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Home Assistant
Browse integrations by what they do, filter for local connections, and share the exact results.
Reviewed by klaasnicolaas, c0ffeeca7, balloob, CoMPaTech, jbouwh, thecode
The integration directory on Home Assistant’s website gains categories and subcategories that follow the things people want to connect, from heating to water heaters. A Local or Cloud filter helps narrow the choice, and search recognizes category names, small spelling mistakes and accented characters.
Home Assistant
A new connectivity view brings connection lists, radio details and a gateway map together.
Reviewed by silamon, frenck, joostlek
People managing LoRaWAN devices gain a dedicated overview in Home Assistant. The long-range wireless network’s devices can be grouped by connection, and a topology map shows the gateways receiving them, making the network easier to inspect in one place.
ESPHome
A new stream works with VLC, go2rtc and Frigate without an ESPHome-specific connection.
Reviewed by bdraco
ESPHome adds a standard video stream for cameras connected to an ESP32. The RTSP server sends Motion JPEG pictures to clients such as VLC, go2rtc and Frigate, giving makers another way to view or record their camera feed.
ESPHome
New branches choose the first matching action, while stopped scripts can run their own cleanup.
Reviewed by bdraco
ESPHome scripts gain a choice action for selecting the first matching branch and an optional fallback when none matches. A new stop trigger also lets a script respond when it is interrupted, including when a restart-mode script starts again; it does not run after normal completion.
Music Assistant
Automatic session renewal reduces repeated cookie replacement, with a small but important setup instruction.
Reviewed by MarvinSchenkel, OzGav
Music Assistant preserves the sign-in updates sent back by YouTube Music instead of continuing to reuse an ageing copy. It also renews the session every ten minutes, reducing the need to paste fresh sign-in cookies when the saved session expires.
OHF Voice
Apps using the C++ speech engine gain Japanese voice support, with a separate dictionary required.
Applications built on Piper’s native C++ library gain the ability to synthesize Japanese voices that previously produced silence. Ihor Shevchuk adds the text-to-pronunciation processing already present in Piper’s Python package, extending it to software that embeds the native engine.
ESPHome
Individual voltage and temperature readings supplement the battery’s overall measurements.
Reviewed by bdraco
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SEN6x sensors gain particle counts, fault indicators and settings for their surroundings.
Reviewed by bdraco
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A rejected settings file stays intact, while diagnostic output hides recognized sign-in secrets.
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Temperature, rain, wind and light readings can join local automations.
Reviewed by bdraco
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The X4 Pro variant with a UC8279 panel supports full and partial screen updates.
Reviewed by clydebarrow
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The installer stops at Home Assistant 2026.11, while a new guide explains which documentation applies.
Reviewed by ludeeus, frenck
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Numeric fill levels support low-fragrance automations, with a change needed for existing text comparisons.
Reviewed by thecode, c0ffeeca7
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A timing correction stops interrupting the audio signal, including crackle on Bluetooth output.
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Correct group messages stop a command for one channel also addressing channel ten.
Reviewed by bdraco
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Makers can retrieve a stored crash report over USB after the device restarts.
Reviewed by bdraco, kbx81
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A local push can fall back to Apple’s delivery service when the app cannot start the activity.
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