If you love tinkering, ESPHome is a fantastic way to build custom smart home devices. This open-source firmware framework ...

Bose released the Application Programming Interface (API) documentation for its SoundTouch speakers today, putting a silver ...

The free and open-source smart home platform Home Assistant got another vote of confidence today, with the IoT manufacturer Xthings announcing that its Ultraloq U-Bolt series of Z-Wave smart deadbolts ...

Home Assistant reminds everyone that Z-Wave is still relevant. The open-source smart home platform has joined the Z-Wave Alliance board to help shape the direction of the protocol alongside companies ...

Reolink has become the first security camera manufacturer to obtain Works With Home Assistant certification for its Wi-Fi home security cameras. This means Reolink’s cameras—not including its 4G ...

SONOFF iHost is a standalone smart home hub featuring a quad-core Cortex-A55 processor, 2GB RAM, 8GB eMMC storage, and built-in Zigbee, Matter-ready Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, microphone, and speaker ...

After supporting Matter in beta since 2023, the open-source smart home platform is now officially certified as a Matter Controller. This won’t make a jot of difference for users, says founder Paulus ...

How the Matter standard helps create a more interoperable smart home. How does Matter work? The incorporation of machine learning into smart devices. Life in the home is constantly changing as a ...

You love Home Assistant, and so do we, but not everyone is as excited about an open smart home platform as the rest of us. Some brands have gone out of their way to break Home Assistant integrations, ...

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