Command Dashboard¶
The Command dashboard is the new phone-first home screen for the house. Open it from the sidebar (Command, web address /command-center). It uses a clean "Midnight Glass" look and is laid out to read well on a phone.
It has five tabs across the top — Overview, Climate, Energy, Security, and Cameras. Each one is described below.
Command keeps Home Assistant's normal header and tabs on screen (it is not a locked-down kiosk like the Desk Kiosk), so you can always navigate away.
Note
The older Home Command Dashboard still exists on its own — Command is a separate, newer dashboard. Nothing was removed.
The Hero (top of every tab)¶
Every tab opens with the same hero banner so the most important things travel with you:
- A time-of-day greeting (Good morning / afternoon / evening).
- The current weather plus today's high/low and a 4-day forecast strip.
- A right-aligned "what matters now" line — a single, color-coded status that always shows the one thing most worth your attention. It follows a priority order:
| Priority | Shows when… |
|---|---|
| 1. Leak | Any leak detector is wet |
| 2. Garage open | A garage door is open (with how long) |
| 3. Food problem | A garage fridge/freezer is out of range |
| 4. Internet down | The internet connection is down |
| 5. Peak pricing | Electricity is in its expensive peak window |
| 6. Plants thirsty | One or more indoor plants need water |
| — | Otherwise it simply reads "All quiet" |
Reading the Status Chips¶
The Overview tab has a row of small status chips. Each chip is color-coded so you can tell at a glance whether something needs your attention:
| Color | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 🟢 Green | All good — nothing to do |
| 🟡 Amber | Worth a look — something is in an unusual state |
| 🔴 Red | Needs action — go handle this |
The chips and what they show:
| Chip | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Garage | Whether the garage doors are open or closed |
| Who's home | Which people are currently in the home area |
| Leaks | "All dry" when every leak sensor is dry, or which room is wet |
| Food | "Food OK" when the garage fridge/freezers are in range |
| Power | Current whole-home power draw and the active electricity rate period — e.g. "3.3 kW · off-peak" |
| Internet | "Internet OK", "Internet slow", or "Internet DOWN" |
| Plants | "Plants OK", or how many indoor plants are thirsty |
Tip
You don't need to open anything to do a morning check — just glance at the chip row. If every chip is green, the house is happy. Any amber or red chip is your cue to tap in and look closer.
Overview Tab¶
The home tab, designed so you can see everything important in one glance:
- Hero — greeting, weather, forecast, and the "what matters now" status (see above).
- Status chip row — the color-coded chips described above (garage, who's home, leaks, food, power + rate period, internet, plants).
- Now Playing bar — a full-width bar showing what's currently playing. Tap it to open the whole-house media hub (see below).
- Thermostat tiles — three glance tiles (Bedroom, Office, Dining) showing each thermostat's current temperature and its target range. Tap one to open a dial you can adjust (see Adjusting a Thermostat).
- Whole-home power graph — a live chart of total household power use.
- Quick actions — one-tap buttons: Good Morning, Good Night, All Off, Movie, and Garage. Good Morning turns on the office TOU price-indicator bulb (more steps can be added to its routine over time).
Climate Tab¶
Everything about temperature and comfort:
- Per-room temperatures (Bedroom and Office) with occupancy badges so you can see which rooms are occupied. Tap a tile to open its adjustable thermostat dial.
- A "why it's running" card that explains the heating/cooling differential — i.e. why the system is currently calling for heat or cool.
- A 24-hour temperature trend chart.
- The garage fridge and freezer food temperatures (fridge, fridge-freezer, deep freezer), so you can confirm the cold storage is healthy.
- AC condenser runtime today — hours run for each floor's condenser.
Note
The Climate tab is about temperature and comfort only — air-quality readings (CO₂/VOC) are not shown here.
Energy Tab¶
A quick read on electricity use and cost:
- Cost hero — today's cost in large type, with the month-to-date bill and the current time-of-use (TOU) period + price per kilowatt-hour beside it. Tap it to open a daily-cost chart for the month.
- Today's kWh by TOU period — a single bar showing how much of today's energy fell in each rate window (blue super-off-peak → green off-peak → red peak).
- A whole-home power graph. Tap it to open the Circuits pop-up, which breaks power down by area: Appliances, Bedrooms & Baths, Lighting & General, and HVAC.
Tip
This tab is the at-a-glance version. For the full breakdown — historical charts, per-circuit detail, and the complete cost story — see the Energy & Power page.
Security Tab¶
A quick safety check for the whole house:
- Ring Alarm control at the top — Arm Home / Arm Away / Disarm, no code required, showing the live state.
- Garage and leak tiles — tap the garage tile to open and close the doors; tap the leak tile to open the full per-detector list.
- Who's home — 🤴🏾 Louis and 👸🏽 Lindsay tiles showing Home/Away.
- Room presence — room-by-room occupancy from the Ecobee sensors (master bedroom, office, and bedrooms 1–4), so you can see where there's activity.
- A Front Door camera glance — tap it to jump to the Cameras tab.
Cameras Tab¶
- A live camera grid — Driveway featured large up top, with Front Door, Personnel Door, Garage, and Backyard in a 2-up grid below. Tap any camera to open it fullscreen.
- A recent-motion list showing the latest activity across all cameras (Driveway, Front Door, Personnel Door, Garage, Backyard) plus the Cat Cam.
- The 🐱 Last Cat Seen snapshot tile.
Note
The grid grows as more cameras come online — Tapo cameras will appear here automatically as they're added.
Now Playing and the Media Hub¶
The Now Playing bar on the Overview tab shows whatever is currently playing in the house. Tap it to open the whole-house media hub, which brings together:
- Sonos multi-room speakers
- Apple TV
- AirPlay targets
From the hub you can pick a room, control playback, and move audio around the house.
Adjusting a Thermostat¶
Tapping a thermostat tile (on the Overview tab) opens the native thermostat dial — and yes, you can adjust it. Drag the dial to set a new temperature.
Note
Changing the dial overrides the Ecobee schedule until its next scheduled change (a temporary "hold"). After that, the thermostat returns to its normal schedule on its own. This is the same kind of hold you'd get from the Ecobee app or wall unit.