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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/
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/
It's #AutisticPeoplesMonth! Today we want to celebrate just a few of the autistic people at the @openhomefoundation@fosstodon.org. 😌
Check out the autistic glimmers ✨ and current hyper focuses 👀 from Missy (she/they - AuDHD), Eriol (they/them - ASD), & Claúdia (she/they - AuDHD). 👇🏼
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/
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/
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/
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.
Time to say farewell 2025 and hello 2026. 😌 It's because of you, the community, that we were able to make 2025 our best year yet. 👏🏻
From all of us, to you and yours: here's to all the blessings we hope 2026 will bring. 🥂 #HappyNewYear
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.
Read on for more details. 👇
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/03/26/modernizing-encryption-of-home-assistant-backups/
Did you know @musicassistant@fosstodon.org has its own account?
Follow for tomorrow's Music Assistant 2.8 release!
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/
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! 👇
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
Rome 🇮🇹 Oslo 🇳🇴 Stockholm 🇸🇪 Galway 🇮🇪 Hasselt 🇧🇪 Newcastle 🇬🇧
There are lots of community meetups coming up – and you're invited!
Find your nearest meetup👇
We've been talking about it for forever, but now the wait is over: the @openhomefoundation@fosstodon.org 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/
After an amazing 2025 for the Works with Home Assistant Program, it’s now time to say “Hei” to the first partner joining us this year: Heiman 👋 .
They bring an impressive catalog of safety-focused sensors to the program - including the first Matter carbon monoxide alarms 🚨.
Check out the blog for more details 👇
#SmartHome #HomeAutomation
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/02/24/heiman-joins-works-with-home-assistant/
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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyAL1to3Lm4
Home Assistant Meetup in Rome 🇮🇹 on May 27, hosted by Nabu Casa!
Come say hi to Paulus and the Nabu Casa team, hang out with the community, and talk all things smart home! 🍻
Sign up 👇
https://luma.com/mpkiz2d0
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. 👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyAL1to3Lm4
#HomeAssistant #HomeAutomation #SmartHome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyAL1to3Lm4
After an amazing 2025 for the Works with Home Assistant Program, it’s now time to say “Hei” to the first partner joining us this year: Heiman 👋 .
They bring an impressive catalog of safety-focused sensors to the program - including the first Matter carbon monoxide alarms 🚨.
Check out the blog for more details 👇
#SmartHome #HomeAutomation
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/02/24/heiman-joins-works-with-home-assistant/
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
🎉 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱.𝟰 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲!
🤩 New experimental Areas dashboard
🕰️ Time for a new card!
🎙️ Voice assistants can now start conversations with 𝗬𝗢𝗨 🤯
⚡️ Energy management gets smarter with device hierarchies
🛠️ Lots of new template functions for power users
Check out what’s new 👉 https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/04/02/release-20254/
#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #OpenSource
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/04/02/release-20254/
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.
We're incredibly excited to have Reolink join the Works With Home Assistant program! 🥳
Often user-recommended, Reolink's partnership brings the first cameras & doorbells to be certified in the program. 📸
Read 👇🏼 for more & the devices certified 📋
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/04/17/reolink-joins-works-with-home-assistant/
RE: @openhomefoundation@fosstodon.org
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. 👇
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
👀 Have you hit that Notify Me bell on next week's live stream yet? 🔔 👇🏼
#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation
https://www.youtube.com/live/ZgoaoTpIhm8
