
You no longer need ESPHome to integrate Airthings with Home Assistant
The Airthings Wave, Wave Plus, and Wave Mini can now be integrated with Home Assistant using Bluetooth Low Energy.
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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The Airthings Wave, Wave Plus, and Wave Mini can now be integrated with Home Assistant using Bluetooth Low Energy.
Home Assistant now integrates with Bluetooth enabled toothbrushes from the American brand Oral-B.
An update to Home Assistant finally adds support for the cheaper Xiaomi Smart Purifier 4 Lite.
Using Bluetooth Monitoring and Discovery you will be able to integrate sensors from Xiaomi, Govee, Inkbird, Moat, and SensorPush with Home Assistant.
The map in Home Assistant Core 2022.8 makes use of colours and contrast that work not just with a light theme, but also in dark mode.
A new Music Assistant adds a much-needed feature in global search, and a new music provider in YouTube Music.
Home Assistant Core 2022.7 focuses on under-the-changes. YAML and JSON are snappier, and Python receives a major update.
You can now create, and download, a complete backup of your Zigbee2MQTT configuration. This can be done using the frontend or via MQTT.
Mushroom v2.0.0 allows you to create an even distincter Home Assistant Dashboard. There are new options for icons, primary, and secondary information.