The Best Home Assistant Setup Tutorial On The Internet 2023

This is EVERYTHING I wish I'd been shown in Home Assistant when I first started, from installing HACS to having music automatically follow me around the house by switching speakers automatically. Looking for a step by step guide to Home Assistant? Look no further!

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Link1: https://developer.spotify.com/
Link2: https://open.spotify.com/
Code1: wget -O - https://get.hacs.xyz | bash -
Code 2: https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/oauth

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0:00 Intro
0:34 Demo
1:10 Prerequisites
2:06 Home Assistant Advanced Mode
2:21 Home Assistant Terminal and SSH
3:00 Home Assistant HACS Install
4:33 Home Assistant Enabling File Editor
7:08 Alexa media player home assistant setup
9:52 Home Assistant Spotify Setup
12:10 Home Assistant Spotcast Setup
14:57 Home Assistant Automation - Playing Music on motion
17:26 Home Assistant Automation - Switching Speakers Automatically