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2023.3 – A new restart button and better entity dialogs

Home Assistant Podcast

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Is There a Switch Bot?

The switch bot was built using a Python or node Docker container that could be run on like a Raspberry Pi to act as a hub. And so then I could, you know, through MQTT or a REST API, I could then tell the switch bot to just push the button. It's actually something that I was telling my wife about and she's like, Oh my God, just spend the money, get it. The front of the front of our house where my blinds are, where my office is, you have the front of my house and people walking by and stuff can technically can usually look in.

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