Phil Hawthorne on Smarter Home Assistant Automations, ESPHome, E-Ink and AI – HGG686
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Phil Hawthorne on Smarter Home Assistant Automations, ESPHome, E-Ink and AI – HGG686

B1IntermediateJuly 31, 20261 hr 21 min
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Phil Hawthorne joins Jim to explore Home Assistant Blueprints, area-based automations, ESPHome Bluetooth proxies, e-ink dashboards, AI integration and the Open Home Foundation.

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This is the Average Guy Network, and you have found Home Gadget Geek show number 686 with guest Phil Hawthorne, recorded on July 30th, 2026. here on home gadget geeks we cover all the favorite tech gadgets that find their way in your home news reviews product updates and conversation all for the average tech guy i'm your host jim cawson broadcasting live from the average guy.tv studio and maybe a stormy

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Bellevue, Nebraska may have some severe weather coming in. Phil, my home assistant automation kicked in about two hours ago, started charging the batteries up because the warning's pretty cool, right? I mean, Phil. Yeah, that is awesome. I've heard that when you mentioned a couple of weeks ago and I was like, that is a fantastic automation to have. Could I, could I port that?

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Okay. I've written that. I, okay, let's be clear. AI wrote that, right? Yeah, all that integration with Home Assistant and we'll talk more about this I know I'm jumping right in

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