Home Assistant Core 2022.7 is (almost) all about performance
Home Assistant Core 2022.7 focuses on under-the-changes. YAML and JSON are snappier, and Python receives a major update.
You can now back up your complete Zigbee2MQTT configuration
You can now create, and download, a complete backup of your Zigbee2MQTT configuration. This can be done using the frontend or via MQTT.
Mushroom for Home Assistant v2.0.0 is now broadly available
Mushroom v2.0.0 allows you to create an even distincter Home Assistant Dashboard. There are new options for icons, primary, and secondary information.
The Mushroom template card gains a badge icon and colour
The latest release of the Mushroom cards for Home Assistant (v1.10.0) allows you to add a splash of colour and a badge icon to template cards.
HASS.Agent turns your Windows PC into a Home Assistant media player
The most recent release of HASS.Agent turns Windows into a Home Assistant controllable media player.
Zigbee2MQTT gains support for many new Philips Hue lights
The most recent Zigbee2MQTT release adds support for multiple new Philips Hue lights, countless fixes, and numerous improvements.
Home Assistant now manages OAuth2 application credentials
Good news for haters of editors, as this is another step to a YAML-free future, as the configuration.yaml file remains untouched when integrating certain services with Home Assistant.
Home Assistant Core 2022.6 introduces 100 new Material Design Icons
The upcoming release of Home Assistant introduces exactly 100 new Material Design Icons. These include meters, horizontal blinds, a heat pump, and roller shades.
Your Home Assistant database is about to get even leaner
Home Assistant Core 2022.6 reduces your database's size by 25-40% and improves the load times for the logbook and history.
Update your manually configured MQTT entities
As of Home Assistant Core 2022.6, MQTT entities will not be configured directly under the respective platform keys and will instead require the MQTT platform key.