Adding another commercial actuator to Home Assistant (non-hacked)
In this section, we will explore another Home Assistant resource, which I call applications. Applications are integrations provided by the device manufacturer or created by the development community. They allow you to easily integrate a commercial sensor or actuator into Home Assistant without the need to flash or hack your device. If you don’t want to change the firmware of your devices, before you buy the next one for your home, check if there is an application for it by searching the integrations available in Home Assistant at https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/.
We will provide an example of how you can add a device to be managed by Home Assistant directly without any change to the hardware or firmware. The application for the device in the example is available in Home Assistant.
