Home Assistant has launched their own Z-wave radio. 2025.9 lands with a new experimental home screen. Meanwhile Rohan and Phil discuss LLM Vision and some of its use cases Watch the full episode on YouTube https://hasspodcast.io/ha200 Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:14 Home Assistant Connect ZWA2 00:03:01 Z-Wave Network Challenges and Migration 00:16:45 Rainbird Integration and Irrigation Setup 00:23:25 New Features in Home Assistant 2025.9 00:30:13 Introduction to Smart Home Automation 00:33:17 Husqvarna Automower Features 00:35:54 Reolink Doorbell Updates 00:38:00 PlayStation and Unify Integrations 00:39:11 Tesla and Other Cars Integration 00:41:21 Weather and Bayesian Sensors 00:44:10 AI Vision and Home Automation 00:51:40 New Integrations: Seco, Sleep as Android 00:53:56 Breaking and Backward Incompatible Changes 00:55:26 Hacs Components: Person Location Support the Podcast Get early-access to episodes and an ad-free feed by supporting our Patreon. Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsors Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Configuration is via the User Interface so no fiddling with router settings, dynamic DNS, or YAML. Zooz If you're looking to upgrade your smart home - you can’t go past Zooz! Zooz offers a range of affordable and innovative devices, including water leak sensors, water valve controllers, smart plugs and scene controllers. So for the best prices on all Zooz products, head over to thesmartesthouse.com Hosts Phil Hawthorne Website Smart Home Products Twitter: @philhawthorne Bluesky: @philhawthorne.com Buy Phil a Coffee Rohan Karamandi Website Smart Home Products Twitter: @rohank9 Buy Rohan a Coffee Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
