Where am I?
Presence detection is a fundamental part of home automation and it was the reason I first got started…
The Home Assistant Android app
There is an official Home Assistant app for Android, and I’ve been trying it out…
A further watch comparison
Following on from my Samsung Galaxy vs Fossil watch comparison post a couple of weeks ago, I decided to do a proper comparison of the fitness tracking…
If this… then what?
IFTTT – If This Then That – has angered users by switching to a subscription model, but they’re not the first to go down that route and I’m sure they won’t be the last…
Which watch?
When I reviewed calorie trackers recently I mentioned, in passing, that maybe I needed a dedicated fitness wearable…
Some Home Assistant growing pains
A couple of recent releases of Home Assistant have had breaking changes that have affected me, and they’re a result of some growing pains…
Samsung and its ecosystem
Ecosystems. Everyone has to have one now. There’s the Apple ecosystem, Google has one, as does, to a lesser extent, Microsoft. Now Samsung wants to join the party…
Watching what I eat
No sooner had I started using Samsung Health than Samsung announced the retirement of a key feature…
Living on the Edge
Microsoft has a new browser with an old name. The Edge browser, that’s been around since 2015, has been replaced with a brand new browser that’s also called Edge and it’s proving controversial…
Sprucing up my Home Assistant
Since I started using Home Assistant I’ve been using the basic display options in the front end. It’s been fine – it’s simple and a good starting point. Home Assistant, though, is far more flexible than that,,,