In a statement of eWeLink in a discussion about eWeLink’s support for Home Assistant (which just got released as beta and received quite a bit of criticism) people saw eWeLink employee Lily Caiwen mentioning an open API. To most more advanced users an “open API” means an API that is…

eWeLink Home Assistant logo mock-up by Telegram-user Mikelgalaxy eWeLink themself is completely new to Home Assistant and asked a very small userbase for some input on how to build their official Home Assistant plugin from scratch. A few days ago eWeLink released their beta version of that plugin. Instructions for…

This month Sonoff is giving away a Sonoff DW2-RF door/window sensor. This device can be paired to a RF bridge (e.g. the Sonoff RF Bridge) and can be used in scenes e.g. to turn on a light when you close a door. Sonoff decided to use Gleam from now on…

Aaaaaand we’re back! 🙂 While resolving an issue with emails being blocked by a vague blocklist of another email provider we ran into some other issues rendering the website unreachable. Together with some other small issues in the past the sponsor of the website (Ghiyath) and I decided to move…

Google recently started with their Google Seamless Setup program. Google let manufacturers create products that can be linked directly with the Google Home app without the need of additional apps like eWeLink. The complete pairing process and operating of the device is done without the eWeLink app. Devices that supports…