Smart Home

READING TIME: 10 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you everything you need to do to create a Vacuum Control Card in Home Assistant to view or control your robot vacuum and mop.…

READING TIME: 4 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to convert text-to-speech using Home Assistant. We all know that you can send a custom message using a Home Assistant automation. But,…

READING TIME: 4 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to setup a Home Assistant card using the Steam integration. This will let you view things such as the online status, the…

READING TIME: 9 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to create recurring tasks in Home Assistant. For example, if you are looking to keep track of things such as: HVAC filter…

READING TIME: 8 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to install and configure a beautiful dashboard using Mushroom Cards. After I show you some of the example cards, I’ll…

READING TIME: 6 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to create an automation that will sequentially (asynchronously) vacuum rooms in Home Assistant. If you’ve been following along with my…

READING TIME: 8 MINUTESTrigger ID’s are a relatively new feature to Home Assistant Automations. Trigger ID’s can be used to cut down on the total number of automations you have. However, some…

READING TIME: 4 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how to create an automation that sends a notification whenever one of your Plex users start watching something. This automation was found in…

READING TIME: 13 MINUTESIn this guide, I’ll show you how you can control the mop of your Roborock S7 vacuum/mop in Home Assistant. That’s right – it IS possible! Chances are that…

READING TIME: 11 MINUTESIn this guide, I’m going to show you how to display your Teams presence status in Home Assistant. There are a few ways to configure this. Each method has…