Gary Whittaker is back for a smart home catch-up, with new gadgets, Home Assistant updates, Zigbee and Thread talk, presence sensors, AI automations and a few workflow updates from the studio.

In this episode we talk about cleaning up thousands of old Alexa devices, moving away from SmartThings, using a multi-radio smart home hub for Zigbee and Thread, LinknLink presence sensors, local AI image recognition, LED panel notifications, OpenClaw automation, new microphones and the Kawai K1m.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro and Gary returns
01:04 Cleaning up old Alexa and smart home devices
04:49 Kawai K1m, one-synth tracks and synth librarian tools
08:47 Vibe coding, AI workflows and token costs
12:06 Multi-radio smart home hub for Zigbee and Thread
18:35 Home Assistant integration and range improvements
19:23 LinknLink presence sensor setup
23:35 Using sensors with lights, Hue and OpenClaw
28:08 New wireless microphone kit
29:28 Recent videos, SynthFest and one-synth tracks
30:42 LED panel notifications with AI recognition
33:38 OpenClaw automations for podcasts and video workflows
36:08 Local AI models for smart home image recognition
38:44 Night lighting and bedroom automations
40:12 Wrap-up and Gary's channels

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https://riddix.github.io/home-assistant-matter-hub/guides/alexa-bulk-delete-devices
https://alexa.amazon.co.uk/api/behaviors/entities?skillId=amzn1.ask.1p.smarthome