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Software Developer | Tech Obsessed | Home Assistant Enthusiast. I will be sharing my setups and creations in the form of videos and Blog Posts.

Joined December 2020
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Tune in Wednesday November 11th πŸŽ΅πŸŽΆπŸ‘€
Coming soon... discover how to bring even more devices into Home Assistant on Wednesday, November 11. Watch this space for details!
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πŸ πŸ’™ OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED! The @EverySmartHome Presence One, Lite & Pro have joined the Works with @home_assistant programme! Huge congratulations to Lewis & the Everything Smart Home Family! πŸ‘ Here's my overview of the EP1 & EPL! πŸ‘‡ youtu.be/bLBLQzOGgVs
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We’re sensing a new presence in Works with Home Assistant… πŸ‘€ Welcome, @EverySmartHome! πŸŽ‰ The family-run business brings the Everything Presence sensors to the program. All built on ESPHome and made to keep your data local. Read more: home-assistant.io/blog/2026/…
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πŸ‘‹ SO LONG HACS... HELLO @home_assistant MARKETPLACE! πŸ’™πŸ  Big changes are coming with Home Assistant 2026.11! πŸš€ HACS is going away... well, sort of! πŸ˜… Find out what's changing and what it means for your smart home in my latest video! πŸ‘‡ 🎬 youtu.be/RXIVwOicLaU
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Home Assistant 2026.10! πŸŽ‰ A whole new vector map with redesigned markers πŸ“, trigger IDs finally get a proper UI 🧠, Home Assistant Cloud is becoming Home Assistant Link πŸ”—, connect your AI in one click πŸ€–, and 15 new integrations! home-assistant.io/blog/2026/…
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Big Tech ruined the cloud. So we’re renaming ours. ☁️ Home Assistant Cloud is now Home Assistant Link: an optional service from Nabu Casa for remote access, voice assistants, off-site backups & more, without cloud dependency. Meet Link πŸ‘‡ home-assistant.io/blog/2026/…
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Happy Birthday @home_assistant πŸ₯³πŸŽ‰πŸŽˆ
Home assistant 13 years old! πŸŽ‚ Happy birthday to us! Home Assistant is officially a teenager. 13 years old today πŸ₯³πŸ  Here’s to the teenage years! πŸŽ‰
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Presence detected 🏑 Want to talk shop with a specific team member at IFA Berlin? Here's when we're home. Stop by, say hi, and geek out about your favorite topics. πŸ‘‹
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Its that time again! πŸ₯³πŸŽ‰
Home Assistant 2026.7! πŸŽ‰ Purpose-specific triggers and conditions graduate from Labs to become the new default, so your automations say what you want 🧠, Activity logbook is reborn as a timeline πŸ“–, and an one-tap Update all! πŸ”„ home-assistant.io/blog/2026/…
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Join us at IFA Berlin this September to meet some of the team working on Home Assistant πŸ™Œ
Mark your calendars πŸ—“οΈ We're exhibiting at IFA Berlin 2026, from Sept 4 to 8! Join us to discover what’s possible when privacy, choice, and sustainability are at the heart of smart home tech. openhomefoundation.org/blog/…
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Proxy all the things! What do the latest "proxy" features mean in Home Assistant? What can you do now that you couldn't do before? What even is a proxy? Read more in the latest Open Home Foundation blog πŸ‘‡ openhomefoundation.org/blog/…
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Some great features in the Music Assistant 2.9 release! Join the release party live stream tomorrow. 🎢
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Anyone else eyeing up those AliExpress smart home wall panels? πŸ‘€ POE , dual relays, LED Ring, fits a standard wall backbox and displays @home_assistant dashboards. At Β£240 it's not cheap but it's surprisingly capable. If you can trust it on your NW πŸ‘‡ youtu.be/G29HGZ5FwHA
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Home Assistant 2026.6! πŸŽ‰ A friendlier card picker πŸ’‘, infrared devices that now also listen πŸ“‘, live condition tests and target counts in the automation editor ✨, Z-Wave smart lock credential management πŸ”, and 16 new integrations! home-assistant.io/blog/2026/…
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Home Assistant 2026.5! πŸŽ‰ Radio frequency joins the smart home πŸ“‘, a new Maintenance dashboard for your batteries πŸ”‹, serial-over-network with ESPHome πŸ”Œ, automation triggers that understand "for a while" 🧠, and 12 new integrations! home-assistant.io/blog/2026/… #HomeAssistant
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Templating has felt like homework for too long in @home_assistant πŸ˜… I reworked the docs with one goal: make them more approachable. Every function has its own page now, with real examples and a searchable error index. Live now: home-assistant.io/docs/templ…
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Home Assistant 2026.4! πŸŽ‰ Infrared support turns old remotes into smart controllers πŸ“‘, purpose-specific triggers almost feature complete 🧠, Matter lock management πŸ”, dashboard section backgrounds 🎨, and 14 new integrations! home-assistant.io/blog/2026/…
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Thanks for the swag team! @home_assistant @openhomefndn @NabuCasa 😎 I love the hoodie! If you want some awesome Home Assistant and Open Home Foundation Merch, then go checkout the new Open Home Foundation Store! πŸ‘‡πŸ» store.openhomefoundation.org
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The list of new integrations, upgraded integrations, and quality scale jumps in @home_assistant .3 is seriously stacked πŸ‘ Loads of community-driven improvements in this one. Here are the 5 features that I really likedπŸ‘‡ youtu.be/rCaPPzBjsZ0
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