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Hands on with Home Assistant’s new ‘smart home multi-tool’

| Photo: Nathan Edwards / The Verge Nabu Casa - the commercial side of the Open Home Foundation, which runs Home Assistant - just launched the Home Assistant Connect Aux-2, a multi-function box designed to help you bring more non-smart devices into your smart home.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•1 min read•Updated November 11, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC
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  • I've been testing the Aux-2 for a couple days and I've found it unsurprisingly useful and surprisingly easy to set up.

It's part of Home Assistant's ongoing efforts to become more user-friendly.

It has 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, USB-A, USB-C, a digital/analog audio jack, a Grove port for interfacing with peripherals like sensors, bu … Read the full story at The Verge.

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