Home Assistant Core 2023.4 brings new dialogues for alarms, covers, and fans
Mar 30, 2023
The alarm control panels, covers, and fans are all receiving an elegant upgrade in the Home Assistant Dashboard.
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Home Assistant is constantly changing and evolving. One day, you might be editing your automations and scripts using YAML, the next you might be using a fancy and user-friendly interface. The same goes for ESPHome and many other self-hosted home automation software commonly used. The following articles will let you stay on top of everything that is new to your favourite applications.
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Home Assistant integrates with TP-Link Omada
Mar 1, 2023
TP-Link Omada's Home Assistant integration potentially makes it a competitor to Ubiquiti UniFi. Although still in an early state, the future looks promising.
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New Z-Stack firmware boosts performance for large Zigbee networks
Feb 2, 2023
A new firmware for CC2652/CC1352 Zigbee adapters improves the performance of large mesh networks.
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Improved Reolink Integration with Home Assistant Core 2023.2
Jan 26, 2023
Home Assistant Core 2023.2 introduces new features to the Reolink integration that will make it infinitely more usable.
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Home Assistant adds support for a $4 mmWave sensor
Jan 26, 2023
In an upcoming update, Home Assistant will support Hi-Link LD2410B, which at ~US$4 is one of the most affordable mmWave presence sensors available.
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Assist is Home Assistant's first step in becoming more conversational
Jan 26, 2023
With Home Assistant Core 2023.2, we are getting a taste of what is to come in Home Assistant's year of the voice.
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Mushroom lives and receives new features
Jan 19, 2023
Mushroom Cards v2.5.1 for Home Assistant adds a new Select Card, while the Title Card gains support for title and subtitle actions.
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Zigbee2MQTT allows you to temporarily disable devices
Jan 5, 2023
Zigbee2MQTT 1.29.0 allows you to disable devices, shrinks the Docker image, and enables OTA updates for a whole host of new devices.
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Home Assistant adds proper integration with Google Assistant
Dec 29, 2022
Home Assistant's integration with the Google Assistant SDK lets you broadcast messages without interrupting music playback and send commands.
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New firmware for C2652/CC1352 Zigbee routers adds an important feature
Dec 7, 2022
A new firmware for Zigbee routers used by Zigbee2MQTT might improve your link quality immeasurably.
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