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link to Sonos Roam Home Assistant Automations

Sonos Roam Home Assistant Automations

In this post, I'm going to show you two automations with the Sonos Roam with my smart home. I will be playing music automatically from my speakers in my bathroom as soon as I start taking a shower....

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How to Control Blinds in Home Assistant

Recently Ajax's Online has sent me over a Smart Blind motor for me to review, I have always been fascinated with smart blinds but never took the plunge since now. I'm adding this device to my smart...

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link to DIY Number Plate Recognition System with Home Assistant

DIY Number Plate Recognition System with Home Assistant

Today I'm going to show you a DIY number plate recognition system created thanks to platerecognizer.com a website that allows us to send an image to process number plates, home assistant which is my...

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How to use groups in home assistant

Today I'm going to give you some examples of how you can use groups in home assistant. Groups enable you to interact with multiple entities in one action, these can be used in dashboards to turn...

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Home Assistant dashboards for tablet and mobile

In this article, I'm going to show you how you can create two beautiful and easy to build dashboards for your smart home running on home assistant. Important thing to consider, this design...

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How to upgrade to a UniFi switch lite 16 POE

In this post I'm going to outline the steps necessary to upgrade your UniFi network switch.  Specifically I'm upgrading from a UniFi Switch 8 60W (US-8-60W) to a UniFi Switch Lite 16 PoE...

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About Me

Hey I'm Gio! I run a YouTube channel called Smart Home Makers and run a blog too.
I'm a Software Engineer with a passion for smart home tech.
I have been living in a smart home for about 5 years. At one point I had more than 20 Smart Apps on my phone, I since decided to control my smart home with Home Assistant and help people learn this powerful platform.
When I was getting started with Home Assistant I struggled to get everything working, but now I feel the need to pass on this knowledge and get more and more people using Home Assistant as their home automation platform.
I recently decided to create a video course series to help more people out in a more structured way!

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