**Установка HomeAssistant на ноутбук Windows через VirtualBox — Transcript & Summary | SozAI** Source: https://sozai.app/transcript/homeassistant-windows-laptop-virtualbox-installation/ Learn how to install Home Assistant on a Windows laptop using VirtualBox to control smart home devices easily and cost-effectively. ## Key Takeaways - Home Assistant can be run on a Windows laptop via VirtualBox without dedicated hardware. - The setup process involves downloading VirtualBox, the Home Assistant VM image, and configuring the VM properly. - Wi-Fi networking works with bridged mode despite some warnings. - Home Assistant provides an easy way to control common smart home devices. - Further enhancements like voice control with Yandex Alice are possible. ## What the video covers - Introduction to the cost and purpose of smart homes and the need to test before investing. - Using a regular Windows laptop to control smart home devices like routers, vacuums, air conditioners, and TVs. - Downloading and installing VirtualBox as a virtual machine on Windows. - Downloading the Home Assistant virtual machine image and setting it up in VirtualBox. - Configuring the virtual machine with Linux 64-bit settings, RAM allocation, EFI enablement, and bridged network mode. - Booting the virtual machine and accessing Home Assistant through provided links. - Creating a Home Assistant account, setting location, and discovering smart devices. - Confirmation that the setup works over Wi-Fi despite manufacturer warnings. - Mention of a future video about integrating Yandex Alice voice assistant. - Encouragement to like, subscribe, and comment for support. ## Chapters 1. 00:00 Introduction to Smart Home and Setup Purpose 2. 00:30 Downloading and Installing VirtualBox 3. 01:27 Downloading Home Assistant VM Image 4. 02:18 Creating and Configuring Virtual Machine 5. 02:50 Final VM Adjustments and Network Settings 6. 03:24 Booting Virtual Machine and Accessing Home Assistant 7. 04:02 Home Assistant Setup and Account Creation 8. 05:18 Summary and Next Steps with Yandex Alice Integration Answers ## Questions about this video Can Home Assistant run on a Windows laptop without dedicated hardware? Yes, by using VirtualBox to create a virtual machine, you can run Home Assistant on a regular Windows laptop without needing additional hardware. Is it possible to use Wi-Fi networking with Home Assistant on VirtualBox? Although some manufacturers warn that it may not work over Wi-Fi, the video demonstrates that using bridged network mode with a Wi-Fi adapter works successfully. What are the basic system requirements for setting up Home Assistant in VirtualBox? You need to allocate at least 2GB of RAM, enable EFI, select Linux 64-bit as the OS type, and assign sufficient virtual hard drive space for the Home Assistant VM. ## Full Transcript — Download SRT & Markdown 00:01 Speaker A A smart home is quite an expensive thing. Naturally, before investing a lot of money, you want to get a feel for it and understand the purpose of the investment. I want to show you a simple way to use a regular laptop to control the smart things you probably have in your home. For example, a router, a vacuum cleaner, an air conditioner, or, finally, a TV, which, you'll agree, everyone probably has. 00:16 Speaker A We'll control our virtual home using the Home Assistant app. But for it to work, we need to install a virtual machine on a regular laptop running Windows. We'll use VirtualBox as the virtual machine. Go to their website 00:30 Speaker A and download Windows hosts. Click this link. The file will download. Run it and agree. Leave everything as is. Run it. Everything is ready. It will start now. Here's the loading screen, the main window. Now let's go directly to 00:51 Speaker A the Home Assistant website, go to documentation, installation, and scroll down until you see the familiar word Windows. Down, down, down. There it is. 01:27 Speaker A Click and download VirtualBox from the link. There's a ready-made setup there. You don't have to do anything, just download this setup. Home Assistant will work on the VirtualBox virtual machine. Downloaded. Open this file. It needs to be unpacked first. You can 01:45 Speaker A unpack it to absolutely any folder or directory. This is what the file looks like. Go back to our VirtualBox, click create. Name, type any name you like. 02:18 Speaker A Next, type, specify Linux subtype Linux 2.6 version sixty-four-bit. Go further. Allocate as much RAM as you want. Well, let's say it's 2 gigs. Share the processor. And be sure to enable EFI. 02:32 Speaker A Without it, it won't work. Move on to the virtual hard drive, allocate as much as you can afford and download the file. The file we downloaded from Home Assistant. This is how we upload it. 02:50 Speaker A It's quite large. And click "Done." That's it, our virtual machine is created and almost configured, but we still need to make some minor adjustments. This means we need to change the disconnection type to bridged. And despite the manufacturer 03:06 Speaker A saying this system doesn't work over Wi-Fi, it worked for me. Select the Wi-Fi adapter, save, and start our virtual machine. It will boot, well, depending on the speed of your computer. For some, it will take a very long 03:24 Speaker A time, for others, it will all happen instantly. The machine starts up, displaying a lot of white letters on a black background. That means everything is going well. That's it, the virtual machine has loaded, and it shows us that you can access Home Assistant 03:42 Speaker A using these links. Unfortunately, you can't click on them to proceed. So, let's go to the Home Assistant website. And there's an active link here. 04:02 Speaker A Click on it. So, here we go, the Home Assistant is being prepared. It says it could take more than 20 minutes, but in reality, it took me, well, less than a minute. Then we see this greeting and click the "Create my smart home" button. 04:14 Speaker A Well, since we're doing this for the first time, name. Enter the name you want to see. For me, it will be a corporate email. Enter a password. Try not to forget the password so you don't have to reset it. Enter password 04:33 Speaker A confirmation. Uh-huh. I can't get in the first time. And we create an account. Next, there's the option to select your location. I'll enter Moscow. This means we'll only be assisting by sending diagnostic data. And these are the devices I found right away. That's 04:53 Speaker A basically it. We have Home Assistant installed. It's installed on a laptop. A virtual machine is installed on the laptop. It all works via Wi-Fi. As you can see, there are no wires. Everything works great, but we'll further improve 05:18 Speaker A our Home Assistant by installing an extension that will allow us to control our home using Yandex Alice. But more on that in the next video. For now, if you found this helpful, please like, subscribe, and comment. That's the best 05:35 Speaker A way to thank us for our work. Bye, everyone. 05:54 Speaker A way to thank us for our work. Bye, everyone. 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