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5 reasons I'm happy paying for a Home Assistant Cloud subscription

All you need to do is toggle "Remote access" on in the Home Assistant Cloud settings and set the "External URL" in the ...
How-To Geek on MSN

5 home assistant settings you should change right now

By far the most important “setting” of all is turning on Home Assistant backups. This is one of the first things you should ...

Google Releases New Feature Boost To Millions Of Google Nest Users

Google Gemini voice assistant is expanding to millions of US users on smart speakers. This includes Gemini Live, Home Brief, ...
The Ambient

It’s now much easier to get the new Gemini Home features

Google is speeding up the rollout of Gemini for Home, making it far easier for people in the U.S. to try the company’s ...

Gemini for Home is missing something Google Assistant users took for granted

You can't use Continued Conversation after upgrading to Gemini for Home, unless you pay for Google's Home Premium ...
Forbes

Home Assistant’s New Zigbee And Thread Dongle Goes Live

Home Assistant has just taken the covers off of its latest device: the Connect ZBT-2, which is a big USB dongle that will give your smart home a high-performance Zigbee or Thread connection. It’s the ...
SlashGear

Can Gemini Make Google Home Less Awful? We Put Google's AI Update To The Test

Smart home ecosystems like Google Home and Amazon Alexa were supposed to herald a "Jetsons" style future when they arrived in the mid-2010s. Complete with voice assistants that allowed users to ...