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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/SilentKraken7 on 2025-04-10 03:05:45+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/clarinetJWD on 2025-04-09 22:11:28+00:00.

Hey everyone! I'm on a quest to make my dashboard look exactly like I want, but without having to use things like card-mod. To that end, I need to make or modify a bunch of cards that let me customize aspects of them that I couldn't before.

The first card I did is the Bolder Weather Card

It's based on pkissling's excellent Clock Weather Card, but with a totally redesigned Today section and full UI customization support.

I plan on trying to get this (and the other cards I have in the works) into the default HACS repository eventually, but am making it available as a custom repository right now:

Features:

• Big bold text and images that are readable from a distance.
• Full UI customization.
• Day/Night colors.
• All icons have been modified and cropped to look good on the card.
• Theme variables to customize... basically every CSS aspect of the card.
• New loading UI on the Forecast section so that it doesn't resize when refreshing (vs the Clock Weather Card it's based on).

Planned Features

• Ability to add a "style" ID in the configuration that makes custom CSS variable names so that you can single out one card only to apply certain theming to.

I don't know if anyone else will find this useful, but it's always good to share.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Gjfiyfyifiyf on 2025-04-09 21:10:32+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/AndrewFromAqara on 2025-04-09 14:47:46+00:00.

Aqara Home and Aqara Matter Controllers now integrate 50+ new Matter-enabled device types, making your smart home setup more integrated than ever. Plus, Advanced Matter Bridging is now available across all Aqara Matter Bridges, allowing you to connect Aqara's advanced features to third-party Matter platforms.

🔹  Expanded Matter Device Support – Compatible with more third-party Matter devices, including robot vacuums, air purifiers, EV chargers, refrigerators, water heaters, and more. Available with Firmware 4.3.5 and App 5.1.9, rolling out this month.

🔗  Advanced Matter Bridging – Bring Aqara's AI-powered detection features, energy monitoring, and real-time triggers and actions to other Matter ecosystems like Apple Home, Google Home, Alexa, and SmartThings.

🌍  Cross-Platform Compatibility – No need to commit to a single platform—Aqara ensures your devices and automations work wherever you need them.

As we continue to advance effective connectivity among smart home devices, we're also excited to introduce the official Aqara Forum. It’s a space where knowledge and insights can be shared, helping everyone explore new possibilities and create even smarter, more efficient homes. Aqara has also launched the first event in the Forum! Go here to check it out and get a chance to win the latest Aqara Camera Hub G5 Pro now! Whether you're a beginner or a smart home expert, there's a place for everyone in this Forum!

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/fl4tdriven on 2025-04-09 10:10:14+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/paradizelost on 2025-04-09 14:36:05+00:00.

looks like prices will be going WAY up.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/jerall24 on 2025-04-09 01:13:27+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/CucumberError on 2025-04-09 03:39:43+00:00.

We've had HA for ages, for like a decade, a few times we're started over, the current setup is from late 2022 when we moved house. We've had ESP32 stuff hooked up to our garage door to make the dumb garage door smart, and some sensors to detect the door position, I feel all pretty standard stuff.

However, about 30 minutes ago (2.57pm), I was WFH, home alone, and the garage door just opened. The logs show that Google Assistant issued the command via HA to open the door, but since we're mostly an Apple and Alexa household, with one member of the house having an Android phone and a Google Nest in their room, it makes it a bit easier to narrow down.

The Android user has checked, and their Google account says that no actions have been taken today in their Activity feed, so that leaves their Nest in an empty room to randomly open the door, which is set to require a PIN... or some kind of weird Google craziness that just opened my garage door for no reason.

Has anyone had anything similar? This is pretty worrying and concerning. And NGL going to check if someone had come into the garage after it opened on it's own kind of had my heart racing...

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/the4ner on 2025-04-09 02:10:42+00:00.

As noted on the integration page here, google lowered their limits for the distance matrix API. Thankfully I was only billed 38 bucks before I noticed. Setting a Distance Matrix API Quota for "Elements per Day" of 322 or lower will prevent you getting charged.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Weekly_Department912 on 2025-04-08 22:16:42+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/bhaggs on 2025-04-09 02:03:24+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Short_Ad5978 on 2025-04-08 21:15:13+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Remarkable_Capital25 on 2025-04-08 20:45:39+00:00.

I had a nice automation setup a couple years ago, but took it down when i temporarily moved into our current place, u til we move into the permanent house we are building.

For me, the automations that were the best was

1. lights coming on and off automatically when i move about the house

2. having coffee ready when i got up in the morning

3. being able to use my phone as a remote control in one app, for ALL my media devices, including my xbox, which we use for almost all of our video media consumption

Those simple things made my apartments/houses over the years feel like they were made for me, rather than just living in them.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Oztravels on 2025-04-08 19:40:29+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Intrepid-Tourist3290 on 2025-04-08 16:36:44+00:00.

RESOLVED!

Thank you u/Flo_coe for pointing out that Tuya Local https://github.com/make-all/tuya-local does not require any Dev Portals to work. it immediately found the local keys which I have saved and could use with Local Tuya but hey, if this works... happy days. Thank you!

UPDATE 2- Tuya Local offers WAY more functionality for the 2 devices I had in LocalTuya! Very very impressed. I'm absolutely going to ditch LocalTuya and use this instead.

I had LocalTuya all set up and working well, I followed this great Youtube guide and everything was all working great.

I just picked up a new device and when I go to the Tuya Dev portal and try and retrieve the Local Keys for the new device I'm getting "No permissions. Your subscription to cloud development plan has expired."

It was my understanding that this didn't need to be paid for if you stick to the basic setup (I have 3 devices in total now).

Does anyone know what the best route is here? From what I've read in other posts, people just set up a new account but it's unclear if this affects the existing devices, if this is needed or what. I saw another mention of raising a ticket with Tuya directly. I'm looking in to that too but don't want to shoot myself in the foot here!

Nothing worse than getting a new device and you're faced with stuff like this!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/shaftspanner on 2025-04-08 13:43:31+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/JustAZoomer on 2025-04-08 10:42:05+00:00.

Upgraded from a sluggish Pi 4 to an Acemagic (N100/16GB). Now Frigate handles 5 cameras without breaking a sweat, automations trigger instantly, and my Zigbee network stopped dropping devices.

Current setup:

HAOS + Frigate + Coral TPU

Node-RED for fancy automations

AdGuard blocking trackers

What else can I run here without cluttering things? Considering Scrypted for Apple Home integration. Do you guys run media servers (Plex/Jellyfin) alongside HA on the same box?

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/MangoCats on 2025-04-08 02:14:52+00:00.

Anybody have experience with the SMLIGHT SLZB-06M or similar ethernet connected Zigbee hubs?

The specs read like everything I want, but the brand name doesn't impress...

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/a4ai on 2025-04-07 19:49:49+00:00.

After tinkering for almost a week, I finally got my Aqara U200 lock connected to Home assistant.

TBH, This was the most frustrating integration I have ever encountered so far.

But I learned a lot along the way. Matter, Thread, and IPv6

Here's the full guide for anyone struggling with the same.

1. Install the u200 lock.
2. Download the Aqara home app.
3. Upgrade firmware to latest
4. Add an accessory in the Aqara home app.
   1. Add admin + user password/ fingerprint /calibrate device.
5. Open the Home Assistant companion app ( I am on the Android ).
   1. Add a new integration.
   2. Add a Matter device.
   3. Choose 'No, its new'.
   4. Scan the Matter code on the u200 lock.
   5. Press the ‘Set’ button.
   6. Watch the phone progress - ‘Device added’ is the successful message.
   7. Watch Matter add-on server logs for any error / success message.
   8. That’s it.

Some MUST-HAVE requirements:

1. You need a Thread border router ( to bridge the Thread network and LAN).
2. In my case, I used my Eero  access point’s  Thread network - Yes, Eero works with Home Assistant.
   1. Make sure Thread integration shows Eero/M3 border routers.
   2. Select the ‘Use router for Android + iOS Credentials’.
3. I tested with the Aqara M3 hub as well - it works ( but costs $$$).
4. You need a flat LAN with IPv6 support (with ULA prefix).
   1. I used a static IPv6 in my LAN interface and used DHCPv6 to provide IPv6 to devices in the network.
   2. I don’t have IPv6 provided by the ISP( only local, it works).
5. Most important step ( which I missed initially):
   1. You need to enable IPv6 in Home Assistant.
   2. It MUST be set to ‘automatic’ - I spent days figuring this out.
   3. I also read that the HA machine should have only one network interface ( I can’t confirm since I have only one).
   4. Check if you can ping u200 IPv6 from your LAN.
6. The HA Matter docs say you need Home Assistant OS.
   1. I have HA OS on a Proxmox VM - it works.
   2. If you are running HA on a container - the doc says it’s not supported - I have not tried this , so I don’t know.

Here are some screenshots of a successful  setup. As a first time matter user, I wish I had this when I started.  It would have given me a head start to understand my end goal. 

I was using a Switchbot lock  before, but came to a point where I had to recalibrate it almost every other day, had a broken battery level sensor, and was badly looking for a replacement. ( Avoid Switchbot lock at any cost )

I find that the Aqara u200 lock meets all my requirements and seems reliable and is very fast. Their Home App and documentation are not very intuitive and very difficult to understand + Matter makes it even more complicated.

Hope this will be useful for someone struggling to set up this device in Home Assistant

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Technical-Fan1885 on 2025-04-07 20:18:26+00:00.

Just a quick note to say the experimental areas dashboard is a great way to get started to create the basics. I've been so not motivated to have to lay everything out, but this gets it to a usable state really fast.

Now I gotta clean up my areas. 😁

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Diligent-Volume-530 on 2025-04-07 20:27:10+00:00.

I have seen the question posted a lot, and friends constantly ask, where to start between Zigbee and zWave so I wrote this up. I hope it helps some one out!

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/ApolloAutomation on 2025-04-07 14:04:05+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/bultodepapas on 2025-04-07 13:25:56+00:00.

At first, my Zigbee network works perfectly—it’s fast and responsive. But after about a day, it starts to crash. It becomes slow, and the end devices begin to disconnect. I’m using a Sonoff coordinator flashed with the latest Zigbee2MQTT firmware, and it’s placed in the center of the house. I’m running Proxmox with Home Assistant on top.

The strange part is that rebooting the PC doesn’t fix it. But if I completely power off the PC, wait about 5 minutes, and then turn it back on, everything works perfectly again—for about a day.

Please help me figure this out!

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/mightymunster1 on 2025-04-07 12:09:32+00:00.

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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Conscious-Solution38 on 2025-04-07 05:15:53+00:00.

Wanted to share a little project I've been working on that allows guests access to an easy-to-use, locally hosted, jukebox interface that will allow users to search and queue music from your connected providers to your party playlist!

Features:

• Real-time song search across all connected providers
• Minimalist responsive design with album artwork display
• No login, just share the URL/QR to guests and enjoy!
• Queue songs with your guests
• Auto queues a nominated default party playlist when jukebox requests are all played to keep the party going
• Access control through Home Assistant
• Auto revoking/creating access keys when enabling/disabling the service

Installation and configuration available on GitHub: