How To – JuanMTech https://www.juanmtech.com JuanMTech is dedicated to providing you with tech news, automation, tutorials, reviews, Android apps, smartphones, tablets android wear and more. Sun, 23 Dec 2018 06:10:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.2 How-To use the IDE add-on for Home Assistant https://www.juanmtech.com/how-to-use-the-ide-add-on-for-home-assistant/ Mon, 10 Sep 2018 20:47:37 +0000 https://www.juanmtech.com/?p=7762 Home Assistant has a few ways to access and edit the configuration files, but there is one particular way that makes it a lot easier and even convenient. Today, we are going to be looking at the IDE add-on for Home Assistant. This add-on is a packaged version of the Cloud9 IDE which is an […]

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]]> Turn a computer on and off using Android and Google Home https://www.juanmtech.com/turn-a-computer-on-and-off-using-android-and-google-home/ Tue, 24 Apr 2018 16:57:13 +0000 http://juanmtech.com/?p=6136 If you’re looking for a way to turn a computer on and off using an Android smartphone or a Google assistant enabled speaker, You have found the right tutorial. Today I’m going to show you how to do just that with the help of a few applications.   To accomplish this, we are going to […]

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]]> How to install Home Assistant in a few simple steps https://www.juanmtech.com/install-home-assistant-simple-steps/ Mon, 26 Feb 2018 16:08:49 +0000 http://juanmtech.com/?p=4241 A simple method to set up Home Assistant in a Raspberry Pi is by using Hassbian which is a Raspberry Pi image that has Home Assistant already built-in. The image can be installed and ran not just from a Micro SD card but also from a USB drive. So if you had previously enabled the […]

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]]> How to use Tasker via Google Home https://www.juanmtech.com/google-home-automation-tasker-updated/ Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:31:00 +0000 http://juanmtech.com/?p=4181 Tasker is a powerful application, and now with Google Home, you can combine them both and create some incredible automation. Here are two methods that you can use Tasker via Google Home.   Method One. Send commands using AutoVoice For the first method, you can use AutoVoice, which is a very popular plugin for Tasker. […]

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]]> How to link multiple Netflix profiles to Google Home https://www.juanmtech.com/link-multiple-netflix-profiles-google-home/ Thu, 25 Jan 2018 23:41:12 +0000 http://juanmtech.com/?p=4168 Last August, Google released support for multiple users based on voice recognition. Allowing for each user to get personalized information based on their own Google account. Now, Google has expanded this feature and made it possible to match your voice to a specific Netflix profile. So now if you have multiple users already linked to […]

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]]> 10 MORE Tips and Tricks for the Google Home https://www.juanmtech.com/10-tips-tricks-google-home/ Tue, 16 Jan 2018 06:24:15 +0000 http://juanmtech.com/?p=4155 Back in October of last year, I posted an article about my Top 10 Tips and Tricks for the Google Home. However, the Google Home is getting better and better every day so today I have 10 MORE Tips and Tricks for the Google Home.   1. Turn TV on and off using a Chromecast […]

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]]> How to use Broadcast in the Google Home https://www.juanmtech.com/how-to-use-broadcast-in-the-google-home/ Tue, 12 Dec 2017 01:54:51 +0000 http://juanmtech.com/?p=3912 Back in November, Google rolled out Broadcast to the Google Home lineup which allows broadcasting messages through multiple Google Homes, similar to an intercom system.   How to use it There are a few things to have in mind before using the Broadcast feature: At least one member of the house needs to be signed […]

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]]> How to update Home Assistant in a few simple steps https://www.juanmtech.com/update-home-assistant/ Sun, 26 Nov 2017 13:19:52 +0000 http://juanmtech.com/?p=3644 One of the great things about Home Assistant is that it gets updated frequently. The developers are actively releasing new updates every couple of weeks bringing support for new components and bug fixes. At the moment, there is no easy way to update Home Assistant via the web interface when it is installed using the […]

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]]> Home Assistant – How to set up remote access https://www.juanmtech.com/home-assistant-remote-access/ Fri, 17 Nov 2017 06:14:17 +0000 http://juanmtech.com/?p=3575 In the previous article, we set up Home Assistant on a Raspberry Pi 3 using the All-In-One Installer. We also set up Samba so we could access the Home Assistant configuration files from a windows computer. Today, we are going to configure Home Assistant so we can have remote access from anywhere we are.   […]

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]]> Beginner’s guide to Home Assistant – Installation https://www.juanmtech.com/beginners-guide-to-home-assistant-installation/ Sat, 04 Nov 2017 11:13:06 +0000 http://juanmtech.com/?p=3467 Home Assistant is an open-source home automation platform. It allows to track and control different types of smart home devices and online services. You can manage devices like switches, lights, and services like IFTTT. To find a list of all available components that Home Assistance support, you can go here.   Home Assistant can be […]

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