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Ecowitt WH51 vs WH52 soil sensors, tested side by side in Home Assistant for over a month. Both tracked moisture within 1 to 3% of each other, and the WH52 adds soil temperature and EC for $7 more.
Full comparison 👇
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The Apollo CAST-1 turns your dumb speakers smart! Read all about it: smarthomescene.com/reviews/a…
What's the Nabu Casa AUX-2? Or Home Assistant Connect AUX-2 rather? 👀
github.com/NabuCasa/aux-2
I took apart the new Sonoff SenseGuard Zigbee siren and tested it in Home Assistant with both Zigbee2MQTT and ZHA.
ZHA needs a custom quirk for now, but the device works great! Check it out 👉smarthomescene.com/reviews/s…
Amazon Prime Big Deal Days List: Added Ecowitt, YoLink, AcuRite. Updated Shelly, Sonoff ThirdReality.
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Compiled a giant list of smart home deals (over 800+) for Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days. It runs only 48 hours. Check it out:
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The Smart Plug E3 by ThirdReality has some nice features worth considering if you are looking for a Zigbee EU plug. Check out the review:
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Home Assistant Apps (formerly add-ons) and Integrations explained in layman terms.
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UPDATED 2026: Best Home Assistant Themes
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Tested a very interesting Zigbee water quality sensor that measures total dissolved solids (TDS), electrical conductivity (EC), specific gravity (SG), and salinity in water, plus water temperature at the probe tip.
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May be an obvious, but still pro tip. Using the AirGradient ONE air quality monitor as a Bluetooth Proxy for Home Assistant.
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The frient Intelligent Keypad is a very flexible smart keypad controller that uses Zigbee and works with ZHA/Z2M. So many automations possibilities!
Teardown and review 👇
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If you have a Deskspace or FlexiSpot standing desk, I wrote a guide for controlling and integrating it in @home_assistant via @esphome_.
Check it out:
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Although I haven't tested it yet, this seems like a great ESP32 project. It uses Channel State Information (CSI) from Wi-Fi packets to turn existing ESP devices into presence sensors! Props to Mike Jensen for making it.
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The @SwitchBot Lock Ultra is also getting an upgrade - Lock Ultra Max. Much faster unlocks, sleeker look.
Very interesting Zigbee e-ink temperature and humidity sensor by @sonoff_global at #IFABerlin
