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  SwitchBot sent over the Standing Circulator Fan and the Air Purifier Table for review — one moves air, one cleans it. I tested the modular height, the 28-hour battery, the HEPA filtration, and crucially, how each one actually behaves in Home Assistant. The fan's Bluetooth-only setup and the purifier's limited Matter entities are both worth knowing before you buy. Full breakdown here: https://youtu.be/CmPduvIixhg #SmartHome #HomeAssistant #SwitchBot #SmartHomeJunkie

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  💡 𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗧𝗶𝗽: The one HA dashboard card I wish I'd set up on day one: 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 C𝗮𝗿𝗱. (Link in comments) What's your 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗱? #homeassistant #smarthomejunkie #smarthome #dashboard

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  The live stream starts in a couple of minutes! Come join us! https://www.youtube.com/live/2X7jYGHx86E

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  📊 How long did it take before your HA setup '𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱'? I think it took me two to three years. #homeassistant #smarthomejunkie #smarthome

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  𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲: How to send yourself a notification on what doors are left open for 5 minutes when everyone left the house! The link to the code is in the comments. 👇 #homeassistant #smarthomejunkie #smarthome

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  ❓ 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: What's the 𝗱𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 smart home mistake you've ever made? 𝗠𝗲: make my house depend on Home Assistant without redundancy... #homeassistant #smarthome #smarthomejunkie

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  Home Assistant 2026.7 beta is out — and the Automation Editor has been completely overhauled. Purpose-specific triggers let you build automations by area instead of entity ID. There's also a rebuilt Activity Logbook, a new "Update All" button, ZHA improvements, Dropbox backup support, and 10 new integrations. Final release: 1 July 2026. Full walkthrough: https://youtu.be/hskY2qQ2LAs #HomeAssistant #HomeAutomation #SmartHome #SmartHomeJunkie #HASS

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  I'm incredibly grateful for all of you who have watched my videos in the past 6 years. THANK YOU! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 #homeassistant #smarthomejunkie

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  I spent real time testing the Yarbo Lawn Mower Pro, an €8,000 modular robot mower with dual 300W motors, RTK-GPS + camera navigation, and a rated range of up to 6 acres. Yarbo doesn't officially support Home Assistant, but a community MQTT integration gets you battery status, GPS tracking, and automation blueprints locally. Full honest review, setup walkthrough, and verdict here: https://youtu.be/HjfPgRn-0ds #Yarbo #HomeAssistant #RobotMower #SmartHome

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  I implemented the Zonneplan Quarter-hourly prices in my start appliances at the lowest price code on Ko-Fi. Download the updates here: https://ko-fi.com/s/e937e90ca8 https://ko-fi.com/s/14ac2db699 #homeassistant #energy #smarthomejunkie

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  Most people run Home Assistant in a bare container and miss the supervisor layer and app store entirely. I installed Home Assistant OS as a full VM on the UGREEN NAS DXP4800 GT (U.G.O.S. Pro) instead, with a USB Zigbee adapter passed straight through — real ZHA hardware, not a stripped-down install. Full walkthrough, including the UEFI boot-type gotcha that trips up almost everyone: https://youtu.be/BvBxToXtKj0 #HomeAssistant #UGREEN #NAS #SmartHome #HomeLab #smarthomejunkie

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  Home Assistant 2026.8 (beta) is out. New installs default to port 80 instead of :8123, "advanced" is removed from 40+ places in the UI, and Developer Tools is now just "Tools." Also new: custom entity ID formats, vibration + moon phase triggers, a searchable radio browser, and Energy Dashboard battery capacity. Stable lands August 5th. Full breakdown: https://youtu.be/2sytCEg059s #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #OpenSource

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  𝗡𝗲𝘄: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗨𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗶 𝗧𝗖𝟬𝟬𝟭 𝗯𝗹𝘂𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝘁, 𝗿𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 #𝗔𝗪𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗫𝗡𝗚 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲. Same Home Assistant automations you already run on AWTRIX 3 — notifications, sensor apps, weather, rain forecast, calendar, to-do lists, countdown timer, moodlight — plus NG-only additions: stale-data warnings, animated weather overlays, named dismissible notifications, and full app rotation ordering. Lifetime updates via Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/s/0d1e4419bd #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #ESP32 #awtrix

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  Fixed watering schedules don't know if it rained. Mine almost killed my plants this summer, so I built a Home Assistant garden watering automation that tracks heat, rainfall, and forecasts, then decides every day whether (and how long) to water. No weather station required to get started. https://youtu.be/PqaLT3l4-AU #HomeAssistant #SmartGarden #HomeAutomation

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  This is one of my life saving automations. If the freezer is open for more than 30 seconds then send an announcement every 10 seconds to my speakers. What's your best automation? #homeassistant