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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 22/09/2026

13 years of Home Assistant and more than 20,000 contributors 🎂 This month’s Open Home Foundation newsletter covers Home Assistant 2026.9, IFA Berlin, Community Day and more. Read it 👇 newsletter.openhomefoundation.org/thirteen-yea...

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 17/09/2026

Home assistant 13 years old! 🎂 Happy birthday to us! Home Assistant is officially a teenager. 13 years old today 🥳🏠 Here’s to the teenage years! 🎉

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 16/09/2026

We're bringing the Home Assistant team to Lisbon on Wednesday, Sept 23, along with the rest of the Open Home Foundation 🎉 Come and tell us what you've built, and what you're still fighting with. Free, 7pm, Impact Hub Lisbon. We've got a few spaces left 👇

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Meet the Open Home Foundation team - Lisbon · Luma

Lisboa, bora lá! 🇵🇹 Open Home Foundation is heading your way, and we can't wait to finally meet you in person. Come grab a drink with us and swap ideas with…

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 16/09/2026

We're bringing the Home Assistant team to Lisbon on Wednesday, Sept 23, along with the rest of the Open Home Foundation 🎉 Come and show us what you've built, and steal ideas from everyone else. Free, 7pm, Impact Hub Lisbon. Just 20 spaces left 👇

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Meet the Open Home Foundation team - Lisbon · Luma

Lisboa, bora lá! 🇵🇹 Open Home Foundation is heading your way, and we can't wait to finally meet you in person. Come grab a drink with us and swap ideas with…

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 14/09/2026

Last chance to buy some Merch this month. It's a great way to support the foundation!

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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 10/09/2026

Countdown to Community Day 2026 starts now! 🥳 We have lots prepared for hosts & guests this year, so read our blog to learn about our playbook for community meetups, how to submit a request to receive official Open Home Foundation merchandise, & more 👇🏼 www.openhomefoundation.org/blog/countdo...

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 02/09/2026

Home Assistant 2026.9! 🎉 Matter gets its own network map 🗺️, Activity details 🔍, Modbus integrations with ease 🔌, active alerts and favorites for the Security dashboard 🚨, charts with sound 🎵, and 13 new integrations! www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/09...

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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 27/08/2026

It's time for the August Newsletter 🎉 This month we sow the seeds, you grow the (open) home 🌱. We're talking about HAIR, the ESPHome Starter Kit and publishing our Home Assistant Survey dataset! Read on 👇 newsletter.openhomefoundation.org/we-sow-the-s... #HomeAssistant #Newsletter #SmartHome

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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 26/08/2026

Who actually lives in a smart home? We asked and today the answers are yours! 🎉 The anonymized results of our first Home Assistant community survey are now free for everyone: a rich dataset published openly for anyone to check, build on, and benefit from. Read on 👇

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Anonymous and open to all: The Home Assistant survey dataset – Open Home Foundation

We surveyed 8,616 Home Assistant users about their smart homes – see the anonymized results, what we learned, and how you can explore the data yourself.

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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 20/08/2026

Presence detected 🏡 Want to talk shop with a specific team member at IFA Berlin? Here's when we're home. Stop by, say hi, and geek out about your favorite topics. 👋

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Music Assistant @music-assistant.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Doors open in 7 days! 🎫 Get ready to load up Music Assistant 2.10! Join us for the release party next week 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0W_...

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Music Assistant 2.10 Release Party

Join the team and guests as we update you on the latest and greatest hits releasing in Music Assistant!

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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 14/08/2026

Shh 🤫 If you're at IFA this year, don't forget to come by our booth and grab some stickers.

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ESPHome @esphome.io · 12/08/2026

📢 INTRODUCING THE ESPHOME STARTER KIT! 🎉 Designed and built by our commercial partner Apollo Automation, the ESPHome Starter Kit gives you the tools, skills and confidence to stop just using smart home tech, and start creating it. Build, Learn, Automate. esphome.io/starter-kit

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 12/08/2026

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! 🎉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK2H...

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In this stream, we'll be launching our first official ESPHome hardware product - The ESPHome Starter Kit. Join the team and special guests as they dive deep ...

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 11/08/2026

It's happening tomorrow. ESPHome Starter Kit, 21:00 CEST.

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ESPHome @esphome.io · 05/08/2026

🚀 T-minus one week to lift-off! The ESPHome Starter Kit launches next Wednesday, Aug 12 at 21:00 CEST. Join us as we celebrate with our commercial partner Apollo Automation, plus special guests Reed (Smart Home Solver), Simon (Simon Says Home Assistant), and Gavin (Hometech.fm). See you there! 🎉

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In this stream, we'll be launching our first official ESPHome hardware product - The ESPHome Starter Kit. Join the team and special guests as they dive deep ...

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 05/08/2026

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 ⚙️, and more! www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/08... #HomeAssistant

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 04/08/2026

🏠 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! 👋 www.openhomefoundation.org/blog/ifa-ber...

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ESPHome @esphome.io · 04/08/2026

Say hello to the ESPHome Device Builder desktop app, available now for macOS, Windows, and Linux. It's a super easy way to deploy and manage your devices in a single download. You can read more about it in our blog 👇 esphome.io/blog/2026/08... #SmartHome #HomeAssistant #HomeAutomation

A simple illustrated graphic of circuit board traces. The image is blue and white themed, with black text over the top that reads: "Simplify your ESPHome setup with the new desktop app"

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 31/07/2026

🚨 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! 👇 store.openhomefoundation.org/shop/p/t-shi...

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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 31/07/2026

Google restricted key Android features to its own apps. When the European Commission asked us what we thought about about it, we had plenty to say. And they listened. Alphabet must now open up 11 Android features to third-party assistants. Read more 👇

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A big win for Android interoperability – Open Home Foundation

Google gatekept key Android features, and the European Commission asked what we thought about it. Now Alphabet must open 11 Android features to all.

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 30/07/2026

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 👇

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

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 29/07/2026

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

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Nabu Casa @nabucasa.com · 28/07/2026

In case you missed it: Home Assistant now supports the latest version of Matter (1.6). If you're looking to run the newest devices all fully locally, a great place to start is a Home Assistant Green paired with a Connect ZBT-2. www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/06...

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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 28/07/2026

You're invited to our "Cozy Sanctuary" at IFA Berlin! These shows can be exhausting. So stop by for a coffee and chat! You'll be able to rest, recharge, and get hands-on with products and merch 👕 in your smart home away from home 🏠 Read More 👇

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IFA Berlin 2026: Save the date – Open Home Foundation

Mark your calendars! From September 4 to 8, 2026, the Open Home Foundation will be exhibiting at IFA Berlin – and you’re invited.

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 28/07/2026

Works with Home Assistant welcomes our newest partner: 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. www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/07...

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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 23/07/2026

Take a trip with us to one of the world's largest botanical gardens, where they're using Home Assistant to make tech more approachable 🌱, the new ESPHome Device builder, and preview our device database! newsletter.openhomefoundation.org/the-walled-g... #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #Newsletter

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 23/07/2026

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!

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 16/07/2026

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 👏🏻 #SmartHome

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 13/07/2026

Upcoming Home Assistant meetups: Köln 🇩🇪, Newcastle 🇬🇧, Kyiv 🇺🇦, Sydney 🇦🇺, Berlin 🇩🇪 Join your nearest meetup 👇

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View and follow events from Home Assistant Meetups on Luma. Have a meetup you're organizing for Home Assistant? Drop it here! 👏🏻

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 09/07/2026

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 👇 #HomeAutomation #SmartHome

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IoTorero joins Works with Home Assistant

The first pre-flashed ESPHome smart plugs and relays to join Works with Home Assistant are here. Meet: IoTorero!

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 07/07/2026

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 🔽 www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/07...

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 01/07/2026

Home Assistant 2026.7! 🎉 Purpose-specific triggers and conditions graduate from Labs to become the new default, so your automations say what you want 🧠, Activity logbook is reborn as a timeline 📖, one-tap Update all 🔄, and 10 new integrations! www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/07...

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 30/06/2026

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

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 29/06/2026

Pordenone 🇮🇹, Budapest 🇭🇺, Köln 🇩🇪, Newcastle 🇬🇧, Kyiv 🇺🇦, Sydney 🇦🇺 Join your nearest Home Assistant meetup 👇 luma.com/homeassistant

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View and follow events from Home Assistant Meetups on Luma. Have a meetup you're organizing for Home Assistant? Drop it here! 👏🏻

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 18/06/2026

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 👇

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Discover how Open Home Foundation projects can help you give your beloved old devices a new lease of life for a more sustainable smart home.

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Z-Wave Alliance @z-wavealliance.org · 16/06/2026

Learn why Home Assistant has chosen to partner with the #ZWave Alliance since day 1. It's local control and user choice combined with Z-Wave’s proven security and reliability advances an ecosystem that reduces cloud dependency while ensuring #interoperability: z-wavealliance.org/why-home-ass...

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Home Assistant and Z-Wave: Building an Open, Private Smart Home

Learn how Home Assistant and the Z-Wave Alliance work together to promote local control, privacy, interoperability, and certified smart home devices through the Works with Home Assistant program.

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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 11/06/2026

As part of our commitment to building in the open, we’re proud to publish the foundation’s very first Annual Report for 2025 🎉 From structural changes to big projects, it gives a detailed look into who we are and how we operate, along with our wins of 2025 and what’s next! Link below 🔗🧵

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 05/06/2026

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! works-with.home-assistant.io/certified-pr...

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 03/06/2026

Home Assistant 2026.6! 🎉 A friendlier card picker 💡, infrared devices that now also listen 📡, live condition tests and target counts in the automation editor ✨, Z-Wave smart lock credential management 🔐, and 16 new integrations! www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/06... #HomeAssistant

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Music Assistant @music-assistant.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Join us next Wednesday Jun 10, for the Music Assistant 2.9 Release Party! We're talking about new audio analysis features, shortcuts, smart playlists, and huge Sendspin updates. 🎵 You ain't seen nothin' yet...🎵

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Music Assistant 2.9 Release Party

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 28/05/2026

We’re sensing a change in the air 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. 🔗🧵

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 19/05/2026

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.💡 Read on for more 👇 www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/05...

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 14/05/2026

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 👇 luma.com/mpkiz2d0

An image for the Home Assistant community meetup. The image shoes an illustrated image of a person, surrounded my geometric white shapes. The background is a light blue at the top gradated to a white bottom.

In the image is the text "Wednesday, May 27, Rome", "Community Meetup" and "An event organized by Nabu Casa"

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Home Assistant @home-assistant.io · 07/05/2026

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. luma.com/w9ltmrvx

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Overlaid on top in large black writing is the title "Community Meetup", "Thursday, May 28, Oslo", "An Event organized by the Open Home Foundation"

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