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Home Assistant 2026.1 arrives with more dashboard improvements

The free and open-source smart home platform, Home Assistant, just released another major update. Home Assistant 2026.1 has ...
How-To Geek on MSN

Flic Duo review: a better smart button, but that's no longer enough

Flic Duo is the latest smart button from Flic, a company staking its future on the premise that smart homes need buttons just ...
The Verge

Home Assistant makes it official.

After supporting Matter in beta since 2023, the open-source smart home platform is now officially certified as a Matter Controller. This won’t make a jot of difference for users, says founder Paulus ...
Ars Technica

Home Assistant’s Voice Preview Edition is a little box with big privacy powers

Home Assistant announced today the availability of the Voice Preview Edition, its own design of a living-room-friendly box to offer voice assistance with home automation. Having used it for a few ...
Ars Technica

Home Assistant has a new foundation and a goal to become a consumer brand

Home Assistant, until recently, has been a wide-ranging and hard-to-define project. After an announcement this weekend, however, Home Assistant’s shape is a bit easier to draw out. All of the ...