OK, I can connect with the Hubitat via both methods now.
Now I just have to figure out how to setup and run it.
Do you have instructions? I’m trying with an iPad Pro but can’t seen to do anything other than turning things on and off with the “slider switch”.
Once you have added all of your devices to the Maker API, Installed the Dashboard and connected to the hub, the onboarding wizard should take you through all of the next steps.
If you failed to add the devices during the wizard, you an go to the gear icon at settings and then add rooms and devices and change device types if needed.
If you have security devices you need to activate Artemis and add them on there as well.
Once you're done with all of that you should have control of your devices such as Lights, Dimmers, Fans, Thermostats, and Shades/Blinds.
If you want to use the experimental feature of Athena you'd have to go through the setup and create an API key under Claude and then Google Voice (if you're interested in better voice), then she'd activate and you can give her commands by text or voice. I'm still fine-tuning the wakeword capabilities so it's still pretty rough since this is the most challenging part.
Never saw a “wizard”beyond ‘step 1 of 4”.
I will clear out everything and start again tomorrow.
You can factory reset right on the dash or you can go to rooms and devices and setup from there.
Let me know if that works.
Quick update for those following along:
Spent the last sprint reworking the voice pipeline and wake word detection. Athena is significantly more responsive now. The wake-to-response cycle is smoother, false triggers from background noise are way down, and the overall hands-free experience is much closer to what you'd expect from a dedicated assistant.
Also trained wake words for all three modules, so "Hestia," "Athena," and "Artemis" are all recognized. This means you can choose between three options to wake the assistant.
Still in soft testing but the results are promising. If you're running the dashboard and want to try it out, make sure you're on the latest version and have your Google Cloud keys configured under Settings > Athena Voice.
More updates coming soon. As always, feedback and bug reports are welcome.
Hey everyone — two releases worth of updates to share today. Hestia v1.5.0 is now live on hestari.com and GitHub.
A few things landed since the last update here that I never formally announced:
Timers — Athena can set, track, and cancel countdown timers by voice. "Set a pasta timer for 12 minutes." Live countdowns appear as floating pills above the Athena button on desktop, and inside the panel on mobile. Multiple timers run concurrently. Cancel by voice or tap the X.
Conversation Mode — After Athena responds, she keeps listening for follow-ups instead of immediately closing. You can have a multi-turn conversation without saying the wake word again each time. The follow-up window is 8 seconds. Say "thanks" or "goodbye" to dismiss. Toggle in Settings.
Personality Presets — Choose how Athena sounds: Balanced (default), Professional, Playful, or Concise. Device confirmations are always brief regardless of preset. Settings > Athena > Personality & Behavior.
Full Device Control — Athena can now control every device type: thermostats (mode, setpoints, fan), color bulbs (setColor), and shades (setPosition) — not just on/off and brightness.
Artemis Polish — All security sensor icons redesigned with a filled design language. New gem inner shields for the security states. Garage door icon added.
Athena can now set persistent, recurring reminders by voice.
"Athena, remind me to take my medicine every day at 8 AM."
"Remind me every Tuesday at 7 PM to take out the trash."
"Remind me on the 1st of every month to pay rent."
When a reminder fires, you hear a TTS announcement and see a notification toast on screen. Six schedule types are supported:
| Type | Example |
|---|---|
| Once | "Remind me to check the dryer at 3pm" |
| Daily | "Remind me every morning at 8 to take medicine" |
| Weekdays | "Remind me on weekdays at 7 AM" |
| Weekly | "Remind me every Tuesday and Thursday at 6 PM" |
| Monthly | "Remind me on the 15th of every month" |
| Yearly | "Remind me every March 15th about taxes" |
The recurrence engine is timezone-aware — a daily 8 AM reminder fires at 8 AM local time year-round, even across daylight saving changes. Monthly reminders handle short months gracefully (the 31st fires on the 28th in February).
You can also manage reminders in Settings > Reminders — each reminder shows a status dot (amber pulsing = fires today, green = active, gray = disabled), the schedule summary, and the next fire time. Toggle on/off or delete from there. Or just ask: "What reminders do I have?" / "Cancel the medicine reminder."
Reminders sync to your hub via the companion app, so they survive browser cache wipes and work across devices.
This one I'm particularly excited about. Athena can create and run multi-step automations entirely by voice — no Rule Machine, no visual rule builder, no need to open Hubitat at all.
"Athena, create a movie mode routine that dims the living room lights to 20%, closes the shades, and sets the fan to low."
That's it. Three steps, saved as "Movie Mode." Next time:
"Run movie mode."
All commands execute in sequence. You can create routines for anything the dashboard controls — lights, fans, shades, thermostats, locks, color bulbs. Some ideas:
Routines store device references by name and room rather than device ID, so they're portable if you ever switch hub platforms.
You can also build routines manually in Settings > Routines — pick a room, type a device name, choose a command, add a value. Hit Test to run it live before saving.
Like reminders, routines sync to your hub and survive cache wipes.
| Command | What Happens |
|---|---|
| "Remind me to X at [time]" | Creates a one-time reminder |
| "Remind me every [day/week/month] to X" | Creates a recurring reminder |
| "What reminders do I have?" | Lists all active reminders |
| "Cancel the X reminder" | Deletes a reminder |
| "Create a X routine that steps here" | Saves a new routine |
| "Run X" | Executes a saved routine |
| "What routines do I have?" | Lists all saved routines |
These work alongside everything Athena already does — device control, timers, thermostat adjustments, general conversation, etc.
If you're on hestari.com, just refresh — you already have v1.5.0. Self-hosting? Grab index.html from the v1.5.0 release. No configuration changes needed, fully backwards compatible.
Full release notes: v1.4.1 | v1.5.0
Feedback and bug reports always welcome — drop a message here or open an issue on GitHub.
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