We have a new partner in our Works with Home Assistant program - Motionblinds! 🎉

We've partnered with them to certify smart window blinds and bring us closer to a smart home built exclusively with certified devices. 👏🏻

Read 👇🏼 for more info and the devices certified ✅

#OpenHome #SmartHome #HomeAutomation
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Motionblinds joins Works with Home Assistant

We’re plugging a blind spot in our Works with program and opening up some exciting options for our community.

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‼️ SAVE THE DATE

It's that time again - the State of the Open Home is on April 12th! Join us (& a couple guests 👀) as we take a look back over the year since the @openhomefoundation was founded and what's to come in the future. ✨

Check out the blog for more details + live stream link! 👇🏼

#OpenHome #SmartHome
home-assistant.io/blog/2025/03…

Announcing State of the Open Home 2025

April 12th will bring another big stream full of exciting updates and announcements.

^{Home Assistant}

The 2025.3 release live stream was last week - if you missed what's new, we've got you covered! 👏🏻

Take 1 min 20 seconds to catch up on the latest dashboard improvements 👉🏻 youtube.com/shorts/JutW-QBrDYY

Prefer reading to watching? Click here 👇🏼

#HomeAutomation #SmartHome #Release
home-assistant.io/blog/2025/03…

2025.3: View those headers!

Beautiful dashboard view headers, tons of tile card improvements and new features, better map clustering, Assist now streams responses, and integrating with SmartThings is now better than ever!

^{Home Assistant}

We're Matter certified!! 🎉

We've been ahead of the game with Matter implementation, and we're excited to announce both Home Assistant and the Open Home Foundation Matter Server are officially certified by the CSA. 😌

What does this mean for you? Find out on our blog 👇🏼

#SmartHome #HomeAutomation
home-assistant.io/blog/2025/03…

Home Assistant officially Matters

Home Assistant gains certification, but also a powerful tool for any open source project

^{Home Assistant}

🎶 Music Assistant released its latest hit - version 2.4! Catch up on its chart-topping new features like Spotify Connect, Assist optimization, an equalizer, and podcast & audiobook support. Don't miss a beat, read the blog for more 👇🏼

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome
home-assistant.io/blog/2025/03…

Music Assistant's next big hit

Spotify Connect, Assist streaming, podcasts, audiobooks, Apple Music, a full EQ, and more!

^{Home Assistant}

In this month's Open Home Newsletter, we look at how the shifting whims of big tech can put your smart home at risk - and why an independent platform is more crucial than ever.

Read on about our donations to important open source projects, new voice features, and more 👇🏼

#SmartHome #Newsletter #HomeAssistant
newsletter.openhomefoundation.…

The independent platform that serves you

Welcome to the February edition of the Open Home Foundation newsletter, the place to learn about the latest and greatest things for your smart home that improve its privacy, choice, and sustainability.

^{Paulus Schoutsen (Building the Open Home)}

We're very excited to announce that Apollo Automation have joined the Works With Home Assistant - the first @esphome-based devices to receive this certification! 🎉

Check out how Apollo got started building devices with ESPHome and which ones have been certified on our blog 👇🏼

#HomeAutomation #SmartHome #ESPHome #DIY #IoT
home-assistant.io/blog/2025/02…

Apollo joins the Works With Home Assistant Program

Adding three devices, including their community favorite presence and air quality multisensors.

^{Home Assistant}

Our very own @rhasspy was a guest of @shanselman's on the latest Hanselminutes! 🤩

Listen as Mike talks about insights on the future of open-source voice technology and delves into the exciting advancements of these tools.👇🏼

#HomeAutomation #SmartHome #Podcast
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Rhasspy and Home Assistant Voice with Dr. Michael Hansen

In this episode of Hanselminutes, Dr. Michael Hansen from Nabu Casa joins Scott Hanselman to discuss the exciting advancements in open-source voice technology.

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Missed last week's live stream and didn't catch up with the blog? Don't stress, we got you covered! 😌

Catch up on what's new in 2025.2 in just a minute and 20 seconds! 👇🏼

If you want to read what's changed instead, click here: home-assistant.io/blog/2025/02…

#SmartHome #HomeAutomation #HomeAssistant #Release

Next week, join our friends at @esphome for their New Year live stream! Catch up with the team as they update you on what's new in the world of ESPHome - and what's to come. 😎

Hit the 🔔 👇🏼 to get notified when they're live!

#SmartHome #DIY #IoT
youtube.com/watch?v=HtG3fjAO96…

ESPHome Release Party - New Year Edition

Join the team for the first release party of 2025 🎉 - we'll talk about what's new since our last live stream and offer a peek into the future of ESPHome.

^YouTube

Join us in one week for the next chapter of Voice! Same place, same time for our live streams - we're going in-depth on new features like broadcasting and setting the temp. 🤩

Local voice is also getting a sweet upgrade. 👀

Hit that bell to get notified when we go live! 👇🏼

#SmartHome #HomeAssistant
youtube.com/live/k6VvzDSI8RU

Voice - Chapter 9

Join the Home Assistant team as we share what's new in Voice for 2025!

^YouTube

In the first Open Home newsletter of 2025, we hit the ground running!

Read about our trip to CES, the feature that sparked a lot of conversation in the Home Assistant community, see what community events are coming up, and more 👇🏼

#Newsletter #SmartHome
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We’re here to change your mind

Welcome to the January edition of the Open Home Foundation newsletter, the place to learn about the latest and greatest things for your smart home that improve its privacy, choice, and sustainability.

^{Paulus Schoutsen (Building the Open Home)}

It's #DataPrivacyDay2025! 🔐 A core value of ours is Privacy, we believe it's important that you - and only you - control your data. Here's how we help:

💾 We're local-first - it's your data not the cloud's
📊 Analytics are opt-in - we only see what you share
👀 analytics.home-assistant.io/

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome

Der Spion an meiner Decke - #Vonovia zwingt Mietern smarte #Rauchmelder auf

„Was für ein Albtraum: Ein Spion in der Wohnung, der dem Vermieter verrät, wann die Bewohner zu Hause sind, wann sie Besuch haben, ob sie regelmäßig lüften und wann sie im Urlaub sind. Und mit etwas Pech verrät der Spion das alles auch gleich noch Kriminellen oder Geheimdiensten.
(…)
Die Vonovia stellt das Ganze als Verbesserung der Lebensqualität dar: ein smarter Rauchmelder, der nicht nur Rauch entdeckt, sondern auch die Raumtemperatur, Luftfeuchtigkeit und den Kohlenmonoxid-Gehalt misst. "Lüftungsempfehlung- und Raumklima-Monitoring direkt in der App!", wirbt die Firma auf ihrer Website…..“

Artikel von @evawolfangel zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/20…

Ohne Bezahlschranke:
archive.is/5R2Fy

#Datenschutz #Überwachung #SmartHome #Privacy #Überwachungskapitalismus

Rauchmelder bei Vonovia: Der Spion an meiner Decke

Vonovia zwingt Mietern smarte Rauchmelder auf. Die Geräte schicken Daten durchs Internet, aus denen Kriminelle ableiten könnten, wer zu Hause ist. Ein unnötiges Risiko.

^{Eva Wolfangel (ZEIT ONLINE)}

Stop ✋🏻 what you're doing and take 5 minutes to use Home Assistant's new automatic backup tool to set up offsite and encrypted backups to keep your smart home running securely and smoothly.

Learn how with our latest blog post 👇🏼

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome
home-assistant.io/blog/2025/01…

3…2…1… Backup

Stop what you're doing and take 5 minutes to set up automatic encrypted backups to keep your smart home running smoothly.

^{Home Assistant}

From our families to yours, happy new year! 🎊

We're grateful 🙏🏻 for each and every one of you who contributed to and supported us through 2024 - we've had too many milestones to name, it's been a busy year. 😌

Here's to 2025 - whatever it may bring! 🥂

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

Edit: It is, see mastodon.social/@danvolchek/11…

@homeassistant Cool!

Per home-assistant.io/voice_contro…, audio is always being recorded and wake word detection is offloaded to stronger hardware.

Is there an option to enable wake word detection on device/only record audio after?

Is the hardware in the preview edition powerful enough to handle that?

If not, is this planned at some point?

Fully local processing is great for privacy - this would be a nice additional layer 😀

Ty!

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome

The Home Assistant approach to wake words

Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server.

^{Home Assistant}

Dan 🌻

2024-12-20 07:03:45

@thibaultmol Oh - I think you're right.

The "Which wake words can I select?" FAQ describes "on-device wake word engine called microWakeWord".

Thanks, missed that 😀

It's here! 🎉

We're very excited to share with you the future of open voice, the Home Assistant Voice Preview Edition! This has been 2 years in the making - we look forward to taking you on this journey with us. 😌

Find more details here: home-assistant.io/voice-pe/

Catch up on the news in our blog here: home-assistant.io/blog/2024/12…

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome

‼️ WE'RE LIVE IN 15 MINUTES!

Join us 👇🏼 to see what's new in Voice. 🤩

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation
youtube.com/live/ZgoaoTpIhm8

Product Launch 🗣️ Voice: Chapter 8

Join us as we announce the voice assistant hardware we've been working hard on all year and see what's new since our last Voice chapter!

^YouTube

📢 The 2024.12.1 release of our iOS Companion app is out now! This month you'll find:

🔹 CarPlay quick access customizations
🔹 Downloads are now supported
🔹 Configurable gestures

...and more! Get it today and see what's new 👇🏼

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #Release

apps.apple.com/us/app/home-ass…

‎Home Assistant

‎The Home Assistant Companion app allows you to access your Home Assistant instance on the go. Home Assistant is the smart home solution focused on privacy, choice, and sustainability.

^{App Store}

👀 Have you hit that Notify Me bell on next week's live stream yet? 🔔 👇🏼

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation
youtube.com/live/ZgoaoTpIhm8

Product Launch 🗣️ Voice: Chapter 8

Join us as we announce the voice assistant hardware we've been working hard on all year and see what's new since our last Voice chapter!

^YouTube

🎉 I’m diving into Home Assistant for the first time and I’m curious to hear what others think from a blind user’s perspective! I’ve been exploring the iPhone app with VoiceOver, and it seems pretty accessible so far.

Currently, I’ve got:
🗣️ 3 Amazon Echo devices
🎵 2 HomePod Minis
🔔 2 Ring Video Doorbells
🛡️ SimpliSafe Security System

I’m looking to expand my setup soon and would love to hear from the community—what’s your experience with Home Assistant, especially when using screen readers? Is there anything I should keep in mind?

Also, if there’s a way to get in touch with support or help out with testing accessibility, let me know!

#SmartHome #HomeAssistant #BlindTech #Accessibility #VoiceOver #ScreenReader

home-assistant.io/

Home Assistant

Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. Perfect to run on a Raspberry Pi or a local server.

^{Home Assistant}