home automation - Jack Pearce

Home Assistant / Google Assistant local connectivity

Oct 8, 2022 home automation

Historically if you integrated Google Assistant with Home Assistant every time you asked "Hey Google, switch the light off" your Google device would do this: "Hey Google" > Google Cloud > Public Internet > Home Assistant

Home Assistant - Nest Thermostat

Jul 15, 2019 home automation

Update: Home Assistant now has a native integration for Nest On 16th May 2019 Nest (Google) announced they will retire the Works with Nest program at the end of August. They’ve since

Automating Alexa Guard

May 15, 2019 home automation

Update: I am now using the alexa_media_player integration. Amazon released a new feature for it’s Echo devices called “Alexa Guard” To get Alexa Guard working in the UK I had