

To make sure everyone sees it, I encourage people to share photos and videos of Home Assistant Cast in action on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other social media with the hashtag #homeassistantcast. I hope that by releasing it with touch controls enabled, we can show Google that this is something that people want, and are willing to invest in for just this reason. It might stop this week, next month, next year, or it keeps working forever.

There is no guarantee that touch controls will keep working. Harmless Chromecast shenanigans, but as we know Google can kibosh the activity Schoutsen says Google is aware of Home Assistant’s relatively Is really meant to just show things, not interact.”īut what’s a die-hard software tweaker to do? Home Assistant founder Paulus Schoutsen concedes that “Chromecast Smart phone running the native Home Assistant software. Scrolling virtual wheels, and moving sliders across the screen as if it were a In Home Assistant’s case, the “Chromecast-enabled app” isn’tĪ music or video service but a home-automation GUI that gets cast to the screenįor viewing and controlling a smart home system by touch – pressing buttons,

Home Assistant interface is cast to Google Nest Hub Max via Chromecast for touch control of the home automation system.
