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The Matterbridge AI Plugin Factory: Make Any Device Work With Gladys

· 3 min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

Hey everyone,

Do you have devices that aren't compatible with Gladys and don't use an open protocol like Zigbee or Matter? Don't worry. I've built an AI-powered Matterbridge plugin factory that automatically develops plugins for your devices. No development skills required.

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Gladys Featured on AntoineGuilbert.fr

· One min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

Hey everyone,

I'm really proud to see Gladys featured on Antoine Guilbert's blog, a French home automation blogger who produces excellent, high-quality content 🙂

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New Guide: The Recommended Hardware to Get Started With Gladys

· One min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

Hey everyone!

I just added a new page to the documentation: the recommended hardware to build a reliable home automation setup with Gladys.

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Gladys 4.74: Sunrise & Sunset Offsets in Your Scenes ☀️

· One min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

Hey everyone,

A new version of Gladys Assistant is available, with several fixes and improvements around Matter, Zigbee2MQTT, and sun-based scenes ☀️

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Gladys 4.73: Major Matter.js Upgrade, Local Tuya & MCP Server

· 2 min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

Hey everyone 👋

A new version of Gladys Assistant is available: v4.73.0! This release brings several important improvements around energy, Matter, Local Tuya support, and the Airplay integration.

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Gladys Plus Evolves: New Page and a Free Trial Without a Credit Card

· 3 min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

Hey everyone,

After several years of strong growth, Gladys Plus hit a plateau in 2025: growth slowed, then almost stopped. So I took a step back to understand what was holding it back, and invested a lot of time getting Gladys Plus back on track.

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Matterbridge + AI: Make Any Device Work With Gladys, Without Writing Code

· 3 min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

Hey everyone,

I spent a lot of last week tinkering with Matterbridge, and I had a real "aha" moment I wanted to share: we're going to be able to make any device Matter-compatible, and therefore Gladys-compatible, without writing a single line of code.

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Gladys 4.72: Faster AI, Rock-Solid HomeKit & Plenty of Fixes

· 2 min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

Hey everyone!

Gladys Assistant 4.72.0 is available 🎉, with a faster AI, a more stable HomeKit, and a long list of fixes.

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Mistral vs ElevenLabs: Is the Voice AI Revolution French? 🇫🇷

· 2 min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

Hey everyone,

Last week, Mistral released a new Text-to-Speech model (Voxtral) capable of running 100% locally, without sending any data to the cloud. I wanted to test it head-to-head against ElevenLabs, and honestly, the results are really good!

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How to Make Any Washing Machine “Smart” With a Single Zigbee Plug

· One min read
Pierre-Gilles Leymarie
Founder of Gladys Assistant

Hey everyone,

Today I want to share a genuinely useful automation I set up at home, using nothing more than a simple connected Zigbee plug: turning a regular washing machine into a "smart" one.

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