Miranda from the Open Home Foundation takes us inside the Works With Home Assistant program: how devices are tested, why the badge matters, and how vendors—from startups to big brands—can get certified. We cover Zigbee vs Z‑Wave vs Matter, badge misuse, regional device coverage, and Miranda’s own fun automations.
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Chapters
00:00:00 Intro
00:03:20 Miranda’s path to HA
00:08:00 CES stories and community
00:14:30 Moving program to Foundation
00:22:30 Fees, pushback, endorsement?
00:29:30 Guidance, safety, and testing
00:36:30 Zigbee, Z‑Wave, Matter realities
00:43:00 Big brands, IKEA, relationships
00:50:30 Cloud integrations, Genie
00:55:30 Miranda’s home and automations
01:03:30 Blinds, garden, robots
01:10:00 Regional coverage and filters
01:15:30 Badge misuse and enforcement
01:20:30 2026 goals and wrap‑up
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