Every Home Assistant Install Should Use This

Published at : 23 Dec 2025

ESPHome is a fundamental integration for Home Assistant because it enables creation of IoT devices easily and is only limited by your imagination. ESP32 devices have transformed many smart homes.

The addition of the Bluetooth Proxy functionality to ESPHome has made many more integrations with Home Assistant possible.

Product Page: https://shop.everythingsmart.io/products/est-poe-32-esp32-poe-development-board

Example YAML provided by EST: https://github.com/EverythingSmartHome/esp32-example-configs/tree/main/EST-PoE-32/ESPHome

My Recommended YAML Config: https://gist.github.com/letsautomatenet/7cd4dfe7e96fe2fca30326f0cf80cd27

ESPHome Bluetooth Proxy Documentation: https://esphome.io/components/bluetooth_proxy.html

00:00 Intro
00:36 Bluetooth Proxy summary and recommendations
02:42 A look at the EST-PoE-32 and a few specs
05:12 Home Assistant Integration
06:24 ESPHome Bluetooth Proxy Installation
08:28 Outro

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