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I wonder how many signatures we could get for an EU initiative that would require manufacturers to sell same quality "dumb" counterparts to their regular "smart" offerings of appliances and electronics, at the same or lower price.

Dumb TVs, washing machines, coffee makers, toothbrushes, etc. that would not require apps, wifi, bluetooth, phoning home, ads, etc.

Remove anything extra that is not required for the core use case of the product.

We have another addition to our Works with Home Assistant program to share - Zooz! 🎉

They bring an awesome selection of device types and certified the first Z-Wave devices in the program this year. 👏🏻 Learn more about what devices they certified in the latest blog 👇🏼

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation
home-assistant.io/blog/2025/07

Home AssistantZooz joins Works with Home AssistantWith a big selection of Z-Wave devices, which support Long-Range in select regions, opening up a lot of new options for your smart home.
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OK, so I got some preliminary results. I used this video heatmap tool.

My video was pretty crappy. The camera wasn't well placed. But it's kinda neat for a first attempt.

There's a couple hot areas at the top left and bottom right. The top left is a spillway in the pool that has water constantly moving. And I think the bottom right is just grass/bushes blowing in the wind.

I took the video and compressed it down quite a bit, so it's an hour's worth of motion in 20 seconds. Pretty neat.

It did confirm my suspicions that the robot gets stuck in the corners a lot and doesn't do a lot of longitudinal runs. This is only the first hour out of 3, though, so it's possible it did more later.
#video #swimmingpool #homeautomation

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Ok. Here's a 10-second sample of what I got. 3 things went wrong.

  1. The gopro has some "automatic" get-the-orientation-wrong sensor. It decided this was a portrait mode video.
  2. It's impossible to see, from the ground, what the video looks like when it's all the way up. So it's not really focused on the pool well. There's a whole chunk of pool excluded.
  3. I only got about an hour, but the poomba battery lasted 3.5 hours. I have power I can tap, so next time I try this I will plug the camera in.

Still, I have enough video to experiment with. I also need to see whether the wide-angle lens is necessary, or whether I can get it with linear focus instead.

I'm curious how much it gets stuck in the corners. Unlike a lot of pools, there isn't a straight line in my pool. It's a curvy, asymmetric shape. Some of the curvature is obviously the fishbowl effect from the lens. But there really aren't any straight lines.

I installed the bathroom exhaust fan yesterday. This wasn’t originally planned for so we had to very careful peel back the layers of the building to air seal it properly. Multiple layers of gaskets and tape, not to mention liberally applied sealant on the duct itself.

I’m really impressed with how quiet it is. One day I’ll hack an ESP32 into it to give me full control. The building is so tight that the tach pin will detect a door opening.

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Second round, this time the #HomeAssistant on my #RaspberryPi4 - I still had a 32-bit install and it was time to migrate. Support ends this year and #ESPHome already couldn't be updated any more.
It was relatively easy - create a #backup on old system, boot a new install and select #restore on the setup page.
It took a while to restore everything, and I got impatient, but after around 30 minutes it was finished and everything like before.
#RaspberryPi #HomeAutomation

📢 Android Companion App version 2025.6.6 is now available! 🎉 This release includes:

🔹 Invitation flow - send a link from app to your server
🔹 Faster loading from redirect links
🔹 Using the app as a launcher

...along with bug fixing! Download the latest version today 👇🏼

#HomeAssistant #Release #HomeAutomation
play.google.com/store/apps/det

play.google.comHome Assistant – Apper på Google PlayDen offisielle appen for hjemmeassistent. Kontroller hjemmet ditt hvor som helst i verden.