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Year of the Voice - Chapter 2: Let's talk

SmartThings Energy: Empowering Users to Manage Their Energy and Earn Rewards

As a first-of-its-kind ENERGY STAR-certified Smart Home Energy Management System, SmartThings Energy helps users reduce demand on the grid during peak and emergency situations and lower energy costs. Read how. from SmartThings Blog https://blog.smartthings.com/stories/smartthings-energy-empowering-users-to-manage-their-energy-and-earn-rewards/ via IFTTT

Home Assistant OS 10: Better memory management and new board support

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Highlights : Support for Hardkernel ODROID-M1 Improved data disk feature: Improved reliability Move from one data disk to a new data disk is now supported Improved memory management to improve overall device performance, especially in low memory situations Updated software packages: Linux, Docker, BlueZ, NetworkManager For existing installations, no manual intervention is needed! You can safely update without reading these rather technical release notes. Table of contents Table of contents New board support: Hardkernel ODROID-M1 Improved data disk feature Advanced memory management Updated software packages New board support: Hardkernel ODROID-M1 Home Assistant OS 10 supports the Hardkernel ODROID-M1 single board computer! Most notably, the ODROID-M1 supports NVMe SSD storage natively, which makes it another great choice to run Home Assistant on. With its quad-core CPU with up to 2 GHz and up to 8 GB of memory it is suitable even for demanding Home Assis...

HomeSeer joins Works with Home Assistant

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HomeSeer is now a member of the Works with Home Assistant partner program and they are committed to ensuring that their Z-Wave smart products are up to date and ready to use in Home Assistant. HomeSeer products are all Z-Wave Plus certified. Their smart dimmer/switches offer convenient RGB LEDs that may be programmed with automations to glow or blink 7 different colors when things happen in your home. The switches also support multi-tap actions for triggering automations and scenes. HomeSeer offers an AC powered Z-Wave multi-sensor that also includes an RGB LED for status updates. Additional Z-Wave products include a motion sensor, leak sensor, door/window sensor, floodlight sensor, and motorized water valve. HomeSeer Z-Wave devices work locally and integrate seamlessly with the Z-Wave integration in Home Assistant (Z-Wave interface required). As all connectivity is happening locally, status updates and control of your devices happen instantly in Home Assistant. With automatic ...

Everything You Need to Know About Matter 

SmartThings’ Marketing and Strategy Consultant, Daniel Moneta, shares his top insights on how to navigate the new industry protocol. from SmartThings Blog https://blog.smartthings.com/stories/everything-you-need-to-know-about-matter/ via IFTTT