Open Home Foundation

Open Home Foundation

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The Open Home Foundation fights for the fundamental principles of privacy, choice, and sustainability for smart homes. And for every person who lives in one.

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Open Home Foundation
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The whole Open Home Foundation team is in Lisbon on Wednesday, Sept 23, and so is the community 🎉 Come celebrate the open home with the people who build it, and everyone who runs one at home. Free, 7pm, Impact Hub Lisbon. Just a few spaces left 👇

luma.comMeet the Open Home Foundation team - Lisbon · LumaLisboa, bora lá! 🇵🇹 Open Home Foundation is heading your way, and we can't wait to finally meet you in person. Come grab a drink with us and swap ideas with…
Open Home Foundation
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We built a smart living room at IFA Berlin 🛋️ IFA is one of Europe's biggest tech shows, open to the public. Every device in the room was smart, each a different brand, all running locally. On the wall, a cross-stitch reading "f*ck VCs and private equity" Read how it went 👇

openhomefoundation.orgMaking room for privacy, choice, and sustainability at IFA 2026 – Open Home FoundationOur first booth at IFA Berlin was no ordinary trade stand: but we’re no ordinary foundation. Here’s how we brought our principles to the people.
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Days 1 and 2 IFA Berlin 2026 went by in a flash! 😅 Our cozy smart home (located at H1.2-153) has been packed since we opened it up Friday morning. We'll be here until Tuesday, so make sure to stop by if you're attending the event. Hope to see you soon 🤩 #OpenHomeatIFA26 #HomeAssistant #SmartHome

Open Home Foundation
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Who actually lives in a smart home? We asked and today the answers are yours! 🎉 The anonymized results of our first Home Assistant community survey are now free for everyone: a rich dataset published openly for anyone to check, build on, and benefit from. Read on 👇

openhomefoundation.orgAnonymous and open to all: The Home Assistant survey dataset – Open Home FoundationWe surveyed 8,616 Home Assistant users about their smart homes – see the anonymized results, what we learned, and how you can explore the data yourself.
Open Home Foundation
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Mark your calendars, because Community Day returns on Saturday, November 7, 2026! 🎉 We'll be releasing full details (with a fresh website 👀) in September, but read on for a sneak peak at some exciting changes for this year's event 👇 #HomeAssistant #ESPHome #SmartHome #Meetups

openhomefoundation.orgCommunity Day 2026: Save the date! – Open Home FoundationCommunity Day returns on Saturday, November 7, 2026! We learned a lot from last year’s debut event, and have exciting plans to make this one even better.

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ESPHome
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📢 INTRODUCING THE ESPHOME STARTER KIT! 🎉 Designed and built by our commercial partner Apollo Automation, the ESPHome Starter Kit gives you the tools, skills and confidence to stop just using smart home tech, and start creating it. Build, Learn, Automate. esphome.io/starter-kit

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👀 ESPHome Starter Kit launch is tomorrow. See you there.

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🚀 24 hours to go! The ESPHome Starter Kit drops tomorrow, Aug 12 at 21:00 CEST. We're celebrating with our commercial partner Apollo Automation and special guests Reed (Smart Home Solver), Simon (Simon Says Home Assistant), and Gavin (Hometech.fm). See you there for all the details! 🎉

youtube.comyoutube.comIn this stream, we'll be launching our first official ESPHome hardware product - The ESPHome Starter Kit. Join the team and special guests as they dive deep ...

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ESPHome
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🚀 T-minus one week to lift-off! The ESPHome Starter Kit launches next Wednesday, Aug 12 at 21:00 CEST. Join us as we celebrate with our commercial partner Apollo Automation, plus special guests Reed (Smart Home Solver), Simon (Simon Says Home Assistant), and Gavin (Hometech.fm). See you there! 🎉

youtube.comyoutube.comIn this stream, we'll be launching our first official ESPHome hardware product - The ESPHome Starter Kit. Join the team and special guests as they dive deep ...
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Google restricted key Android features to its own apps. When the European Commission asked us what we thought about about it, we had plenty to say. And they listened. Alphabet must now open up 11 Android features to third-party assistants. Read more 👇

openhomefoundation.orgA big win for Android interoperability – Open Home FoundationGoogle gatekept key Android features, and the European Commission asked what we thought about it. Now Alphabet must open 11 Android features to all.

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ESPHome
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The ESPHome Starter Kit is coming soon, and you're invited to our official launch party! Join us on Aug 12 to dive into the detail with our partners Apollo Automation and some other familiar faces as we celebrate lift-off 🚀 youtube.com/live/aK2HMY9... #HomeAutomation #SmartHome #HomeAssistant

youtube.comyoutube.comIn this stream, we'll be launching our first official ESPHome hardware product - The ESPHome Starter Kit. Join the team and special guests as they dive deep ...
Open Home Foundation
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You're invited to our "Cozy Sanctuary" at IFA Berlin! These shows can be exhausting. So stop by for a coffee and chat! You'll be able to rest, recharge, and get hands-on with products and merch 👕 in your smart home away from home 🏠 Read More 👇

openhomefoundation.orgIFA Berlin 2026: Save the date – Open Home FoundationMark your calendars! From September 4 to 8, 2026, the Open Home Foundation will be exhibiting at IFA Berlin – and you’re invited.
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🎉 The preview of our community-powered device database is live! Think "Wikipedia of smart home devices." Powered by real-world usage from thousands of Home Assistant users who opted in back in February, this is just the first step. More to come as we keep building in the open.

openhomefoundation.orgBuilding the device database together: Public preview now live – Open Home FoundationExplore the preview edition of our community-powered smart home device database. We need your input to make this tool as accessible and useful as possible.

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Z-Wave Alliance
@z-wavealliance.org

Learn why Home Assistant has chosen to partner with the #ZWave Alliance since day 1. It's local control and user choice combined with Z-Wave’s proven security and reliability advances an ecosystem that reduces cloud dependency while ensuring #interoperability: z-wavealliance.org/why-home-ass...

z-wavealliance.orgHome Assistant and Z-Wave: Building an Open, Private Smart HomeLearn how Home Assistant and the Z-Wave Alliance work together to promote local control, privacy, interoperability, and certified smart home devices through the Works with Home Assistant program.
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As part of our commitment to building in the open, we’re proud to publish the foundation’s very first Annual Report for 2025 🎉 From structural changes to big projects, it gives a detailed look into who we are and how we operate, along with our wins of 2025 and what’s next! Link below 🔗🧵

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"Choice" is one of the Open Home Foundation's three core principles. And we believe you should be free to choose a voice assistant that actually speaks your language. That's why we've released 23 text-to-speech datasets – free to use, for everyone.

community.mozilladatacollective.comOpen Home Foundation TTS datasets on Mozilla Data CollectiveMost voice assistants listen and respond in a handful of languages. Try to build one for your home that speaks your language, though, and you quickly run into a wall: the training data does not exist, or it is locked behind licences that make it unusable for open source projects.
Open Home Foundation
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We're thrilled to announce OpenDisplay as a new collaboration partner! This open standard makes it easier than ever to build low-power smart home displays that don’t look like glaring screens. 😎 Discover why we think they’re a great fit for us in our recent blog!

openhomefoundation.orgopenhomefoundation.orgFind out how we're bringing the versatility and practicality of e-paper to a wider audience by teaming up with our new collaboration partner, OpenDisplay.
Open Home Foundation
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It's the April newsletter! This month, we reflect on an amazing State of the Open Home 2026, what it means to truly "Build in the open", and what's coming next. 🚀 Read on for roadmaps, RSS feeds, meetups and more! 👇 #Newsletter #SmartHome #HomeAssistant

newsletter.openhomefoundation.orgnewsletter.openhomefoundation.orgWe celebrate the people and passion that made this year's State of the Open Home so special: and share the event video so you can see for yourself!
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Let's hear it for our speakers! 🎤 The team covered how we're building in the open, what's next from our commercial partners, and a new roadmap that you can shape! Thank you for joining us at State of the Open Home 2026. 🎉 #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #HomeAssistant #ESPHome #MusicAssistant

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The Open Home Foundation has an official blog now! 🎉 For our first post, we have the State of the Open Home recap blog. Thanks so much to everyone who joined us in person and watched us live - if you missed out on the live event, you can find the whole thing on our Youtube channel. #HomeAutomation

openhomefoundation.orgBuilding what's next: State of the Open Home 2026 – Open Home FoundationFrom a new Community department to a public roadmap awaiting your input – and more. Catch up on the event highlights and help shape what we build next.
Open Home Foundation
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That's a wrap on State of the Open Home 2026! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who joined us in Utrecht and watching worldwide! We are so excited for the year ahead. Let's build in the open together!

Open Home Foundation
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Join us live for State of the Open Home 2026! 🎥 Next week on Wednesday, April 8, we go live on the Open Home Foundation YouTube channel for our annual event. Tune in to celebrate our community, share successes, and get excited about what’s next as we continue to build in the open. 👇

youtube.comState of the Open Home 2026Join the Open Home Foundation team and guests for the State of the Open Home 2026 livestream. It's our annual event where we celebrate our community, share s...
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For the March newsletter, we highlight why while Big Tech bets on AI, we’re investing in humans. 🤝 Read on to learn about how real people are our strength, the new community team, and more 👇🏼 #Newsletter #SmartHome #HomeAssistant

newsletter.openhomefoundation.orgWhy we’re investing in the human touchAI can do great things, but it will never replace our community. Find out about the different ways we're investing in our key strength: people.