Home Assistant

@LEDVANCE joins Works with Home Assistant, bringing a century of lighting heritage and 116 certified Matter devices to our community 🎉

Learn more 👇

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/10/13/ledvance-joins-works-with-home-assistant/

@LEDVANCE joins Works with Home Assistant, bringing a century of lighting heritage and 116 certified Matter devices to our community 🎉

Home Assistant 2026.10! 🎉

A whole new vector map with redesigned markers 📍, trigger IDs finally get a proper UI 🧠, Home Assistant Cloud is becoming Home Assistant Link 🔗, a tidier profile page 👤, a panel for your Modbus connections 🔌, connect your AI in one click 🤖, and 15 new integrations!

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/10/07/release-202610/

#HomeAssistant

Big Tech ruined the cloud. So we’re renaming ours. ☁️ Home Assistant Cloud is now Home Assistant Link: an optional service from Nabu Casa for remote access, voice assistants, off-site backups & more, without cloud dependency. Meet Link 👇

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/10/02/big-tech-ruined-the-cloud-so-were-renaming-ours/

Submit your SCaLE talk proposal 👇 If accepted, you’ll receive: 🎟️ SCaLE Pass 🚃 Travel & accommodation reimbursement 👕 Open Home Foundation merch Questions? [email protected]

https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/24x/cfp

13 years of Home Assistant and more than 20,000 contributors have helped build the journey so far 🎂

This month’s Open Home Foundation newsletter looks back at the route home, plus Home Assistant 2026.9, IFA Berlin, Community Day and more.

Read it 👇

https://newsletter.openhomefoundation.org/thirteen-years-of-home-assistant-leading-the-way-back-home/

September is meetup season 🍂

Rotterdam 🇳🇱, Berlin 🇩🇪, Köln 🇩🇪, Lisbon 🇵🇹

Find yours and say hi 👇

https://luma.com/homeassistant

1 HOUR! 🎉

We're launching the ESPHome Starter Kit at 21:00 CEST on the ESPHome Youtube Channel. It's us, commercial partners Apollo Automation, special guests and YOU!

See you there for all the details! 🎉

Tomorrow's the day. ESPHome Starter Kit launches at 21:00 CEST.

Home Assistant 2026.8! 🎉

New OS installs no longer need :8123 in the address to access the UI, making it that little bit more approachable for new users 🏡, you can now set the Entity ID format for new entities ⚙️, we lay the groundwork for flexible device handling in future updates 🪏, more triggers and conditions 🌙, and 15 new integrations!

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/08/05/release-20268/

#HomeAssistant

🏠 IFA is almost here, and we're bringing a whole smart home with us!

Come find Team Open Home Foundation in the Smart Home Hall, Booth 153. We'll be in our smart home away from home, and you're welcome to join us. See you there! 👋

https://www.openhomefoundation.org/blog/ifa-berlin-2026-save-the-date/

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:share:7490444709505441792

🚨 New T-shirt Alert! 🚨 Fresh in store are our new Dark Mode t-shirts! Rep your favorite project with a minimal design.

Available in our EU store now! 👇

https://store.openhomefoundation.org/shop/p/t-shirt-home-assistant-black

Find out how and why we’re implementing analytics on our websites: via open source software with no personal data collection or tracking.

Read more 👇

https://www.openhomefoundation.org/blog/making-our-web-analytics-open-source-with-plausible/

We've been dying to show you this. Aug 12. Live.

Works with Home Assistant just welcomed our newest partner to the program: FireAvert! 🎉

Specialists in fire safety, FireAvert are on a mission to keep you and your home out of harm's way. They bring the very first gas and electric appliance shutoff devices to the program, and with them, a whole lot of peace of mind.

Read more 👇

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/07/28/fireavert-joins-works-with-home-assistant/

Upcoming Home Assistant meetups:

29 July - Sydney 🇦🇺, 06 Sept - Berlin 🇩🇪

Join (or organize) your nearest meetup 👇

https://luma.com/homeassistant

Excited to share the preview edition of our community-powered smart home device database. We need your input to make this tool as accessible and useful as possible!

Today we're excited to announce Matter Server 9.1.0 which includes support for Matter 1.6.0! 🎉

You'll also find Automatic Time Sync for supported devices ⏱️ enhanced Thread network diagnostics 🪡 and so much more. Update the Matter Server integration to take advantage of everything new 👏🏻

#HomeAssistant #HomeAutomation #SmartHome #Matter

Upcoming Home Assistant meetups:

Köln 🇩🇪, Newcastle 🇬🇧, Kyiv 🇺🇦, Sydney 🇦🇺, Berlin 🇩🇪

Join your nearest meetup 👇

https://luma.com/homeassistant

The Works with Home Assistant program powers up this month as we welcome our new partner, IoTorero! 🎉

Experts in pre-flashed smart home hardware, IoTorero bring the very first ESPHome-ready smart plugs and relays to the program (and that’s not all).

Read on 👇

#HomeAssistant #HomeAutomation #SmartHome

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/07/09/iotorero-joins-works-with-home-assistant/

To build a stronger Companion app for everyone, we're discontinuing support for iOS 15, watchOS 8, and macOS 11.

Read on for all the details 🔽

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/07/07/companion-app-changing-support-for-apple-platforms/

Home Assistant 2026.7! 🎉

Purpose-specific triggers and conditions graduate from Labs to become the new default, so your automations say what you want 🧠, each one with its own documentation 📚, Activity logbook is reborn as a timeline 📖, one-tap Update all 🔄, Raspberry Pi firmware updates from the UI 🍓, and 10 new integrations!

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/07/01/release-20267/

#HomeAssistant

Join us at IFA Berlin this September to meet some of the team working on Home Assistant 🙌

Pordenone 🇮🇹, Budapest 🇭🇺, Köln 🇩🇪, Newcastle 🇬🇧, Kyiv 🇺🇦, Sydney 🇦🇺

Join your nearest Home Assistant meetup 👇

https://luma.com/homeassistant

Proxy all the things!

What do the latest "proxy" features mean in Home Assistant? What can you do now that you couldn't do before? What even is a proxy?

Read more in the latest Open Home Foundation blog 👇

https://www.openhomefoundation.org/blog/proxy-all-the-things-no-device-left-behind/

Music Assistant 2.9 Release Party is live! 🎶 Join and discover everything new this release!

https://youtube.com/live/dQ5XXuqg8lY

Some great features in the Music Assistant 2.9 release! Join the release party live stream tomorrow. 🎶

New Reolink cameras join the Works with Home Assistant program! 📷

The Elite Floodlight WiFi and the Trackmix WiFi add to the growing list of Reolink cameras we've certified, taking the total to 10!

https://works-with.home-assistant.io/certified-products/?brand=reolink

Home Assistant 2026.6! 🎉

A friendlier card picker that starts from your home instead of card types 💡, infrared devices that now also listen 📡, live condition tests and target counts in the automation editor ✨, Z-Wave smart lock credential management 🔐, a fresh look for the Apps page, and 16 new integrations!

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/06/03/release-20266/

#HomeAssistant

We’re sensing a change in the air this month as we welcome Sensereo to the

Works with Home Assistant program 🎉. Specialists in environmental sensing, Sensereo bring Matter smoke and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms into the Home Assistant ecosystem – meaning more ways to keep your home open, safe, and sound.

Blog linked below 👇

We're thrilled to welcome zunzunbee to the Works with Home Assistant program!

They really stood out from the crowd at CES 2026 with their simple snap-on Slate Switch that's fully local and super simple to install.💡

We're delighted to have them on board!

Read on for more 👇

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/05/19/zunzunbee-joins-works-with-home-assistant/

We're in Oslo on May 28! 🇳🇴

Come say hello to our founder Paulus Schoutsen, hang out with the local community, and talk all things smart home at our meetup!​ 🍻 Whether you're a long-time contributor or just curious about what we do, we'd love to see you there.

https://luma.com/w9ltmrvx

Home Assistant 2026.5! 🎉

Radio frequency joins the smart home as a first-class citizen 📡, a new Maintenance dashboard keeps an eye on your batteries 🔋, ESPHome proxies serial ports over the network 🔌, smarter automation triggers that understand "for a while" 🧠, autocomplete in the editors ✨, and 12 new integrations!

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/05/06/release-20265/

#HomeAssistant

Rome 🇮🇹 Oslo 🇳🇴 Stockholm 🇸🇪 Galway 🇮🇪 Hasselt 🇧🇪 Newcastle 🇬🇧

There are lots of community meetups coming up – and you're invited!

Find your nearest meetup👇

https://luma.com/homeassistant

It's #AutisticPeoplesMonth! Today we want to celebrate just a few of the autistic people at the

. 😌

Check out the autistic glimmers ✨ and current hyper focuses 👀 from Missy (she/they - AuDHD), Eriol (they/them - ASD), & Claúdia (she/they - AuDHD). 👇🏼

#HomeAssistant #AutismAwarenessMonth

We’re thrilled to welcome ubisys to Works with Home Assistant! 🎉

Dedicated to smart home automation for more than 20 years, ubisys offers the first Works with Home Assistant-certified Zigbee devices designed to fit behind your existing wall fixtures!

Read on for more 👇

#HomeAutomation #SmartHome

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/04/23/ubisys-joins-works-with-home-assistant/

Happy #EarthDay! 🌎🌍🌏

Community members around the world use Home Assistant to manage energy consumption in their homes – some use our built-in energy dashboard while others build their own custom dashboard.

How do you use Home Assistant to be more sustainable? Share your projects in the comments 👇🏼

#SmartHome #HomeAutomation #HomeAssistant

Merch now available in Australia and New Zealand! 🇦🇺🇳🇿

We didn't forget you, promise! Quality merch is now making its way to community members far, wide, and upside down 🙃. Get your hands on some swag today! 👇

https://na-store.openhomefoundation.org/

We are Live! 🎤 State of the Open Home 2026 is here! We're talking about what's up next for the Home Assistant (and other projects), how we're building in 2026, and sharing some huge wins from the year gone.

Tomorrow is State of the Open Home 2026! 🎉 Join us live on YouTube at 19:00 CEST (1:00 PM EDT/10:00 AM PDT) to get excited about what’s next, celebrate our community, and share successes as we continue to build in the open. 👇

#HomeAssistant #HomeAutomation #SmartHome

It's #WomenInTechDay! Today we highlight Marie Van Brittan Brown, who security experts now recognize as pioneered home security.

A nurse wanting to make her home secure, she invented an audio-visual home security system, helping create the security tech industry as we know it.

#SmartHome #HomeAutomation #HomeAssistant

You asked and we listened! For years, the community has been asking for a new design in Home Assistant. Something modern and timeless, something to match the power of the platform. We’re pleased to announce that an improved UI trial is now available. 👇

Home Assistant 2026.4! 🎉

Infrared support turns old remotes into smart controllers 📡, purpose-specific triggers almost feature complete 🧠, Matter lock management 🔐, dashboard section backgrounds 🎨, and 14 new integrations!

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/04/01/release-20264/

#HomeAssistant

Next week on Wednesday, April 8, we go live on the Open Home Foundation YouTube channel for our annual event!

Join us to celebrate our community, share successes, and get excited about what’s next as we continue to build in the open. 👇

We’re bringing your Home Assistant backups fully up to date. 🔐

Rolling out with release 2026.4, SecureTar v3 has independently audited, best-in-class encryption.

#SmartHome #HomeAutomation

Read on for more details. 👇

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/03/26/modernizing-encryption-of-home-assistant-backups/

We’re thrilled to extend a very warm (ahem) Works with Home Assistant welcome to Heatit!

Heatit are about keeping you – and your home – warm 🌡️. We've certified 5 of their Z-Wave devices, from smart climate and heating controls to smoke detectors! #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

Check out the blog for more details 👇

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/03/24/heatit-joins-works-with-home-assistant/

Did you know

has its own account? Follow for tomorrow's Music Assistant 2.8 release!

https://fosstodon.org/@musicassistant

Happy #PiDay! π

Last year, we shared a recipe that explained how you can bake Home Assistant onto a Raspberry Pi. This year, Missy shows you! 🥧

Ingredients list: ☑ Filling: 1 Raspberry Pi 4 board ☑ Crust: 1 fitted case ☑ 1 USB-C power cable ☑ 1 computer screwdriver ☑ 1 32GB microSD card ☑ 1 PC or laptop with a microSD card reader ☑ 1 Raspberry Pi imager

#HomeAssistant #HomeAutomation #SmartHome

Happy March, everyone! Here's your quarterly update on Home Assistant meetups. 🤩 See the locations for the current March, April, & May meetups in the replies. 😌

You can find all of the community meetups on our Luma page 👇🏼 new ones come up all the time!

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #Meetups

https://luma.com/homeassistant

Happy #InternationalWomensDay! 💐 About 1/4 of employees at the

identify as a woman - today we highlight just a few of those who work both behind the scenes and front & center on the foundation's projects.

Meet Annika, Ilenia, Laura, and Nadine! 🥰

#HomeAssistant #WomenInTech

Home Assistant 2026.3 🎉

This month we focused on getting the amazing contributions from our community merged. 🤩 Send your vacuum to specific areas 🧹 wake word detection is now available on Android 🤖 and the energy dashboard shows real-time power consumption ⚡️

#SmartHome #HomeAssistant #HomeAutomation #Release

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/03/04/release-20263/

We've been talking about it for forever, but now the wait is over: the

merch store is here! 🥳

It's a great way to support our mission and show what you stand for with high-quality swag. 👕 Read on to learn what else is in store 👇🏼

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/02/19/open-home-foundation-merch-store-announcement/

There's a community meetup in Utrecht, the NL tomorrow evening - and we just opened up registration! 🥳

If you're in the area and interested in meeting a bunch of us who work on Home Assistant and other foundation projects, register NOW 👇🏼

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

https://luma.com/wgktnnxp

Imagine knowing how a device will actually perform in your home before you buy it 💡 We're building a database to make that happen!

Read our blog to find out how you can contribute 👇🏼

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/02/02/about-device-database/

Version 2026.1.6 of the Android Companion app is out! 👏🏻 There are several changes this release, but most notably:

🔹 A new onboarding experience 🔹 Assist enhancements with streaming TTS 🔹 A new entity picker

....and so much more. Update or download today! ➡️ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.homeassistant.companion.android

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #Android

Will you be at #FOSDEM or in Brussels next week and want to meet some of the team? 👀

We have a few more spots open to register for the event at Little Delirium on Jan 31! If you haven't registered yet, do so before space runs out 👇🏼

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #OpenSource

https://luma.com/ptshwcqn

Want to contribute to Home Assistant but not sure where to start? 🧐

Then check out the "good first issue" label for our Android Companion app! These issues are selected for their relative approachability for first-time contributors! 👀

https://github.com/home-assistant/android/contribute

It's important that the Works with Home Assistant program is always transparent. So today, we're announcing the formal removal of HELTUN from the program.

Read why we made this decision on our blog 👇🏼

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/01/13/partner-update-heltun/

Home Assistant 2026.1 🥂

Home dashboard improvements 🏡, easier navigation to protocol dashboards 🔎, and ESPHome action responses are just a few of the small but important changes this release. 😎

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #Release #HomeAutomation

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/01/07/release-20261

We aren't vocal about the meetups hosted by the

but we're changing that! Our new Event Manager, Flor, is hard at work coordinating more frequent meetups. 😌 We have 4 events scheduled through March! 🙌🏻

Las Vegas - Jan 6 | Brussels - Jan 31 | Utrecht - Feb 3 | London - Feb 25

Save your spot today, and subscribe to the Luma calendar to be notified when new events are created 👇🏼

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

https://luma.com/homeassistant

Happy #NationalUglySweaterDay! What started in the US has become an international event as we embrace the beauty in ugly. 😌

Today we're showing off our ugly sweaters: now show us your best! 🤩 Or maybe share a design you'd like to see in our merch store for Holidays 2026... 👀

#HomeAssistant

Our friends on the Music Assistant team have released their latest hit: Music Assistant 2.7! 💃🏻

They've jazzed up the UI & UX with a chart-topping lineup of new features & providers, and introduce a new streaming protocol they're spinning up! 💿 Catch up on all that's new 👇🏼

#HomeAssistant #MusicAssistant #ReleaseNotes

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/12/17/music-assistant-2-7/

Today the US observes #NationalAppDay. 📱 Did you know that our Companion app lets you:

📲 Connect to your car & smart watch? ⌚️ Create widgets? 🐈 Get notified when that cat is in the yard again?

Download the app for your device👇🏼 to get connected!

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

https://companion.home-assistant.io

It's a holiday surprise! 🎄 Join the Music Assistant team on December 17 @ 12:00pm PT / 3:00pm ET / 21:00 CET to celebrate the release of Music Assistant 2.7!

Meet new faces & see what we've cooked up since the last blog in March. Hit that 🔔 to get notified when we're live! 👇🏼

#SmartHome #Audiophile #HomeAssistant

Connect ZBT-2 - the best way to connect Zigbee, Thread, or Matter devices - is now available for purchase in more locations, including the US's biggest online marketplace, 2 new German outlets, & the first in Greece! 👏🏻

Grab yours today and upgrade your smart home ahead of the holidays! 👇🏼

#SmartHome #HomeAssistant #HomeAutomation

https://www.home-assistant.io/connect/zbt-2/

The Works with Home Assistant program has had quite the year – the biggest since we launched it in 2022! 🥳

Miranda looks back on an eventful 12 months & introduces something we're excited to share: a searchable list of certified devices. 👏🏻 Read the full recap 👇🏼

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/12/09/wwha-2025-recap/

Did you miss the interview

did with

during Universe '25? Don't worry, they put it in blog form for you! 👏🏻

"We don't build Home Assistant - the community does." Couldn't have said it better. 😌

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/the-local-first-rebellion-how-home-assistant-became-the-most-important-project-in-your-house/

Home Assistant 2025.12 🎄

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/12/03/release-202512/

Labs with Winter mode ❄️, purpose-specific triggers and conditions for automations 🧠, system-wide default dashboards 📱, real-time power monitoring ⚡ and much more to close out 2025!

#HomeAssistant

Our WWHA partners at Apollo Automation released their 2025 Holiday Ornament, the H-2. All proceeds go to non-profits & this year they're donating a portion to the

! ❄️ Just in time for the holidays ➡️ https://apolloautomation.com/products/apollo-h-2-annual-holiday-ornament

#HomeAssistant #ESPHome #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

While at

Universe,

joined Andrea for a live interview about Home Assistant, why it's the most welcoming project on GitHub, and how the Open Home Foundation works to prevent vendor lock-in and reduce e-waste. 🎧👇🏼

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

https://the-github-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/live-from-github-universe-privacy-first-smart-homes-with-frenck-from-home-assistant-ISOwoR33

📣 INTRODUCING HOME ASSISTANT CONNECT ZBT-2 🥳

Designed by our friends at Nabu Casa, the successor to ZBT-1 is the best way to easily connect your Zigbee or Thread devices to Home Assistant. 💪🏻

Find where to get yours today ➡️ https://www.home-assistant.io/connect/zbt-2#buy

#HomeAutomation #SmartHome #HomeAssistant

https://fosstodon.org/@homeassistant/115538504081159708

Version 2025.11.1 of our Android Companion app is available now! 🥳 The latest update fixes many critical bugs that were stuck in the review process, plus:

⚠️ This is the last release supporting Android 5.0 & 5.1 ⚠️ ⚙️ Gestures are now configurable

Download or update today 👇🏼

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.homeassistant.companion.android

‼️ SAVE THE DATE - NOVEMBER 19 ‼️

We're excited to share the next piece of hardware in the Connect series. 👏🏻 Join us in ONE WEEK @ 12:00PM PT / 3:00PM ET / 21:00 CET to see how we made the best better. Hit that 🔔 so you don't miss out! ➡️ https://youtube.com/live/HSRvso6cbf0

📢 NOVEMBER 19 - SAVE THE DATE ‼️

We're thrilled to announce the next device in the Home Assistant Connect line! Join us on YouTube, November 19 @ 12:00PM Pacific / 3:00PM Eastern / 21:00 CET - the best is about to get better. 😎 https://youtube.com/live/HSRvso6cbf0

https://youtube.com/live/HSRvso6cbf0

Home Assistant 2025.11 is here! 🎉

🎯 Brand new target picker with full context 🤖 New way to add triggers, conditions, and actions 🏷️ Flexible entity naming in dashboard cards 🥧 Energy pie charts!

Plus tons of new integrations and improvements!

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/11/05/release-202511/

#HomeAssistant #OpenSource #SmartHome

We're thrilled to announce the latest partner to join the Works With Home Assistant program, ELTAKO!

No, not 🌮 ELTAKO is a European company with an innovative spirit, and the first to certify Matter relays in the program. 🤩 Find out more about these little blue devices 👇🏼

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/10/29/eltako-joins-wwha/

😯 We did it again - we made the

Octoverse report as a top open source project on GitHub! 🥳

We can't understate it: it's because of the community that we accomplished this. Thousands of you contributed to this achievement - here's to you! #OpenSource🍻

It's #InternationalArtistDay and we'd like to take today to highlight the one who creates all our beautiful designs - meet Clelia! 🥰

She's Team NO 🍍🍕 & loves 📚. Her creative mind is behind the art you see on our blogs, social, and the Open Home newsletter! 😍

California, we're hosting meetups in your state - yes, plural! 🙌🏻 Join some of us next Monday, Oct 27, in both San Francisco & San Diego. A rare double party! 🥳

SF details: https://luma.com/29h4hx3b SD details: https://luma.com/j533g5a9

Register asap - space is limited! 👀

⚠️ WE'RE ENDING PRODUCTION OF THE HOME ASSISTANT YELLOW ⚠️

Rest assured, it will continue to be supported 😌 but if you've considered buying one get it before stock runs out! Learn why this decision was made, what support looks like moving forward, & a peek into the future 👇🏼

#SmartHome #HomeAssistant #HomeAutomation

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/10/15/yellow-end-of-life/

‼️ In 24 hours, our friends @

will be hosting their semi-annual live stream!

Join them 👇🏼 tomorrow, Oct 14th at 1:00PM Pacific / 4:00PM Eastern / 22:00 CEST, to catch up on the latest innovations in ESPHome. Hit that 🔔 to get notified when they're live! 😎

When we launched the Connect ZWA-2, one point of feedback was clear: people want flexibility in where they could place it. Message received. 😎

Introducing Portable Z-Wave, an experimental firmware that lets you use Z-Wave over the built-in Wi-Fi or add on PoE! 🚀 Learn how it works 👇🏼 https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/10/13/portable-z-wave-with-wifi-and-poe/

#ZWave #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #OpenSource

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/10/13/portable-z-wave-with-wifi-and-poe/

We asked if

could make a quick tutorial about AI Tasks like his recent video on the state of conversational AI, and he created a master class-length one by mistake. Oops! 😅

Follow along 👇🏼 as he walks you through data and image generation with AI Tasks. 😎💥

#SmartHome #HomeAutomation #LLMs

We're thrilled to open our doors for the latest partner to join Works With Home Assistant, Konnected! 🎉 Their ESPHome-based garage door openers & alarm panel are well known in the community.

See how they help people retrofit their hard-to-connect devices into Home Assistant 👇🏼

#SmartHome #HomeAutomation

https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/10/07/konnected-joins-works-with-home-assistant/

If you missed last week's live interview

did with

, we got you covered! Catch up with Episode 848: Open The Podbay Doors, Siri. 👇🏼

#FOSS #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

https://hackaday.com/2025/09/24/floss-weekly-episode-848-open-the-podbay-doors-siri/

Home Assistant 2025.10 🎃

Undo/redo + resizable sidebar in the automation editor 🤖 • Smarter dashboards with predictions 🤔 • AI image generation 🪄 • Dual wake words for voice assistants 🎙️ • Code editor toolbar 🛠️ …and a bunch more goodies!

👉 Read full release: home-assistant.io/blog/2025/10/01/release-202510/

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #OpenSource

We want to support every language possible! You can see how to contribute to our Voice initiative here: https://www.home-assistant.io/voice_control/contribute-voice

#OpenSource #HomeAssistant #OpenVoice

"Wheelie?"

"Quack'n Up!"

"A Germane Introduction"

It's #InternationalTranslationDay! 🗣️ The Brainrot Experts @ the foundation are pleased to present "Bossed In Translation", empowered by the speech talents of Piper. 😎

Content lore: this video was inspired by Mike the Voice's previous video work introducing Mycroft AI's Mimic 3. You can check out his previous work in the 🧵 below. 😁