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Unlocking Your Smart Home ⚙️ Getting to Know Home Assistant: Foundations

June 14, 2026 BeardedTechGuy

Is your Home Assistant a blank canvas? Let’s change that. 🛠️ Now that your hub is secure and ready, it’s time for the fun part: making your home actually work…

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Locking Down Your Smart Home 🔐 Getting to Know Home Assistant: Foundations

May 31, 2026 BeardedTechGuy

Is your smart home truly secure? In this video, we go beyond the basics to build a “virtual wall” around your devices. We’re diving into network segmentation, VLANs, and firewall…

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Ultimate Connectivity Guide 🗺️ Getting to Know Home Assistant: Foundations

May 17, 2026 BeardedTechGuy

Master Your Smart Home Connectivity with Home Assistant! 🏠💻 Building a rock-solid smart home starts with understanding how everything talks to each other. In this video, we’re diving deeper into…

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How To Add SmartThings to Home Assistant

April 13, 2026 BeardedTechGuy

n this video, we’ll walk through the initial setup process for the SmartThings integration within Home Assistant, making your smart home even more connected. This powerful automation allows you to…

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Using Your Smart Home To Keep Plants Alive With The PLT-1 Smart Plant Sensor

January 28, 2026 BeardedTechGuy

In this video we’ll be taking a look at the PLT-1 Smart Plant Sensor from Apollo Automation. This device is packed with several sensors to help keep your plants alive…

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Smart Blinds That Don’t Break the Bank – SmartWings Review

December 29, 2025 BeardedTechGuy

We are taking a look at SmartWings smart blinds that can integrate into almost any smart home. This video covers the unboxing, setup, and testing process, focusing on noise levels…

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Is The Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 The Best Smart Home Upgrade This Year?

December 9, 2025 BeardedTechGuy

We’re checking out the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 , a device designed to seamlessly integrate with your Home Assistant system. This powerful adapter can either be a Zigbee coordinator or…

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How to Add Droplet Smart Water Flow Sensor to Home Assistant

September 19, 2025 BeardedTechGuy

In this video we’ll be going over how to add the droplet smart home water flow sensor to Home Assistant via MQTT. We’ll also go over the steps needed to…

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How To Add Home Assistant Connect ZWA-2 to Home Assistant

September 6, 2025 BeardedTechGuy

In this quick tech tip, we’re covering how to configure the Home Assistant ZWA-2 Z-Wave Plus Controller with Home Assistant. The video demonstrates adding it using the official Z-Wave JS…

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Is Z-Wave Still the Best for Smart Homes in 2025?

August 13, 2025 BeardedTechGuy

Home Assistant, the most active open-source project on GitHub, has launched Home Assistant Connect ZWA-2, a new USB adapter that can seamlessly connect any Z-Wave smart home device to Home…

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