Home Assistant

Every new Home Assistant release brings breaking changes.

Article removed as content is meant for older version of HASS and will no longer work in 0.8 and above.

In our previous Home Automation tutorials - our Home Assistant traffic traverses through the Internet un-encrypted.

I'm running my Home Assistant in my home lab. This is overkill for most people - a cheap US $35 Raspberry Pi has enough processing power to automate your house.

This tutorial is a quick HOWTO on  the basics of a Raspberry Pi, and how to install Home Assistant on one.

Using IFTTT and Voice Control to control lights isn't as effective as initially anticipated - Google Home kept mis-interpreting what I said and go off som

Following the XiaoMi Vacuum, colour me impressed by the build and quality of everything XiaoMi. Got a bit carried away by the moment and so went on a spree and purchased many more XiaoMi smart devices - including the famous XiaoMi YeeLights.

Excited to turn your home into the Ultrahouse 3000?

Use Google Home and/or Google Home mini to control your Xiaomi Vacuum with your voice!

Here are the things you need: