Our smart home

120 Zigbee Devices Later: My Move from Zigbee2MQTT to ZHA

I have recently started a new project in my Home Assistant setup that I have called "Better Zigbee". The goal is not necessarily to replace something that was broken. In…

Lars 25/07/2026

Automation Integration

Ezviz Notifications with Snapshot and Live Camera Access in Home Assistant

In the previous article, we looked at how to integrate Ezviz cameras into Home Assistant and how motion detection works in practice. One of the most useful next steps is…

Lars 23/07/2026

Automation

Use Blitzortung Lightning Alerts to Protect Your Home with Home Assistant

Summer thunderstorms can arrive quickly, especially in areas where weather conditions change fast. While most Home Assistant users connect Blitzortung lightning data to visual notifications or fun effects like flashing…

Lars 20/07/2026

Automation Smart home

😀 World Emoji Day in Home Assistant – Making Smart Homes a Little More Fun

Smart homes often focus on efficiency, automation, and optimization. But there is one thing that is frequently missing from dashboards and automations: personality. Every year on 17 July, we celebrate…

Lars 17/07/2026

Automation

Automatically Lock Your Z-Wave Smart Locks When You Leave Home Using iPhone Device Tracking in Home Assistant

Smart home automation becomes truly useful when it quietly handles everyday tasks in the background. One of the best examples is automatically locking your doors when everyone leaves home. Instead…

Lars 14/07/2026

Automation

From Performance Tracking to Anomaly Detection: Building a “Safety Layer” for Zwift in Home Assistant

Most Home Assistant setups that integrate Zwift or cycling platforms tend to focus on performance: heart rate zones, power curves, calories burned, progress over time, and colorful lighting effects that…

Lars 12/07/2026

Automation Integration

Integrating Zwift with Home Assistant Using the Updated zwift_hass Integration

Indoor cycling has become much more engaging with platforms like Zwift. But if you are already heavily invested in Home Assistant, it becomes even more interesting when your cycling sessions…

Lars 08/07/2026

Automation Smart home

Tour de France Automation Magic: Connecting Zwift, Home Assistant, and Smart Lighting

When the Tour de France begins each summer, it turns everyday TV viewing into a months-long celebration of endurance, strategy, and pure suffering (for the riders at least). But if…

Lars 04/07/2026

Our smart home

120 Zigbee Devices Later: My Move from Zigbee2MQTT to ZHA

Ezviz Notifications with Snapshot and Live Camera Access in Home Assistant

Use Blitzortung Lightning Alerts to Protect Your Home with Home Assistant

😀 World Emoji Day in Home Assistant – Making Smart Homes a Little More Fun

Automatically Lock Your Z-Wave Smart Locks When You Leave Home Using iPhone Device Tracking in Home Assistant

From Performance Tracking to Anomaly Detection: Building a “Safety Layer” for Zwift in Home Assistant

Integrating Zwift with Home Assistant Using the Updated zwift_hass Integration

Tour de France Automation Magic: Connecting Zwift, Home Assistant, and Smart Lighting

Škoda Is Opening the Door to Home Assistant

Replacing Automation Spaghetti: How Helpers, Templates and Groups Create Maintainable Home Assistant Systems

The Smart Home Brain: Building a Context Layer in Home Assistant

From Motion Sensors to Presence Intelligence: Why mmWave Changes Smart Home Automation