Are you familiar with this? You're looking for your keys, your wallet or just want to know if the car is still where you parked it. But instead of a quick answer, the app marathon begins: Open Apple „Where is?“ for the iPad, Read more
Imagine the following scenario: You're lying in bed at night, tossing and turning, and suddenly the fixed lighting comes on because the motion detector in the corner has mistakenly registered activity. Or even worse: you are reading a book completely motionless, the Read more
Every Thursday, millions of gamers eagerly await the new free game in the Epic Games Store. Shortly afterwards, Prime Gaming drops new titles and GOG spontaneously gives away an indie hit. The problem: in the stress of everyday life, it's easy to forget to log in everywhere and download the games. Read more
Imagine you buy a lot of smart hardware for a lot of money, install it in your home full of anticipation, only to find out: The manufacturer turns off the digital juice. This is exactly what is currently happening to many Tado users. Tado builds Read more
We all know this frustrating scenario: you come home after a long day at work, just want to stream your favorite series or play a game online, and nothing works. The picture buffers, the ping skyrockets, or the Read more
Imagine entering your living room, the sun glare on the TV and, as if by magic, your blinds lower to exactly the right height. No annoying cranking, no pulling on endless strings of beads. A smart roller blind is for many Read more
Are you looking for the perfect icebreaker for your next house party, but don't fancy board games with endless sets of rules? If you already have a home assistant running, you're already sitting on the ultimate party machine. With the open-source Beatify integration, you can transform Read more
Do you know this? You want to check yesterday's temperature history in your Home Assistant dashboard and the loading circle feels like it's taking forever. Or even worse: your nightly backups suddenly fail because the files have grown to gigantic proportions Read more
As your smart home grows, so do your automations. A simple „light on when moving“ quickly becomes a complex construct with countless conditions, schedules and exceptions. If you work in Home Assistant's standard editor here, you will lose out on deeply nested YAML codes Read more
Welcome to the year 2026! I hope you got off to a good start. While we're still recovering from the New Year's Eve fireworks, the Nabu Casa team has set off fireworks of a completely different kind right at the start of the year. Home Assistant 2026.1 is here - and Read more