Home Assistant

Smart home control with privacy focused power and flexibility

Home Assistant Companion turns your phone or tablet into a powerful remote control and sensor hub for your entire smart home. Paired with a Home Assistant server running locally (for example on a Raspberry Pi or dedicated hub), it gives you deep, privacy‑respecting control without relying on opaque cloud ecosystems.

The main dashboard is highly customizable, letting you pin your most-used lights, thermostats, cameras, and scenes into views that actually match how you live. Because Home Assistant integrates with thousands of devices and services—Philips Hue, Google Cast, Sonos, IKEA Tradfri, and many more—you can usually manage everything from one place instead of juggling multiple manufacturer tools.

Where it really shines is automation. The Companion integrates your device’s location and sensors (such as battery level, Wi‑Fi state, or motion detection) with Home Assistant’s powerful automation engine. That means your heating can lower when the last family member leaves, lights can dim when you start a movie, or notifications can pop up if a door opens while nobody is home. Push notifications are rich and interactive, supporting actions and data that feel more like mini control panels than simple alerts.

Privacy is a key strength. Because Home Assistant runs locally, your historical data and presence information stay in your home, with cloud access available as an option rather than a requirement.

The flip side is complexity. New users may find the interface dense, and the initial setup of a Home Assistant server is not plug‑and‑play. Once configured, however, the Companion becomes an incredibly capable control surface for advanced users who want a unified, open, and sustainable smart home.