Long Version Videos
So, you’ve just installed Home Assistant… and now you’ve caught the Zigbee bug. Before you accidentally spend £200 on AliExpress “because it was only £2.30,” this video walks you through the actual beginner‑friendly way to start Zigbee in Home Assistant…
Matter and Thread devices are supposed to “just work”… but judging by the error messages, they didn’t get the memo. In this video, I walk you through three levels of troubleshooting — from the simple stuff you can fix in…
In this video, I walk through the full setup of Thread OBR (Open Thread Border Router) running directly on the SMLight SLZB‑MR3U — no USB passthrough, no extra hardware, and no Home Assistant add‑on required. This update lets the SMLight…
In this video, I show you how to set up the SMLight SLB MR3U, a dual‑radio smart‑home controller that lets Zigbee and Matter over Thread work together seamlessly inside Home Assistant. We unbox the SMLight MR3U, power it up, find…
Running out of Google Drive space for your Home Assistant backups? Tired of paying £11/month for extra google storage? This complete OneDrive for Business setup guide is designed to help you integrate Microsoft’s cloud storage solution with your Home Assistant,…
Take your smart home further by extending Zigbee2MQTT all the way to your garage using the SMLIGHT SMHUB Nano. In this video, I walk through the full setup, configuration, and integration process so you can reliably connect Zigbee devices at…
In this video I unbox, set up, and fully test the Meross MS600 Matter & Thread Smart Presence Sensor. Meross sent this to me for review, but they haven’t asked me to say anything specific — so you’re getting the…
Transform your wall tablet into the perfect smart display! In this video, I pull everything together — dashboards, photos, presence detection, Browser Mod, helpers, and automations — to create a fully automated Home Assistant wall display that switches between a…
Learn how to build a clean, full‑screen Home Assistant dashboard using the February 2026 release. In this step‑by‑step tutorial, I walk through creating a new dashboard, adding multiple tabs, setting custom backgrounds, installing Browser Mod, and configuring Photo Frame for…
Setting up Matter over Thread should be simple… but as you’ll see in this video, it can turn into a chaotic adventure of pairing loops, missing devices, random discoveries, and the ultimate culprit: IPv6. In this video, I walk through…