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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/IRockSnackPacks on 2025-08-04 10:07:05+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/gofiend on 2025-08-03 23:49:04+00:00.

Has anybody devised a good system of automations to default a dashboard to showing the “area” view of the specific room you are in?

I’m assuming either precise location or Bluetooth beacons can enable something like this? I’d love hints or tips on how to set it up so it works for my phone, my laptop and my spouse’s devices etc.

Edit: It looks like there is a way with esp32s detecting devices. Does anybody know of a more privacy preserving option where the device (ie my phone) client side finds the nearest BLE tag and changes the dashboard based on it?

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/BackHerniation on 2025-08-03 20:37:49+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/ApZ3r0 on 2025-08-03 18:26:04+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/richterpaul on 2025-08-03 17:24:33+00:00.

This weekend I’ve just created my first Home Assistant custom integration: Live F1 Data! This integration pulls real-time Formula 1 race data using websocket of the F1 website, including live race standings, track status, driver info, and much more.

Since this is my first integration, I’d love any feedback, bug reports, or feature suggestions. Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request if you have any ideas for improvements!

Key Features:

• Real-time updates for race standings, track status, and session information.
• Driver details like name, team, color and headshot images.
• Configurable switch to enable/disable updates around race times.

Check out the full source code and more details on the GitHub repository.

Example of the simple Driver Standings, and also Track Status & Race Leader (both represented by lights in my living room)

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Zealousideal_Pen7368 on 2025-08-03 12:38:47+00:00.

Recently installed the add-on and my HA setup has been simplified with Matter local support.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Alarming_Divide_1339 on 2025-08-03 15:32:04+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/htbcfacpa on 2025-08-02 23:30:35+00:00.

Hey everyone,

I’m trying to decide between Spotify Premium and YouTube Premium, specifically for use with Music Assistant in Home Assistant—and I’d love your input. I found a deal for 30% off 1 year of Spotify Premium so this has piqued my curiosity further.

A while back, I tried integrating YouTube Music into Music Assistant, and it was a royal pain. If I remember right:

You had to be a Premium member to access your library.

There were a bunch of API hoops to jump through (OAuth, cookies, sessions, etc.). I think you had to inspect a page and copy something but it would break and you would have to babysit it.

It was buggy and felt fragile—like the whole thing could break if YouTube changed one small thing. Not sure if anything has changed for the better on this front.

So now I’m considering Spotify Premium instead. From what I’ve seen, it seems like:

It integrates much more smoothly with Music Assistant (especially the new Jukebox interface).

Spotcast and multi-device support seem better documented.

It just works, without me having to be a part-time sysadmin.

If you’ve gone down either or both paths recently:

Which service are you using with Music Assistant today?

How stable and seamless is playback/control across devices?

Does Spotify still have that limitation where it only shows your library and not full search?

Has YouTube Music integration improved at all?

I’m leaning toward Spotify due to ease of use and better automation support—but would appreciate any updated real-world feedback.

Thanks in advance!

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Knottymister on 2025-08-02 22:01:44+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/ironphreak on 2025-08-02 18:50:30+00:00.

While I enjoy integrating stuff to home assistant, there are certain stuff that doesn't need to be smart... They just need to work

However, I've seen smart fire alarms a few times and I can think of a few automations that could be useful, but....

I'm curious, does anyone have these and if so, what automations are you using for it? Or is it more of a, you get a notification when it goes off?

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Sord1t on 2025-08-02 22:24:15+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/plc-man on 2025-08-02 18:44:20+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Familiar_Cat_7673 on 2025-08-02 08:41:47+00:00.

Thinking of modernizing my place with some smart gear, but I don’t want to blow cash on flashy stuff that’s useless. What gadgets have truly impacted your day-to-day? I’m after useful, time-saving tools—extra points if they sync well with Google Assistant or Alexa.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Poolguard on 2025-08-02 01:22:51+00:00.

We all love HA but my guess is we all have things we wish we could do or could figure out for to program.

For me I am really struggling for my good night automation. I don’t want to have to push a button or say something. I want my house to figure out when I am intending to go to bed and just make it happen. It it needs to know if my wife is going to bed, I am going to bed, or we are both going to bed…. Or we are “going to bed”. I feel like between a presence sensor, smart lights, UniFi network monitors, smart plug power monitors, bed sensors, and smart tv/Apple TV/music I SHOULD be able to figure this out. But so far umm. Not so much.

So please help me feel better! I am looking for things you wish you could figure out how to do with home assistant but just can’t figure out. Either cause you don’t know if the hardware exists or you just can’t get the automation to work

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/igotabridgetosell on 2025-08-01 23:39:09+00:00.

And this is why we are on Homeassistant voice.

Once Amazon does this to Alexa, it feels like Google Home is gonna start ads as well.

This is why we selfhost.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/SocietyResponsible24 on 2025-08-01 21:59:16+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Tiny_Artichoke_6665 on 2025-08-01 21:46:38+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Suspicious-Gene-8719 on 2025-08-01 20:11:51+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/pregohenry on 2025-08-01 20:06:12+00:00.

I wanted to share a neat automation I just created. I wanted to make it so a fan (IR controlled) could follow me around the room, specifically from when I'm at my desk to my bed. I used the MTR-1 Multi-Target Radar Multisensor from Apollo Automation because it can provide an "angle" sensor to its presence-sensing capabilities. I mounted the sensor on the fan and then set up an automation that, if the angle were above or below a certain threshold, the IR blaster would send a signal for the fan to swing and send another one when the angle was in a certain range. Hope someone else finds some benefit from it!

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/man4evil on 2025-08-01 17:45:14+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/missyquarry on 2025-08-01 16:44:51+00:00.

My friends, we continue to expand the foundation, little by little. 👏🏻 Before I jump into the new ones, I'll call out that the jobs for the Ecosystem team I posted last week are still open!

As usual, these roles are open to those who are currently based and eligible to work within Europe.

These roles are on the Marketing team - we are responsible for connecting the foundation's projects together (these are for my immediate team 🤩).

• Marketing Designer
• Marketing Copywriter
• Marketing Web Developer

These roles are on the Product & Design team - this team is responsible for the success of the foundation's projects including software and hardware, and their strategic evolution.

• Senior UX Designer
• Senior Product Manager

If any of these sound like you'd be a good fit for, submit your application today! 😎

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/rotekort on 2025-08-01 13:39:00+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/VelvetDolphin98 on 2025-08-01 06:50:38+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Poolguard on 2025-08-01 00:08:31+00:00.

I don’t see this very much or I don’t know if I have ever seen it any where but…

I am looking for the bullet proof hardware, think Hue or Caseta. What never fails to work, what is 100% accurate, what is just the goat of your smart home?

What are your unsung hero automations, not the flashy ai that tells you “you have mail” or the smart dog door automations. I want the ones your wife loves or that just make your life 1 million times easier.

Please include any code, hardware model numbers or anything else people need to know to recreate what you have done!