19:43:32+00:00.

I've been trying to update the firmware on my IKEA Bilresa switches for quite a while now, but the updates constantly kept failing. Fresh batteries, keeping them alive by periodically pressing a button or bringing them closer to a Thread Border Router (Apple TV, fwiw) didn't make any difference. Tried sharing them to HomeKit and updating through the Home app instead with no luck.

I saw in the Matter Server changelog that 9.0.0 improved firmware update reliability and decided to give it a go again and they've updated with no issues. Finally able to actually clear out pending updates. 🙌

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/InvolveT on 2026-06-27 14:12:43+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/rgnyldz on 2026-06-27 13:51:53+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Fleeky91 on 2026-06-27 12:39:27+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/hometechgeek on 2026-06-27 09:27:10+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/imbe153 on 2026-06-27 07:50:06+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/aKwin on 2026-06-27 06:53:56+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/lilium360 on 2026-06-27 06:48:33+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/HouseWaves on 2026-06-27 00:49:09+00:00.

Hi everyone,

Quickly, but important to say upfront, thank you to everyone for the tremendous support and interest in this project.

I really appreciate your patience as I attempted to resolve the GitHub suspension that took down the project DIY guide(s) over 9 days ago.

While I have not rec'd any information from GitHub as to the reason - I must assume it was due to the 110,000 views of the reddit post in the first 24 hours - and likely a large # of GitHub project views that tripped an automated trigger on bandwidth use.

To get back your access to the project, I have replicated the V4 DIY tutorial on GitLab - as well as updating the links in the reddit post too.

I will similarly update the reddit posts and DIY tutorials for the prior projects this weekend.

Thank you for your patience as I work to get these incredibly popular guides back online for everyone.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/swake88 on 2026-06-26 19:41:03+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Tehes on 2026-06-26 20:50:41+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Taggytech on 2026-06-26 18:23:46+00:00.

When I first started using Home Assistant I didn’t pay much attention to helpers because they seemed pretty basic. After using them for a while I realized they can make automations much cleaner and easier to manage. Now I use them far more often than I expected.

Which helper has become surprisingly useful in your setup?

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/jolly_jokesterx on 2026-06-26 14:59:46+00:00.

Power users who built SmartThings integrations using webhook-based SmartApps for their own homes are getting caught in this including the Home Assistant integration.

These aren't apps being sold or shared. Samsung already removed the ability for personal SmartApps to be shared with other users, so these integrations are tied to a single account and exist solely to automate that user's own devices.

Now the new plan is $5/month from individual users for something that does maybe 1,000 API calls a month.

Paying $60/year just to receive webhook events from my own smart home has to be one of the Dystopian decisions only samsung can come up with. Nothing less than a FUCK YOU CHARGE

"Why am I paying $60 a year for webhooks?"

Samsung: "Because fuck you, that's why."

https://community.smartthings.com/t/a-new-enhanced-smartthings-api-experience/309947

UPDATE: The post seemed to have triggered some bots, Comments are getting downvoted potentially to hide them. Please make sure to read and upvote other user's comment if you feel they are raising valid concerns and points.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/ingmarstein on 2026-06-26 11:44:38+00:00.

I've been building a zero-config CLI for running Home Assistant OS on Apple Silicon using Apple's native Virtualization framework. It's called havm and version 0.1.2 is now available as an early preview.

The goal is to be the simplest and most efficient way to run HA OS on a Mac. One command from nothing to a running VM — it downloads the latest HA OS release, decompresses the disk image, sets up a persistent data disk, and boots via UEFI. No manual image downloads, no Shortcuts, no launchd plist wrangling.

Requirements

• macOS 27 Golden Gate (currently in developer beta)
• Apple Silicon Mac

Earlier macOS versions are not supported — the Virtualization framework APIs used for USB passthrough require macOS 27.

What works

• One-command setup: havm run downloads and boots HA OS automatically
• USB accessory passthrough via a macOS menu bar item. I'm using this with a ZBT-2 coordinator. Devices are persisted across reboots and hot-attached to the running VM.
• Bridge networking so the VM gets its own IP on your LAN (NAT also available)
• Graceful shutdown: REST API, then SSH port 22222, then SSH port 22, then force-stop
• SSH key import: add your public key via config and HA OS imports it on boot for root access on port 22222
• Stable MAC address and machine identifier across reboots
• Import from UTM: havm import-utm migrates an existing UTM-based HA VM into havm in one command (only supported for VMs using Apple Virtualization, not QEMU)
• Runs as a Homebrew service with brew services start havm

Install

brew install ingmarstein/havm/havm
havm run

The release binary is signed with a Developer ID and notarized by Apple, so it passes Gatekeeper without manual overrides.

What this is (and isn't)

This is an early preview. It runs on a macOS beta. There will be rough edges. I'm running it at home successfully — I imported my existing UTM VM, and it's been stable as my daily Home Assistant host. But you should back up your HA instance before trying it, and I wouldn't recommend it on a production Mac yet.

The project is open source (MIT) at GitHub - IngmarStein/havm: Zero-config CLI for running Home Assistant OS on Apple Silicon using the native Virtualization framework. macOS 27+. · GitHub and will always remain free and open source. Feedback, bug reports, and contributions are welcome.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Divaaboy on 2026-06-26 04:58:41+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Zealousideal_Lack936 on 2026-06-26 02:24:09+00:00.

Helpful reminder to make sure you know where you stored the encryption key for your backups and still have access to it.

I recently crashed my mini PC running Proxmox and HomeAssistant while trying to add a SMB drive for network storage. No big deal I thought, just do a fresh install of ProxMox and HomeAssistant and the restore a backup. I had forgotten about the backups being encrypted and the encryption key was on a computer since dismantled and I couldn’t find the hard drive.

Starting from scratch did allow me to fix some things that I wished I had done differently.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/iamfabianf on 2026-06-25 23:13:07+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/zurgo111 on 2026-06-25 12:56:07+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/robin-thoni on 2026-06-25 19:09:15+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/al1posteur on 2026-06-25 13:44:29+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/ifnull on 2026-06-25 18:16:53+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/DiggingForDinos on 2026-06-25 13:15:56+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/angrycatmeowmeow on 2026-06-24 21:23:10+00:00.

I recently learned of this tool,which is a stupid easy way to debloat android devices, and the difference it made on my Samsung A7 and A9+ is incredible. I knocked out all of the packages in "recommended" and then some. As it's a kiosk I felt comfortable disabling messages, phone, contacts, modes/routines etc.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Relevant-Artist5939 on 2026-06-25 08:45:18+00:00.

For me personally, the only major feature that I am going to really use/benefit from is the Logbook redesign...

What do you think about the update?

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Taggytech on 2026-06-25 08:23:22+00:00.

When I first started using Home Assistant

I was mostly focused on automations, but over time I realized some of the smaller features ended up being the ones I use every day. Things like history, dashboards, helpers or simple notifications turned out to be more useful than

I expected.

Looking back, what’s one feature you didn’t think much of at first but now use all the time?