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Why My Home Assistant Motion Lighting Became Smarter: Moving From Sensors to Room Awareness

Motion lighting is one of the first automations many Home Assistant users create. A motion sensor detects movement, the light turns on, and after a few minutes without activity, the…

Lars 05/11/2026

Automation

Getting Your Home Assistant Ready for Autumn

Autumn is when a smart home starts earning its name. During summer, the house can mostly look after itself. The sun is up early, the evenings are bright, heating is…

Lars 02/11/2026

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The Night Your Smart Home Became Haunted: A Halloween Automation Story

Every other day of the year, we ask our smart homes to behave. Turn on the lights. Save energy. Keep the temperature comfortable. Send important notifications. Be reliable. Predictable. Boring.…

Lars 31/10/2026

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Preparing Your Smart Home for Halloween: Building Your Own Haunted House with Home Assistant

Most of the year, we ask our smart homes to behave. We want automations to be reliable. We want lights to turn on when we enter a room. We want…

Lars 26/10/2026

Automation Smart home

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

When people start building a smart home, the first automations are usually simple. A motion sensor turns on a light. A temperature sensor controls a heater. A door sensor sends…

Lars 16/10/2026

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

For many years, motion sensors have been the foundation of smart home lighting. Someone walks into a room. A sensor detects movement. The lights turn on. After a few minutes…

Lars 14/10/2026

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Smart Homes as Support in Everyday Life

World Mental Health Day (October 10): How Home Automation Can Improve Wellbeing October 10 is World Mental Health Day, a global reminder that mental health is just as important as…

Lars 10/10/2026

Automation

Advanced Fire Safety in Home Assistant: Full Emergency Automation and Smart Evacuation (Part 2)

In Part 1, we focused on the fundamentals of integrating smoke detectors with Home Assistant and building a basic emergency response system. That setup already provides a significant safety improvement…

Lars 16/09/2026