The Home Assistant 2026.10 update is here, and it's aimed at making the open-source smart home platform easier to use. Rather ...

The project uses an ESP32-S3, with GPIO pins connected to the plant lamp's control pads. Using ESPHome, you can trigger the ...

The Shelly Plug US Gen4 is a Wi-Fi smart plug with power monitoring. Shelly is a popular brand with many Home Assistant users and is part of the Works with Home Assistant program. Several Shelly ...

Home Assistant works really well, almost too well, considering how capable this smart home platform is for the price. You can ...

Home Assistant is the backbone of our household. It's what allows us to enjoy smart technology that makes a difference. We're ...

My forgotten graphics card became Home Assistant's secret weapon ...

At IFA 2026, I stumbled on a booth where Ugreen, a company I’ve mostly known for its charging and USB-C hubs but that also makes NAS servers, has announced a new smart hub line that supports Matter, ...

Google Assistant begins shutting down Sept. 4 as eligible Android devices move to Gemini. Here is who is affected and what users should test. An Android user interacts with Google Assistant on a phone ...

Google will begin removing the Google Assistant from Android phones and connected devices on September 4, forcing remaining users onto Gemini even though its replacement still cannot perform every ...

Google Assistant’s days have been numbered for a while, but the company has now settled on a date to retire its pre-AI assistant robot. In an email being sent out to users, Google confirms that ...

It’s the most thankless job in Hollywood. Who else but assistants keep calendars from colliding, ensure the checks clear and fix the little mistakes before they become big ones? Being an assistant ...

Jade Bryan is a Feature Author at Android Police with over a decade of tech reviews and news reporting experience, stretching back to the Symbian era and the early days of Android. He covers the ...