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The 19th edition of the Home Assistant Community Highlights! Some interesting things popped up around our community, we thought was worth sharing. Amazing to see how many reactions there have been after sharing the internship progress , we have seen many cool things and if you have any input you can still share this of course! ❤️ Do you want to share something for the next edition? Information on how to share . ./Klaas Blueprint of the week This week’s blueprint is that of delphiki , with which you can plan on which days of the week your vacuum cleaner should start cleaning and at what time. Try it out! Read more about it on the community forum or install this automation in your instance with a click on the My button! Lovelace Dashboard Also this week we have a new Lovelace dashboard for the necessary portion of inspiration 💡 This time it has become that of Make_Itt_Work , where he also processed the telemetry data from his car in the dashboard. Now we are of course very c...

Want to give new life to legacy Galaxy smartphones? Leveraging the power of SmartThings and repurposing built-in sensors within Galaxy devices, you can now turn old Galaxy phones into sound... from SmartThings Blog https://blog.smartthings.com/how-to/repurpose-legacy-galaxy-smartphones-into-smart-home-devices/ via IFTTT

The 18th edition of the Home Assistant Community Highlights! Some interesting things popped up around our community, we thought was worth sharing. Do you want to share something for the next edition? Information on how to share . ./Klaas Blueprint of the week You probably recognize it, while watching a movie you need to go to the toilet and you forget to pause the movie! What if you could automate this with a blueprint? With the blueprint from jfedor you can pause your media player by turning on a light and if you turn it off within a certain time, the media player will continue. Read more about it on the community forum or install this automation in your instance with a click on the my button! Lovelace Dashboard Also this week we have a new Lovelace dashboard for the necessary portion of inspiration 😄 This time it has become that of Crixle , what he has made in the past 5 months. Possibly this design can be used quite well for a tablet on the wall. Take also a look at the...

Repurpose Older Galaxy Smartphones into Smart Home Devices with SmartThings SmartThings is pleased to share its integration within Samsung’s Galaxy Upcycling at Home program, giving new life to older Galaxy... from SmartThings Blog https://blog.smartthings.com/roundups/galaxy-upcycling/ via IFTTT

For me personally a small milestone: it’s already the 10th community highlight that I have written. Please let me know in the comments what you think. Some interesting things popped up again around our community, that I thought was worth sharing. Do you want to share something for the next edition? Information on how to share . ./Klaas Blueprint of the week It may have happened to everyone, the washing machine has finished and you have completely forgotten to take it out. We could probably do something with that with a blueprint. With the blueprint from Sbyx you put a smart plug on the washing machine and you get a notification when the laundry is ready. Read more about it on the community forum or install this automation in your instance with a click on the My button! Bonus side effect: if your smart plug can measure energy, you also immediately know what it uses and how much a wash has cost you. Give it a try! Battery state card Do you want to keep an eye on all your batt...

What did you think of the release last Wednesday? A lot of cool things have been added! But there were also a lot of great projects shared this week from the community and we have selected the best for you. So here’s the 16th edition of the Home Assistant Community Highlights! Do you want to share something for the next edition? Information on how to share . ./Klaas Blueprint of the week You’re leaving home and oh dear! It turns out that one of your lights is on 💡 What if you then receive a notification with an option to switch off the light, without having to open the Home Assistant app first? With the blueprint from vorion you can easily get started to create your own actionable notifications, give it a try. Read more about it on the community forum or install this automation in your instance with a click on the my button! Google Home Long ago it was possible to read the alarms and timers from your Google Home in Home Assistant, due to a change in the API this was unfort...

Hey Everyone! It’s time for the April 2021 Android release. Last month we wrote that we would be aligning our releases closer to Home Assistant core so here we are! Another month went by and the Android app has started to see more contributors coming along. Hopefully, you will join us next month as we can always use more contributors to move forward faster. In-App Log Viewer This release has a new feature that will make viewing and sharing the logs MUCH easier. Some of you may recall the large number of steps needed to get Android logs when you open issues. This usually involved installing Android Studio or another app and having to plug your device into a computer to grant some special ADB permissions. This was very difficult to get set up for the average user and just wasn’t user-friendly. We’ve added a new option to the App Configuration called “Show and Share Logs”. It will show all the logs from our app, including debug logs to help troubleshoot issues such as when the locatio...

Survived April fools day? I assure you, this April release is no joke! This release is dedicated to our more advanced user base, as it is packed with some really advanced features and enhancements our more experienced users will love. Ready to debug your automations? Yeah… Not that advanced of a user? I’m sure there is something in here for you to look forward to as well. Oh, by the way, have you heard the news of ESPHome joining the Home Assistant family? If not, you should definitely read the blog post announcing it ! Enjoy the release! ../Frenck Database upgrades, please be patient Automation debugging Home Assistant Analytics Warnings for undefined variables in Templates Filtering automations, scripts and scenes Z-Wave JS update Trigger-based template sensors UI selectors for script fields Other noteworthy changes New Integrations New Platforms Integrations now available to set up from the UI If you need help… Breaking Changes Farewell to the following All ch...