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SONOFF Hydro DUO Brings Dual-Zone Zigbee Watering to Smart Gardens

SONOFF's new Hydro DUO is a dual-zone Zigbee 3.0 and BLE smart water valve with brass inlets, a flow meter, and Home Assistant support via MQTT.

SONOFF NSPanel Pro Gen2 Doubles as a Zigbee Gateway, Matter Bridge, and Home Assistant Dashboard

SONOFF's new in-wall panel combines a Zigbee gateway, Matter bridge, and relay switching with F-Droid sideloading for a dedicated Home Assistant dashboard.

Open Source PCB Turns Your Old Google Home Mini Into a Local Voice Assistant

An open source drop-in PCB replaces the Google Home Mini's internals with an ESP32-S3 and XMOS audio processor, turning it into a fully local Home Assistant voice assistant.

SONOFF NSPanel Pro Gen2 Packs Dual Relays and a Matter Bridge Into a Compact Wall Panel

SONOFF's NSPanel Pro Gen2 wall panel combines a Zigbee 3.0 hub, Matter bridge, and dual 5A relays with a touchscreen that works with Home Assistant.

DeskUp Pro Brings ESP32-Powered Smart Home Control to Standing Desks

An ESP32-based open source controller that plugs into your standing desk's RJ12 port and exposes full height automation through Home Assistant, ESPHome, and REST API.

Home Assistant 2026.4 Adds Native Infrared Support, Cross-Domain Automation Triggers

Home Assistant 2026.4 adds native infrared support through ESPHome proxies, letting you control IR devices like TVs and air conditioners, plus cross-domain automation triggers that work across entity types.

Home Assistant 2026.3 Adds Voice Wake Words for Android and Room-Based Vacuum Control

Home Assistant 2026.3 brings on-device wake word detection to Android phones and lets you send robot vacuums to clean specific rooms using your existing Home Assistant areas.

Arduino Matter Discovery Bundle Brings Smart Home Development to $61 with Open-Source Tools

Arduino's new Matter Discovery Bundle packs a Thread-capable Nano Matter board, three Qwiic sensor modules, and a carrier board into a complete smart home development platform for $61.

Project Aura Brings Industrial Air Quality Sensors to Home Assistant

This ESP32-S3 air quality monitor combines industrial Sensirion sensors with a 4.3-inch touchscreen and requires no soldering, offering comprehensive air quality tracking with native Home Assistant integration.

M5Stack Launches Pyramid-Shaped AI Mini PC With 24 TOPS NPU

M5Stack's pyramid-shaped mini PC packs a 24 TOPS NPU into an eye-catching enclosure, targeting edge AI applications from security cameras to local LLM inference.

Olimex HoT Brings Open Source Smart Home Automation to $22 Hardware

Olimex is building a €20 open source smart home server that runs on just 128MB of RAM, offering a simpler alternative to Home Assistant.

Home Assistant 2026.2 Renames Add-Ons to Apps, Debuts New Dashboard and Quick Search

Home Assistant's February release renames add-ons to apps, introduces a redesigned quick search with Cmd+K, and launches a community device database.

Seeed Studio Launches $10 ePaper DIY Kits With Nordic and ESP32 Options

Two $10 wireless controller boards for ePaper projects offer a choice between ultra-low-power Bluetooth or feature-rich Wi-Fi connectivity.

Home Assistant Releases Version 2025.5 Marking Two Million Active Installations

Home Assistant Unveils Version 2024.3

Home Assistant Unveils 2024.2

Home Assistant Unveils 2024.1: The Initial Release of the Year

Home Assistant Unveils Version 2023.12 with a Warm "Welcome Home!

Home Assistant 2023.11 Release