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How-To use the IDE add-on for Home Assistant

Home Assistant Juan - September 10, 2018

Home Assistant has a few ways to access and edit the configuration files, but there is one particular way that makes it a lot...

Turn a computer on and off using Android and Google Home

Tasker Projects Juan - April 24, 2018

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...

How to install Home Assistant in a few simple steps

Home Assistant Juan - February 26, 2018

A simple method to set up Home Assistant in a Raspberry Pi is by using Hassbian which is a Raspberry Pi image that has...

How to use Tasker via Google Home

Google Home Juan - January 30, 2018

Tasker is a powerful application, and now with Google Home, you can combine them both and create some incredible automation. Here are two methods...

How to link multiple Netflix profiles to Google Home

Google Home Juan - January 25, 2018

Last August, Google released support for multiple users based on voice recognition. Allowing for each user to get personalized information based on their own...

10 MORE Tips and Tricks for the Google Home

Google Home Juan - January 16, 2018

Back in October of last year, I posted an article about my Top 10 Tips and Tricks for the Google Home. However, the Google...

How to use Broadcast in the Google Home

Google Home Juan - December 11, 2017

Back in November, Google rolled out Broadcast to the Google Home lineup which allows broadcasting messages through multiple Google Homes, similar to an intercom...

How to update Home Assistant in a few simple steps

Home Assistant Juan - November 26, 2017

One of the great things about Home Assistant is that it gets updated frequently. The developers are actively releasing new updates every couple of...

Home Assistant – How to set up remote access

Home Assistant Juan - November 17, 2017

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...

Beginner’s guide to Home Assistant – Installation

Home Assistant Juan - November 4, 2017

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...

Control Harmony Hub via Google Home

Google Home Juan - October 27, 2017

A few months ago a made a tutorial video showing how to control the Harmony Hub via Google Home using IFTTT. Since then, Google...

Top 10 Tips and Tricks for the Google Home

Google Home Juan - October 15, 2017

Google released the Google Home closed to a year ago and, since then, they have improved it in many ways. On October 4th, Google...