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Home Assistant 2026.8 (beta) is out. New installs default to port 80 instead of :8123, "advanced" is removed from 40+ places in the UI, and Developer Tools is now just "Tools." Also new: custom entity ID formats, vibration + moon phase triggers, a searchable radio browser, and Energy Dashboard battery capacity. Stable lands August 5th. Full breakdown: https://youtu.be/2sytCEg059s

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I'm incredibly grateful for all of you who have watched my videos in the past 6 years. THANK YOU! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Most people run Home Assistant in a bare container and miss the supervisor layer and app store entirely. I installed Home Assistant OS as a full VM on the UGREEN NAS DXP4800 GT (U.G.O.S. Pro) instead, with a USB Zigbee adapter passed straight through — real ZHA hardware, not a stripped-down install.
Full walkthrough, including the UEFI boot-type gotcha that trips up almost everyone: https://youtu.be/BvBxToXtKj0
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𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲: How to send yourself a notification on what doors are left open for 5 minutes when everyone left the house!

The link to the code is in the comments. 👇

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📊 How long did it take before your HA setup '𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱'?

I think it took me two to three years.

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𝗡𝗲𝘄: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗨𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗶 𝗧𝗖𝟬𝟬𝟭 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝘁, 𝗿𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 #𝗔𝗪𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗫𝗡𝗚 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲.

Same Home Assistant automations you already run on AWTRIX 3 — notifications, sensor apps, weather, rain forecast, calendar, to-do lists, countdown timer, moodlight — plus NG-only additions: stale-data warnings, animated weather overlays, named dismissible notifications, and full app rotation ordering.

Lifetime updates via Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/s/0d1e4419bd

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Home Assistant 2026.7 beta is out — and the Automation Editor has been completely overhauled. Purpose-specific triggers let you build automations by area instead of entity ID. There's also a rebuilt Activity Logbook, a new "Update All" button, ZHA improvements, Dropbox backup support, and 10 new integrations. Final release: 1 July 2026.

Full walkthrough: https://youtu.be/hskY2qQ2LAs

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❓ 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: What's the 𝗱𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 smart home mistake you've ever made?

𝗠𝗲: make my house depend on Home Assistant without redundancy...

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💡 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗧𝗶𝗽: The one HA dashboard card I wish I'd set up on day one: 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 C𝗮𝗿𝗱. (Link in comments)

What's your 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗱?

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I implemented the Zonneplan Quarter-hourly prices in my start appliances at the lowest price code on Ko-Fi.

Download the updates here:

https://ko-fi.com/s/e937e90ca8
https://ko-fi.com/s/14ac2db699

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I spent real time testing the Yarbo Lawn Mower Pro, an €8,000 modular robot mower with dual 300W motors, RTK-GPS + camera navigation, and a rated range of up to 6 acres. Yarbo doesn't officially support Home Assistant, but a community MQTT integration gets you battery status, GPS tracking, and automation blueprints locally.

Full honest review, setup walkthrough, and verdict here: https://youtu.be/HjfPgRn-0ds

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The live stream starts in a couple of minutes! Come join us!
https://www.youtube.com/live/2X7jYGHx86E

SwitchBot sent over the Standing Circulator Fan and the Air Purifier Table for review — one moves air, one cleans it. I tested the modular height, the 28-hour battery, the HEPA filtration, and crucially, how each one actually behaves in Home Assistant. The fan's Bluetooth-only setup and the purifier's limited Matter entities are both worth knowing before you buy.

Full breakdown here: https://youtu.be/CmPduvIixhg

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