Hands on with Home Assistant’s new ‘smart home multi-tool’

The Aux-2 tin beryllium galore things. Even a chapeau for your amp! | Photo: Nathan Edwards / The Verge

Nabu Casa - the commercialized broadside of the Open Home Foundation, which runs Home Assistant - conscionable launched the Home Assistant Connect Aux-2, a multi-function container designed to assistance you bring much devices into your astute home. It's portion of Home Assistant's ongoing efforts to go much user-friendly. And it's working.

I've been investigating the Aux-2 for a mates days and I've recovered it unsurprisingly utile and amazingly casual to acceptable up. The Aux-2 is simply a $69 box astir the size of a platform of cards. It has 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, USB-A, USB-C, a digital/analog audio jack, a Grove port for interfacing with peripherals similar sensors, buttons, and …

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