Episode 528 - The Best Home Assistant Meetups

It’s Home Assistant Community Day Season! Meet up with TJ or Gavin on May 24th in Ohio or Ontario. On this week's show: WiiM is on the AppleTV, Sonos gets AI, Samsung buys more receivers, Matter gets an update, letters from the mailbag, a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!

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Show Notes

• Home Assistant Commuinity Days
  • Meet TJ in Columbus, Ohio Meetup
  • Gavin will be at the Toronto meetup
• Meet TJ at Home Assistant Community Day: Columbus, Ohio Meetup
• Gavin will be in Toronto: Toronto meetup
• HomeTech Headlines
  • Adafruit gets Tariffed
  • WiiM Brings Home App to Apple TV for Big-Screen Control
  • Exclusive: Sonos launches its first AI-powered sound mode to enhance speech, developed with a major hearing-loss charity – and it sounds great | TechRadar
  • VSSL
  • Samsung acquires Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Marantz, in $350M audio deal | TechSpot
  • Matter’s latest update brings tap-to-pair setup
• Pick of the Week
  • The Screamer
• Roadmap 2025: A Truly Smart Home through Collective Intelligence - Home Assistant
• Home Assistant 2025.5 Released
• Unraid 7.1.0 Released
• Skylight | Digital Picture Frame and Smart Calendar
• Mole cricket - Wikipedia