Home Assistant & Matter
Product tests, releases and practical ideas for Home Assistant, Matter and your connected home.
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Episode 592 - The Theme is Updates
On this week's show: Apple’s smart home plans keep leaking from every direction, with LG-branded locks, doorbells, thermostats, and cameras rumored alongside Apple selling Aqara’s new thermostat; Google Home gets better at hearing you over the chaos; Amazon quietly takes away Alexa aux voice control; UniFi Protect 7.3 squeezes more history out of your storage; Inovelli’s roadmap starts moving again; Home Assistant renames Cloud to Link because, well, “cloud” has baggage; a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!
Gross Margin, Labor Costs & the Case for Raising Your Rates
What’s the difference between running a hobby and running a real business? According to financial management expert Leslie Shiner, it comes down to whether you’re actually looking at your numbers. In this episode of The Integration Conversation, CEDIA’s VP of Education and Training Paul Dolenc sits down with Leslie Shiner, owner of The Shiner Group and longtime CEDIA fellow, to talk about what separates integrators who thrive from those who just stay busy.
Mapping all the changes in Home Assistant 2026.10
Phil and Rohan unpack Home Assistant 2026.10, from redesigned maps and easier trigger-based automations to AI setup, Matter devices and Z-Wave network maps. They also discuss reports about LG TV privacy and Shelly’s planned acquisition. Watch this episode on YouTube Show notes for this episode are available at https://homeassistant.fm/HA253 Support the Podcast Get early-access to episodes and an ad-free feed by supporting our Patreon. https://homeassistant.fm/patreon Share your story
Home Assistant was Trey’s answer for a local first smart home
Phil and Rohan are joined by Trey from Tallahassee, Florida, to explore his local-first Home Assistant setup. From an X10 beginning and a MyQ API shutdown to Zigbee migrations, Trey has seen a lot! Watch this episode on YouTube Show notes for this episode are available at https://homeassistant.fm/HA252 Support the Podcast Get early-access to episodes and an ad-free feed by supporting our Patreon. https://homeassistant.fm/patreon Share your story
Episode 591 - Schneider buys Shelly
On this week's show: Schneider Electric wants Shelly, Apple’s smart home hub may finally be real, Amazon refreshes the Fire TV Stick 4K, Disney raises streaming prices because apparently doubling profits wasn’t enough, ULTRALOQ rolls out new Matter and Aliro-ready locks, Home Assistant’s latest beta overhauls maps, and the local-control crowd keeps cooking with June oven and Roborock cloud-escape projects.
Episode 590 - Hacking the Echo Dot
On this week's show: your smart TV is probably spying on you, so we talk through what to turn off and why “just don’t connect it” keeps sounding smarter; Matter 1.6.1 finally locks in Groupcast to help grouped devices act like a group; a local Sofabaton integration gives Home Assistant users more remote-control fun; Crestron and Hubitat get a pro-friendly upgrade; D-Tools says the CI market is growing and also very much not growing, depending on who you ask; plus a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!
Roland “Accidentally” Installed Home Assistant, Then Automated Everything
Roland joins Phil and Rohan to share how a simple attempt to measure an old fridge's energy use led to a deeply data-driven Home Assistant smart home. Energy monitoring, solar forecasting, home batteries, EV charging, ESPHome, weather data and templates are all used to make his home smarter. Watch this episode on YouTube Show notes for this episode are available at https://homeassistant.fm/HA251 Support the Podcast Get early-access to episodes and an ad-free feed by supporting our Patreon. https://homeassistant.fm/patreon
Episode 589 - A Person Living in Your Doorbell
On this week's show: CEDIA says the crowds showed up, Apple unveiled a foldable iPhone, LG is pushing back on smart TV spying claims, Google wants outside AI agents in your home, Aqara and IKEA both have new Matter-friendly hardware, SimpliSafe would like a human guard at your doorbell, plus a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!
Inside the US Smart Home Market Analysis
What’s the US smart home market really worth, and where’s the growth coming from? In this episode of The Integration Conversation, host James Bliss sits down with Ryan Bardach, CEDIA’s Director of Research, and Eric Voyer, Director at the Farnsworth Group, to break down the findings of CEDIA’s newest US Professional Market Analysis.
Adrian’s High Availability Home Assistant
How do you make Home Assistant resilient when an update fails or your primary server goes offline? Phil and Rohan talk with Adrian from Western Australia about his dual Home Assistant setup, webhook heartbeat failover, Git-based YAML configuration, and a 12V battery-backed home network.
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