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Install MCP Server for Xiaozhi in Home Assistant (HA) via HACS, then add the MCP Server for Xiaozhi integration (hosts shipped after April 2026 already have this step configured).

The benefit is that you can group all your lights together, and from then on you only need to control this group to control all the lights at once.

Integrating Nest is one of the most tedious integrations in Home Assistant and requires a VPN, because Google enforces very strict security verification.

In recent versions, Home Assistant renamed the former Services to Actions. Please note this interface change.

Since Skyworth TVs mainly run Android TV, the most recommended, most stable and most beginner-friendly way to integrate them with Home Assistant is the official Android TV Remote integration.

A detailed beginner tutorial based on Home Assistant 2025.12.x features, showing how to announce sensor data such as PM2.5 values or advice via TTS using the standardized tts.speak action, Jinja2 templates and YAML automations.

A detailed tutorial for adding Sonos products on Home Assistant 2025.12.2+. The content has been verified against the latest version logic, so even beginners can complete the configuration smoothly.

There are two main ways to add Tuya devices to HomeAssistant: the official Tuya integration (cloud-based, the simplest) and Tuya Local (local control with fast response but slightly more involved setup). This beginner tutorial is based on HomeAssistant 2025.12.2.

A Samsung TV integration tutorial based on Home Assistant 2025.12.2+ and written especially for beginners, covering local network control and smart control via the Samsung SmartThings cloud.

For HomeAssistant (HA) 2025.12.2 and later, the best way to add a Hikvision camera is not the old Hikvision integration but the ONVIF protocol, which gives you live video and motion alarms.

In Home Assistant (HA), after you add a HomePod Mini the system often pops up a newly discovered item called Thread. Here is what it is and how to use it.

Using a HomePod Mini as a voice player in Home Assistant (HA) is essentially treating it as a DLNA/AirPlay media player.

A plain-language explanation of Scripts in Home Assistant (HA), plus a step-by-step guide to building a practical Movie Mode script.

HomeAssistant’s Blueprints feature is a magic tool that makes smart home configuration easy. Here is a detailed explanation and tutorial based on Home Assistant 2025.12.2, covering how blueprints work, the built-in motion-activated light example, and how to import community blueprints.

A detailed tutorial for integrating Gree air conditioners in Home Assistant 2025.12.2. It uses Home Assistant’s official built-in integration, the most stable and beginner-friendly approach, with no third-party add-ons required.

In Home Assistant (HA) 2025.12.2, the most stable and feature-complete way to add Midea devices is still the community integration’s local LAN control approach. Here is a detailed, step-by-step Home Assistant guide covering Midea AC LAN setup, tokens, entities and FAQ.

Integrating Tesla into Home Assistant (HA) is a very popular feature. However, because Tesla’s official API changes often — especially after the Fleet API and stricter authentication arrived in 2024 — the built-in Tesla integration frequently stops working. Here is the complete, up-to-date guide.

There are mainly two mainstream approaches for adding Aqara/Lumi devices in Home Assistant (HA), depending on what kind of hardware you have.

To integrate Xiaomi devices into Home Assistant (HA), the most mainstream and most usable solution today is to install the Xiaomi Miot Auto integration through HACS.

WebRTC Camera. It can reduce the latency of an RTSP stream to under one second (even to the millisecond range), and it supports two-way audio.

As of 2024, Bosch/Siemens (BSH Group) Home Connect appliances do not have a genuinely usable fully local connection method.

A step-by-step guide to enabling voice control for Home Assistant through Bemfa Cloud, covering the current status of the service, the community-maintained Bemfa integration, device sync, and Xiaodu binding.