This is Issue #60 of the Smart Homes School weekly newsletter, free smart home news for professionals, consultants, installers and enthusiasts, every week. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox first. A solid week for smart home news. Home Assistant 2026.5 landed with one of the most practically useful updates in recent memory, native […]
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FCC Bans Foreign Routers, Apple HomePad Slips to Fall and CI Industry Split Deepens: Smart Home Weekly #58
This is Issue #58 of the Smart Homes School weekly newsletter — free smart home news for professionals and enthusiasts, every Wednesday. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox first. Good morning, smart home enthusiasts. A lot is happening this week, and most of it has direct implications for how you spec and price […]
Home Assistant 2026.4, Philips Hue Apple Home Trouble and CEDIA Expo New Dates: Smart Home Weekly #57
This is Issue #57 of the Smart Homes School weekly newsletter — free smart home news for professionals and enthusiasts, every Monday. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox first. A busy first week of April in the smart home world. Home Assistant released its April update, and it is genuinely one of the […]
Philips Hue Drops Apple Home Promise, HA 2026.3 and Hue Flux US: Smart Home Weekly #55
This is Issue #55 of the Smart Homes School weekly newsletter — free smart home news for professionals, consultants, installers and enthusiasts, every Wednesday. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox first. A quieter week for big launches, but the stories that broke are the kind that matter to anyone actually running smart home […]
Gemini Just Got a Lot More Useful at Home
This is Issue #56 of the Smart Homes School weekly newsletter — free smart home news for professionals, consultants, installers and enthusiasts, every Wednesday. Subscribe here to get it in your inbox first. The end of March delivered a busy week for the smart home channel. Google pushed a significant Gemini for Home update that […]


















































































































