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ESPHome
An ESP board can replace the original Wi-Fi module, giving compatible units direct climate controls and extra settings.
Reviewed by bdraco
ESPHome adds direct serial control for Airton air conditioners that use a connection to their original Wi-Fi module. An ESP board replaces that module and talks to the air conditioner, providing a wired alternative to ESPHome’s existing Airton infrared control.
Music Assistant
Seven collections bring editorial picks, new releases and popular albums into one browsing page.
Reviewed by OzGav
Music Assistant adds Qobuz’s album selections to its Discover page. Seven rows cover new releases, best sellers, most-streamed albums, press awards, editor’s picks, Qobuzissime and Ideal Discography.
ESPHome
The Hi-Link sensor reports up to three targets, including their position in space.
Reviewed by bdraco
ESPHome adds support for the Hi-Link LD6004 radar, exposing presence and the three-dimensional positions of up to three detected targets. Makers can use overall presence, individual target presence and detection-area presence in their automations.
ESPHome
Schedules crossing the end of a week or day keep to their intended range, including overnight hours.
Reviewed by bdraco
ESPHome corrects schedules whose ranges wrap around the end of a day or week. A Saturday-to-Sunday range previously matched every day, while an hour range from 22 to 2 matched all 24 hours. They now select the intended weekend or late-night hours.
ESPHome
Compatible nRF52 devices gain an upload path over IP, including Thread networks.
Reviewed by bdraco
ESPHome adds network firmware updates for nRF52 devices using its Zephyr update service. A configured device can receive firmware by IP address or hostname, including over Thread, through the normal command-line upload process.
Home Assistant
An embedded browser race could hide the whole panel from assistive technology while it looked normal.
Reviewed by MindFreeze
Home Assistant corrects an Android dashboard failure that could leave screen readers with no panel to navigate even though the page looked normal. The problem affects the older frontend build used in Android’s embedded browser.
Home Assistant
The car’s parking position becomes a tracker when the vehicle supplies coordinates.
Reviewed by DavidMagyarics, silamon
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A direct action lets heating automations submit writable settings that the service describes incorrectly.
Reviewed by epenet, gjohansson-ST, NoRi2909, silamon
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Screen readers receive the search text and result count after a short pause in typing.
Reviewed by MindFreeze
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New diagnostics and dependable checkpoints make long voice-training runs easier to assess.
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Overkiz tracks commands started in apps such as TaHoma, keeping movement and cancellation in sync.
Reviewed by zweckj
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Home Assistant can interpret the device’s values and send changes back in the expected format.
Reviewed by bdraco
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Volume commands follow the chosen local or remote player rather than only the computer’s output.
Reviewed by pierosavi
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An incorrectly chosen external configuration folder is no longer cleared indiscriminately.
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A space in the app’s Python installation path no longer stops compatible device builds.
Reviewed by swoboda1337
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