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

- Source: The Verge
- Published: 2026-11-11T22:00:00+00:00
- Category: Tech
- Original: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1031601/home-assistant-connect-aux-2-hands-on
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/hands-on-with-home-assistant-s-new-smart-home-multi-tool-3ca3b9/

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 devices into your smart home. It's part of Home Assistant's ongoing efforts to become more user-friendly. And it's working. I've been testing the […]

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