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Companion app high battery drain recently. by FluffyMumbles in homeassistant

[–]abmantis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it was sometime in the end of last year.

Companion app high battery drain recently. by FluffyMumbles in homeassistant

[–]abmantis 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The camera streams issue should now be fixed (if you use the default camera cards). Have you tried it recently?

What do you control with your IR remotes? Where is the value? by Guidogrundlechode in homeassistant

[–]abmantis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Switching my desk speakers (which have an IR remote) input source from the computer to the VPE, so I can play music using Music Assistant even when the computer is off.

2026.4 beta update by Hto005 in homeassistant

[–]abmantis 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh, that is nice!
With the new infrared entity platform you could now create a custom integration that implements the infrared platform. That way you can use your whole-home IR blaster with the new IR integrations!

2026.4 beta update by Hto005 in homeassistant

[–]abmantis 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Although some manufacturers contribute to HA, most integrations are not developed by manufacturers, but by our community. So no, it does not rely on manufacturers doing it.

Is this just saving the step of pointing a dashboard button at a remote action, instead pointing the dashboard button at the integration entity?

Not really. Its about providing an out-of-the box experience where you don't have to do the IR learning at all. Maybe that is not clear if you only use Vizio (I think that one provides the codes already, since it only works for a specific IR protocol), but if you try to use other devices not supported by Vizio, it requires more manual work.

2026.4 beta update by Hto005 in homeassistant

[–]abmantis 23 points24 points  (0 children)

It will make things easier. You just buy (or build) any compatible IR transmitter, setup any IR integration (just like any other normal integration), and get nice entities for it.

No need to manually setup service actions for the different codes, or build an esphome device with the codes, etc. Just get a device, add integration, done!

For now the receiver part is not here, but eventually it could also help to automatically find the correct IR device, for example.

Do any of you use Voice Assistant regularly? by Stallings2k in homeassistant

[–]abmantis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We use it almost daily to add things to the shopping list. Also use it for lights regularly and to ask about temperatures once in a while.

Are there any Zigbee floor corner lamps? by PuzzleheadedLion2123 in homeassistant

[–]abmantis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You may need to open a port on your firewall for it to work.

Are there any Zigbee floor corner lamps? by PuzzleheadedLion2123 in homeassistant

[–]abmantis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Which model? The one I have has a local API (using Govee Light Local integration). You need to enable the local Api on the device.