Enhanced Android experience: Home Assistant boosts support with ‘Device Controls’،
Home Assistant app is like a useful companion for your smart devices. It connects to over 1,000 different gadgets and lets you control them easily. It also keeps you up to date with notifications about what’s happening at home. Plus, you can manage everything right from your wrist if you own, say, an Apple Watch Series 9 or even Series 1, for that matter. It’s basically your go-to tool for making your smart home life easier. In a bid to improve Android users’ control over their smart home gadgets, Home Assistant has introduced support for device control (via Android titles). This Android feature is now seamlessly integrated into the Home Assistant app panel view, giving users easy access to all their devices. After updating to the latest version, users will observe these changes, providing greater authority over their home appliances. With this upgrade to the Home Assistant app, users are no longer limited to just the built-in controls. The app dashboard becomes a trusted platform for managing devices across their entire smart home environment. It’s worth noting that only Android 14 users will have access to this dashboard, while those with older versions of Android will continue to use the built-in controls.
As Android 14 deployed on devices, the Home Assistant app receives the tools adapted to this update, which works similarly to the Google Home panel found on some devices. Android 14 devices.
Despite the Home Panel’s effectiveness in controlling smart devices on Android 14it remains exclusive to certain devices, particularly Pixel and Samsung devices running Android 14. For Android users with smart home appliances, the new Home Assistant Device Control feature offers a viable alternative.
This Home Assistant feature for Android 14 allows users to perform a myriad of controls directly from their smartphone. The feature easily organizes smart home devices into a dashboard, giving users an easily navigable space to perform or customize controls.
Additionally, users can configure commands to use even when their device is locked. For those looking for simultaneous control across multiple devices, the dashboard’s side-by-side server controls are a valuable asset.
To switch between modes, users can open the app, go to Settings > Companion app > Manage device controls, then choose “Integrated” or “Dashboard.” It is important to note that when transitioning the device’s built-in controls to a dashboard, users may need to remove any previously used controls for the dashboard to appear.
