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Smarthome Sapiens – our own podcast

Audio episodes on Spotify: 6 episodes on smart home design, condominiums and events. Playback starts when you click; until then, nothing is loaded from Spotify.

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Our videos on YouTube

18 videos: the S01 series, from Home Assistant basics to energy efficiency, plus interviews and on-site reports. Separate content from the Spotify episodes.

YouTube channel

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As a guest on other shows

24 episodes on three podcasts in which the Yabune team talked about smart homes, hotels, industrial systems and debates within the industry. The player plays the show's audio file directly.

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Smartopert – Beyond automation

Okosotthon Guru's workshop · Péter Zsák's podcast · 10 episodes featuring Yabune

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SmartHomeLab

Smart home from A to Z · 2021–2025 · 11 episodes featuring Yabune

  • 2023. 10. 24. · 1 h 35 min

    Homey VS Home Assistant

    Two platforms, two experts: what Homey can do and what Home Assistant can do – the conversation focuses on the practical differences.

  • 2023. 06. 27. · 56 min

    A smart hotel room is not a smart home

    Why a hotel room is different from a home: constantly changing occupants, operational considerations, Yabune's hotel experience.

  • 2023. 03. 07. · 1 h 22 min

    OOL Press Review

    Aqara presence sensors and stackable smart plugs, Matter status report and weekly smart home news.

  • 2022. 12. 31. · 2 h 21 min

    Informal year-end roundtable

    The last, marathon episode of 2022: a roundtable with industry participants on the lessons of the year.

  • 2022. 09. 20. · 1 h 27 min

    Property protection, the smart way

    Security technology in the smart home: system components, integration, insurers' requirements and guard response.

  • 2022. 08. 16. · 1 h 24 min

    Automation ABC – Part 5

    Consumption-reducing automations during the energy price surge – what you can automate to lower your bill.

  • 2022. 07. 12. · 1 h 31 min

    Automation ABC – Part 4

    Automating heating and cooling systems: logically one task, but in practice two separate ones.

  • 2022. 05. 03. · 1 h 19 min

    When the service goes down

    What happens if the company behind your smart home platform shuts down its cloud overnight – and how to prepare for it.

  • 2022. 04. 05. · 1 h 22 min

    Kádár-era cube house reloaded

    Renovating a 10×10 Kádár-era cube house with a smart home mindset: what is worth installing when the walls are being opened up anyway.

  • 2021. 11. 09. · 1 h 29 min

    Customer needs from a service provider's perspective

    Who is turning to smart homes, what initial needs they come with, and where their imagination goes once the possibilities become clear.

  • 2021. 11. 02. · 1 h 6 min

    Home Assistant system with professional support

    How an open-source program becomes a reliable, professionally supported service – from development to operation.

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Kömkel – Everything about family houses

Building and renovating a family house · 3 episodes featuring Yabune

  • 2023. 04. 04. · 1 h 18 min

    #9: WATT Hunters

    Energy prices and consumption: where you can actually save in a family house – metering, heating control, solar panels.

  • 2022. 05. 16. · 1 h 49 min

    #8: How do we design our own smart home?

    Needs assessment, living with the system for 10–15 years, coordinating with the trades – the steps of planning, with many concrete examples.

  • 2021. 09. 14. · 1 h 56 min

    #6: Smart home in 2021

    What a smart home means, what off-the-shelf smart gadgets are good for, how secure open source is, and what happens if the company goes out of business.

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Articles from the Knowledge Base

The blog posts we most often send to people who contact us.

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If you have a specific question

Frequently asked questionsWhat makes a home smart, wired or wireless, what happens if the installer goes out of business – the most common questions in one place.Technical preparation for a smart homeBuilding or renovating? Area by area: what to install while the walls are still open.Our solutionsHeating, cooling, lighting, shading, monitoring, garden, energy – what we do and how.

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