The Developer tools feature in Home Assistant is an essential part of the smart home software. You can use the tools to check and update the states of devices, to perform actions, and check your ...

The Home Assistant app for iOS has been updated to version 2026.5.0. The release brings four new features to users of the smart home automation software, alongside several improvements and a range of ...

Home Assistant app version 2025.6 for iOS and Android has arrived. It brings a few changes to users of the open source smart home automation software, including an improvement for server organization.

To give Android users more control over their smart home devices, Home Assistant is getting support for Device Control. This Android feature is now available in the panel view of the Home Assistant ...

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Size isn't everything.

Home Assistant can run on a wide range of hardware, from premium gaming PCs to Raspberry Pis. But that dusty old laptop is ...