Home Assistant Podcast
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Home Assistant Podcast
Join hosts Phil Hawthorne and Rohan Karamandi as they explore the newest Home Assistant releases and the latest Home Automation news. Featuring guests who use or contribute to Home Assistant, the podcast aims to inspire new ways to make your home smarter.
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AirGradient: From Thai Wildfires to Open Source Hardware feat Achim Haug
Discover the origins of AirGradient, which began as a volunteer project in Northern Thailand during the harsh "burning season" of 2019. Learn how this...
Philips Hue's New Bridge and the Cat Automation Problem with Josh Burg
We're joined by psychologist Josh Burg, who shares his unique journey from Google Home to a fully local Home Assistant setup. We get to see how he’s u...
Voice goes bilingual with Home Assistant 2025.10
Rohan and Phil are breaking down the 2025.10 release, which includes bilingual support for assistants. Meanwhile Sonos finds a new partner, and we ans...
Beyond the Bulb: Gimmy Chu Talks Nanoleaf, Smart Homes & Community Integration
Phil and Rohan talk to Gimmy Chu, CEO of Nanoleaf, about the Nanoleaf smart lighting ecosystem, their open API vision, and how Nanoleaf got its start...
Smart Home Automation for Accessibility with Thomas
Phil and Rohan chat with Thomas about his journey building an accessible smart home with Home Assistant. From experimenting with bulbs and voice assis...
Tsvi Mostovicz on creating the Jewish Calendar component
Join us for a fascinating conversation with Tsvi Mostovicz, the visionary behind Home Assistant's Jewish calendar component, which he developed to ena...
A new Z-wave radio launches, and a new home screen on the horizon with Home Assistant 2024.9
Home Assistant has launched their own Z-wave radio. 2025.9 lands with a new experimental home screen. Meanwhile Rohan and Phil discuss LLM Vision and...
Doug Roberson from Shelly USA
Curious about Shelly? COO Doug Roberson explains their local control philosophy, versatile products, and commitment to empowering your Home Assistant...
An empty-nester sparky’s Home Automation journey
Join us as we talk with Scott, a licensed Electrician with a deep IT background who's been bouncing between code and conduit for years. Discover how t...
TJ Huddleston from HomeTech.fm
Phil and Rohan sit down with Jürgen, co-founder of Nuki - a smart lock provider from Europe who has just joined the Works with Home Assistant program....
Home Assistant AI is here with Home Assistant 2025.8
Home Assistant AI Tasks can now help you name and tag your automations, meanwhile the cloud strikes again thanks to Belkin and FutureHome
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Jürgen Pansy, co-founder of Nuki
Phil and Rohan sit down with Jürgen, co-founder of Nuki - a smart lock provider from Europe who has just joined the Works with Home Assistant program....
Paul thinks Home Assistant is "Better Than Fixing Cars"
Join us as Paul Riley, an engineer with a background in rocket fuel systems, shares his journey into smart home automation. Discover how he leverages...
Home Assistant, 3D Printing & Tuya Escapes — With Mark Watt Tech
We sit down with Mark Watt from Mark Watt Tech — the high-fiving hero of Home Assistant tutorials — to chat all things smart home, AI, and turning 3D...
Home Assistant 2025.7 has a question for you
Home Assistant 2025.7 is here, with a much-requested feature, the ability for Voice PE to ask you questions. Rohan and Phil discuss the possibilities...
Justin and Trevor from Apollo Automation
Justin and Trevor from Apollo Automation stop by to share their journey of turning a hobby project into a thriving customer-focussed home automation m...
Andrej’s smart home journey and designing PokyPow
Rohan and Phil chat with Andrej, a passionate Home Assistant user with some truly creative automations—from a relationship point system to a cat doorb...
Trying to convince Pete the DIY Smart Home Guy to embrace Home Assistant
Pete Borchers is one-third of the Technical Difficulties Podcast, host of the DIY Smart Home Guy YouTube channel, and he doesn’t think Home Assistant...
2025.6 delayed, IKEA and Sonos respectfully breakup
While the Home Assistant core team are off to Dublin for the Open Home Foundation summit, Rohan and Phil are breaking down the 2025.6 release that wil...
The evolution of Zooz with Agnes Lorenz
We’re back with another vendors episode, this time talking with Agnes from Zooz about the evolution of Zooz, and the challenges being a smart home com...
How Alfredo, Developer Relations at Google uses and teaches Home Assistant
Alfredo shares his journey into home automation, explaining how his exploration aligned with his personal values of privacy, choice, and sustainabilit...
Talking with Jimmy Hawkins from Automated House
We’re kicking off our new Vendor series of episodes, and first up are Connor and Tez who are making a business of installing Home Assistant for their...
Paulus joins us to break down 2025.5 and the State of the Open Home
A new Areas dashboard type lands in 2024.5. Meanwhile we’ve got some announcements about the podcast to share
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From music theatre to Home Assistant installers with Connor and Tez
We’re kicking off our new Vendor series of episodes, and first up are Connor and Tez who are making a business of installing Home Assistant for their...
How Bob automates an RV and a smart home with Home Assistant
We talk with Bob who is using Home Assistant to automate and secure his RV, as well as helping his disabled son
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Catching up with Travis aka digiblurDIY to talk Home Assistant
We’re kicking off our new creators special episodes by talking to one of the best out there, Travis from the YouTube channel digiblurDIY.
2025.4 - A new areas dashboard and some big announcements (for us!)
A new Areas dashboard type lands in 2025.4. Meanwhile we’ve got some announcements about the podcast to share
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Jeroen’s energy dashboard and e-ink calendar display
Jeroen is a software developer from The Netherlands with a passion for saving money by saving energy. In this episode Jeroen shares his energy dashboa...
Home Assistant 2025.3 lands with more dashboard improvements
Rohan and Phil are here to break down the 2025.3 release, which brings more dashboard improvements, and discuss the latest “voice chapter” update. Mea...
How Damien Uses Home Assistant to Simplify Life
See what happens when a tech-savvy teacher turned police officer dives deep into the world of Home Assistant. Phil and Rohan chat with Damien about hi...
2025.2 - Broadcasting our backups to OneDrive and Google Drive
2025.2 is here with a bunch of new updates to the backups feature, and the Home Assistant voice assistant gets some long awaited new skills. Meanwhile...
CES 2025 Debrief
Rohan and Phil go to CES 2025 in Las Vegas. In this episode they give an outline of some of the things they experienced from an open source and Home A...
Automating the pool pump started Gavin’s smart home journey
Gavin from the Home Tech Podcast stops by to talk about his smart home journey with Home Assistant. From automating the pool to soil sensors and camer...
2025.1 - Backups, Voice and What The Heck?!
2025 is here and Home Assistant is kicking it off with a new cloud-ready backup solution, and a bunch of updates that have been making peoples heads s...
Meet Missy - Community Manager for Nabu Casa
You may not know her, but you have most likely seen or read her work. Missy is the social media and community manager for Nabu Casa, and a home assist...
Frenck Takes over the Podcast w/ Phil & Rohan
For the final release episode of 2024, Frenck decides to turn the microphone and questions back on to Rohan and Phil
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2024.12 - Frenck breaks down the final release for 2024 with us
For the final release of the year, Frenck is here to reflect on the year and his recent GitHub Universe experience.
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Tim’s Aussie rental automated with Zigbee and Home Assistant
Tim is starting out with his Home Assistant journey like many of us did, in a rental with limited options for changing fixtures.
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Sections and LG ThinQ go official in 2024.11
Section dashboard layouts are now official. LG comes to the party creating an official LG ThinQ integration. Phil and Rohan discuss the modern cord cu...
Using AI to help with your household admin w/ Benjamin
Learn how Benjamin is using AI integrations with Home Assistant to help organise and manage some of those mundane tasks we all have to do
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