# Home Assistant device links Bluetooth gadgets and ordinary appliances

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/a-gadget-to-make-your-dumb-house-smarter/
- Published: 2026-11-14T13:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T14:50:09+00:00
- Original publisher: The Verge
- Original article: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1033761/home-assistant-tk-tripod-tabletop-installer
- Topics: Gadgets, Software, Technology

## Key points

- 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.

## Summary

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.

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