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Home Assistant device links Bluetooth gadgets and ordinary appliances
The Home Assistant Connect Aux-2 is a small device designed to make it easier to connect gadgets to a smart home, especially music equipment. It can also control Bluetooth devices and ordinary appliances, offering a simpler route than building a similar setup yourself.
The article gives no price, release date or technical specifications for the Aux-2. It appears in a wider roundup of apps, entertainment and gadgets, and is described as a straightforward way to bring more devices under one smart-home system.
In short
- The Aux-2 helps connect gadgets to a Home Assistant smart home.
- It focuses particularly on music equipment.
- It can control Bluetooth devices and ordinary appliances.
Explained simply
Home Assistant is software for managing smart-home devices from different makers in one place. It can run on a small computer at home, giving users a way to control connected equipment without relying on a separate app for each device.
The Connect Aux-2 is presented as a link between Home Assistant and devices such as music equipment, Bluetooth gadgets and everyday appliances. This matters to people building a smart home because connecting varied devices can otherwise require extra hardware or a do-it-yourself setup.
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Originally published by The Verge as “A gadget to make your dumb house smarter”.