{"id":2532,"date":"2025-05-17T04:29:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T04:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/?p=2532"},"modified":"2025-05-17T04:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T04:29:18","slug":"apollo-joins-the-works-with-house-assistant-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techtrendfeed.com\/?p=2532","title":{"rendered":"Apollo joins the Works With House Assistant Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header>\n<\/header>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.home-assistant.io\/images\/blog\/2025-02-apollo\/art.jpg\" style=\"border: 0;box-shadow: none;\" alt=\"Apollo wwha logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apolloautomation.com\/\" rel=\"external nofollow\">Apollo Automation<iconify-icon inline=\"true\" icon=\"tabler:external-link\" class=\"external-link\"\/><\/a> has joined the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/partner.home-assistant.io\/\">Works with House Assistant<\/a> program. Certifying three of their latest units, together with their neighborhood favourite presence and air high quality multisensors, giving customers the very best expertise when utilizing these units with House Assistant.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, these are the primary <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/esphome.io\/index.html\">ESPHome<iconify-icon inline=\"true\" icon=\"tabler:external-link\" class=\"external-link\"\/><\/a>-based units to obtain Works with House Assistant certification. Apollo is likely one of the first movers in an necessary development that we\u2019re very enthusiastic about: House Assistant neighborhood members turning their open tasks into viable companies that assist a thriving Open House ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" name=\"read-more\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>Background <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"title-link\" name=\"background\" href=\"#background\"\/><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p>Apollo Automation is a rising family-run enterprise rooted within the House Assistant and ESPHome communities. And sure, they\u2019re named after their German Shepherd, Apollo \ud83d\udc15.<\/p>\n<div class=\"alert\">\n<p>Apollo Automation is constructed by and for the House Assistant neighborhood. We consider in open sensible dwelling expertise that offers customers management, privateness, and adaptability. Becoming a member of the Works With House Assistant program is a pure step for us, making certain our units combine seamlessly whereas supporting the ecosystem we love. House Assistant permits customers to create highly effective sensible houses, and we&#8217;re excited to contribute by making high-quality, dependable {hardware} that enhances the expertise for everybody.<\/p>\n<p>    <em style=\"text-align: right; display: block;\">&#8211; Justin Bunton, Co-Founder, Apollo Automation<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<p>Two years in the past, they began sharing their designs for a brand new impressively small ESPHome-powered multisensor with the neighborhood. Getting suggestions, sharing iterations, and dealing collaboratively, they turned that sensor right into a full-fledged product, which was constructed to work with House Assistant. They&#8217;ve continued this open, community-first method and have now constructed a number of much more refined multisensors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.home-assistant.io\/images\/blog\/2025-02-apollo\/multisensor.jpg\" style=\"border: 0;box-shadow: none;\" alt=\"Apollo MSR-2 multisensor\"\/><br \/>\nA multisensor for ants? \ud83d\udc1c<\/p>\n<p>House Assistant is the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/newsletter.openhomefoundation.org\/true-platforms-let-you-create\/\">solely true sensible dwelling platform<iconify-icon inline=\"true\" icon=\"tabler:external-link\" class=\"external-link\"\/><\/a> as a result of it provides everybody full management to construct and create. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.home-assistant.io\/integrations\/esphome\/\">ESPHome<\/a> is the last word sensible machine platform, and it&#8217;s fostering a completely new ecosystem of Open House tasks. ESPHome works absolutely regionally, and it\u2019s a modder\u2019s paradise, permitting customers to construct DIY sensible dwelling units (try the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/esphome.io\/guides\/getting_started_hassio.html\">getting began with ESPHome information<iconify-icon inline=\"true\" icon=\"tabler:external-link\" class=\"external-link\"\/><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Creators may also use it to construct pre-built, plug-and-play merchandise that give customers a very seamless expertise. With units being found and simply added to your Wi-Fi community and House Assistant, together with a one-click replace inside House Assistant.<\/p>\n<p>ESPHome and House Assistant permits anybody to show their ardour for constructing cool issues right into a profession, and the issues they construct assist assist a extra vibrant Open House. Apollo is an thrilling new accomplice for the Works with House Assistant program and may function an inspiration to all aspiring makers in our neighborhood.<\/p>\n<h2>Units <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"title-link\" name=\"devices\" href=\"#devices\"\/><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p>Works with House Assistant differs from different certification applications as merchandise are rigorously examined in-house to make sure they work seamlessly out of the field. Any firm becoming a member of additionally commits to offering long-term assist and firmware updates, whereas being a constructive power within the House Assistant neighborhood. Works with House Assistant is operated by the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openhomefoundation.org\/\">Open House Basis<iconify-icon inline=\"true\" icon=\"tabler:external-link\" class=\"external-link\"\/><\/a>, and it&#8217;s the assist of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.home-assistant.io\/cloud\/\">House Assistant Cloud<\/a> subscribers that funds this work.<\/p>\n<p>Apollo has chosen first to certify three merchandise, which embody:<\/p>\n<p>We anticipate that Apollo will convey extra of their lineup into this system, and we&#8217;re excited to see their new improvements going ahead! That is simply the beginning of a 12 months of many new Works with House Assistant bulletins, so please keep tuned!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apollo Automation has joined the Works with House Assistant program. Certifying three of their latest units, together with their neighborhood favourite presence and air high quality multisensors, giving customers the very best expertise when utilizing these units with House Assistant. Notably, these are the primary ESPHome-based units to obtain Works with House Assistant certification. 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