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Making Your Home Safer with Smart Smoke Detectors in Home Assistant (Part 1)
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Making Your Home Safer with Smart Smoke Detectors in Home Assistant (Part 1)

Fire safety is one of those topics that rarely gets attention in smart home setups—until something happens. In reality, smoke alarms are still one of the most important safety devices…
Posted by Lars 14/09/2026
Beginner-Friendly Home Assistant Automations, Part 3: Smart Notifications and Monitoring
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Beginner-Friendly Home Assistant Automations, Part 3: Smart Notifications and Monitoring

In Part 1 of this series, we explored automations based on lighting and presence detection. In Part 2, we looked at time-based automations and daily routines. Now it is time…
Posted by Lars 04/09/2026
Ezviz Notifications with Snapshot and Live Camera Access in Home Assistant
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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…
Posted by Lars 23/07/2026
Automatically Lock Your Z-Wave Smart Locks When You Leave Home Using iPhone Device Tracking in Home Assistant
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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…
Posted by Lars 14/07/2026
Use iPhone Device Tracker to Automatically Arm and Disarm Eufy Security Cameras in Home Assistant
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Use iPhone Device Tracker to Automatically Arm and Disarm Eufy Security Cameras in Home Assistant

One of the most useful smart home automations is making your security system react automatically when you leave or arrive home. Instead of manually opening an app every day to…
Posted by Lars 01/07/2026
Smart Night Security with Z-Wave JS UI and Home Assistant
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Smart Night Security with Z-Wave JS UI and Home Assistant

Home Assistant continues to be one of the best platforms for building advanced smart home automations without depending on cloud services. One area where Home Assistant truly shines is security…
Posted by Lars 25/06/2026
Home Assistant automation ideas
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Home Assistant automation ideas

Illustration of Home Assistant smart home automations connecting lights, sensors, climate control, and notifications.
Posted by Lars 08/03/2026
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