Home Assistant Podcast
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Home Assistant Podcast
Join hosts Phil Hawthorne and Rohan Karamandi as they explore the newest Home Assistant releases and the latest Home Automation news. Featuring guests who use or contribute to Home Assistant, the podcast aims to inspire new ways to make your home smarter.
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From SimpliSafe to Matter: We’re re-visiting Aaron
Aaron returns to share how his Home Assistant setup evolved from endless tinkering to a rock‑solid system that runs his family life. We cover Z‑Wave p...
Artem’s Energy‑Smart Automations Without the Chaos
By day Artem works for JetBrains, developing coding IDEs for software professionals. But today we want to learn about his smart home, and how he is us...
Home Assistant 2026.1: SendSpin, new Home Dashboard improvements and presence using labels
Rohan and Phil are here to break down the 2026.1 release. We’re talking Home Dashboard improvements, a new multi-room audio protocol from Music Assist...
187 Automations, 300 Devices: Josh’s Smart Home Assistant Journey
Josh from Josh’s Smart Home joins Phil and Rohan to unpack a 300-device Home Assistant setup running on Home Assistant Green. We dive into the move fr...
From Alexa to Assist: NetworkChuck’s Smart Home with Frigate, UniFi, and AI
YouTuber NetworkChuck joins Phil and Rohan to break down his real-world Home Assistant setup: migrating off Alexa, building a Home Assistant voice ass...
Home Assistant 2025.12: Labs, Smarter Automations, Real‑Time Energy and Frenck
We’re closing out the final Home Assistant release for 2025 with Frenck and a massive Home Assistant 2025.12. Home Assistant Labs, purpose‑specific tr...
From Pi to Blue, we’re revisiting Courtenay Watson
We’re revisiting Courtenay, who was last spoke to on Episode 45 six years ago. She’s here to share six years of Home Assistant progress: moving from R...
Inside the Open Home: Darren Griffin
Go inside the Open Home Foundation with Darren, the web developer behind Home Assistant’s sites. From keeping the various Open Home Project websites o...
Brewing With Home Assistant: From Modbus PIDs to ESPHome Fermentation Control with Greg Martin
Greg joins Phil and Rohan to share how he built a brewery control system with ESPHome and Home Assistant: Modbus PID retrofits, ESP32-based temperatur...
Home Assistant 2025.11: Improved target picker and energy pie charts
In this episode Phil and Rohan break down Home Assistant 2025.11. We cover the revamped Automation UI with the new target picker, naming options on da...
Garage Doors, E‑Ink Dashboards, and Entity Chaos with the Evil Genius Dave Slusher
Podcaster Dave Slusher joins Phil and Rohan to share hard-won smart home lessons: building a reliable mesh, solving a 100m mailbox sensor with Z-Wave...
The Reluctant Home Assistant Guy: From Hue Chaos to Hour‑of‑Power Wins
Chris joins Phil and Rohan to share a brutally honest smart home journey: starting with Philips Hue, hitting limits with multiple bridges, battling My...
AirGradient: From Thai Wildfires to Open Source Hardware feat Achim Haug
Discover the origins of AirGradient, which began as a volunteer project in Northern Thailand during the harsh "burning season" of 2019. Learn how this...
Philips Hue's New Bridge and the Cat Automation Problem with Josh Burg
We're joined by psychologist Josh Burg, who shares his unique journey from Google Home to a fully local Home Assistant setup. We get to see how he’s u...
Voice goes bilingual with Home Assistant 2025.10
Rohan and Phil are breaking down the 2025.10 release, which includes bilingual support for assistants. Meanwhile Sonos finds a new partner, and we ans...
Beyond the Bulb: Gimmy Chu Talks Nanoleaf, Smart Homes & Community Integration
Phil and Rohan talk to Gimmy Chu, CEO of Nanoleaf, about the Nanoleaf smart lighting ecosystem, their open API vision, and how Nanoleaf got its start...
Smart Home Automation for Accessibility with Thomas
Phil and Rohan chat with Thomas about his journey building an accessible smart home with Home Assistant. From experimenting with bulbs and voice assis...
Tsvi Mostovicz on creating the Jewish Calendar component
Join us for a fascinating conversation with Tsvi Mostovicz, the visionary behind Home Assistant's Jewish calendar component, which he developed to ena...
A new Z-wave radio launches, and a new home screen on the horizon with Home Assistant 2024.9
Home Assistant has launched their own Z-wave radio. 2025.9 lands with a new experimental home screen. Meanwhile Rohan and Phil discuss LLM Vision and...
Doug Roberson from Shelly USA
Curious about Shelly? COO Doug Roberson explains their local control philosophy, versatile products, and commitment to empowering your Home Assistant...
An empty-nester sparky’s Home Automation journey
Join us as we talk with Scott, a licensed Electrician with a deep IT background who's been bouncing between code and conduit for years. Discover how t...
TJ Huddleston from HomeTech.fm
Phil and Rohan sit down with Jürgen, co-founder of Nuki - a smart lock provider from Europe who has just joined the Works with Home Assistant program....
Home Assistant AI is here with Home Assistant 2025.8
Home Assistant AI Tasks can now help you name and tag your automations, meanwhile the cloud strikes again thanks to Belkin and FutureHome
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Jürgen Pansy, co-founder of Nuki
Phil and Rohan sit down with Jürgen, co-founder of Nuki - a smart lock provider from Europe who has just joined the Works with Home Assistant program....
Paul thinks Home Assistant is "Better Than Fixing Cars"
Join us as Paul Riley, an engineer with a background in rocket fuel systems, shares his journey into smart home automation. Discover how he leverages...
Home Assistant, 3D Printing & Tuya Escapes — With Mark Watt Tech
We sit down with Mark Watt from Mark Watt Tech — the high-fiving hero of Home Assistant tutorials — to chat all things smart home, AI, and turning 3D...
Home Assistant 2025.7 has a question for you
Home Assistant 2025.7 is here, with a much-requested feature, the ability for Voice PE to ask you questions. Rohan and Phil discuss the possibilities...
Justin and Trevor from Apollo Automation
Justin and Trevor from Apollo Automation stop by to share their journey of turning a hobby project into a thriving customer-focussed home automation m...
Andrej’s smart home journey and designing PokyPow
Rohan and Phil chat with Andrej, a passionate Home Assistant user with some truly creative automations—from a relationship point system to a cat doorb...
Trying to convince Pete the DIY Smart Home Guy to embrace Home Assistant
Pete Borchers is one-third of the Technical Difficulties Podcast, host of the DIY Smart Home Guy YouTube channel, and he doesn’t think Home Assistant...
2025.6 delayed, IKEA and Sonos respectfully breakup
While the Home Assistant core team are off to Dublin for the Open Home Foundation summit, Rohan and Phil are breaking down the 2025.6 release that wil...
The evolution of Zooz with Agnes Lorenz
We’re back with another vendors episode, this time talking with Agnes from Zooz about the evolution of Zooz, and the challenges being a smart home com...
How Alfredo, Developer Relations at Google uses and teaches Home Assistant
Alfredo shares his journey into home automation, explaining how his exploration aligned with his personal values of privacy, choice, and sustainabilit...
Talking with Jimmy Hawkins from Automated House
We’re kicking off our new Vendor series of episodes, and first up are Connor and Tez who are making a business of installing Home Assistant for their...
Paulus joins us to break down 2025.5 and the State of the Open Home
A new Areas dashboard type lands in 2024.5. Meanwhile we’ve got some announcements about the podcast to share
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From music theatre to Home Assistant installers with Connor and Tez
We’re kicking off our new Vendor series of episodes, and first up are Connor and Tez who are making a business of installing Home Assistant for their...
How Bob automates an RV and a smart home with Home Assistant
We talk with Bob who is using Home Assistant to automate and secure his RV, as well as helping his disabled son
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Catching up with Travis aka digiblurDIY to talk Home Assistant
We’re kicking off our new creators special episodes by talking to one of the best out there, Travis from the YouTube channel digiblurDIY.
2025.4 - A new areas dashboard and some big announcements (for us!)
A new Areas dashboard type lands in 2025.4. Meanwhile we’ve got some announcements about the podcast to share
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Jeroen’s energy dashboard and e-ink calendar display
Jeroen is a software developer from The Netherlands with a passion for saving money by saving energy. In this episode Jeroen shares his energy dashboa...