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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 22/09/2026

🎂 Home Assistant is 13! We’re looking back at the route home and where we go next. Plus: IFA Berlin, Community Day, project updates, and why owning your tech matters more than ever. Read more 👇 newsletter.openhomefoundation.org/thirteen-yea...

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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 14/09/2026

We're closing our merch store‼️ (temporarily) We're moving warehouses, and improving our systems. So the store's going to be unavailable for about two weeks, starting Sept 17. It would be very helpful if we had less stock to move between warehouses 👀 *cough*. store.openhomefoundation.org

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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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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 06/09/2026

Days 1 and 2 IFA Berlin 2026 went by in a flash! 😅 Our cozy smart home (located at H1.2-153) has been packed since we opened it up Friday morning. We'll be here until Tuesday, so make sure to stop by if you're attending the event. Hope to see you soon 🤩 #OpenHomeatIFA26 #HomeAssistant #SmartHome

Florencia Martin, Event Organizer at the Open Home Foundation, stands in front of the TV and TV stand in our booth, with "The meet and greet starts now!" text displaying on the TV. On the TV stand sits a Yale smart lock, a tablet with a sentiment question prompt about our booth, a framed cross stitch that says "fuck VCs and private equity" (hand made by Clelia Rella, Graphic Designer at the foundation), a Home Assistant Voice Preview edition, and a small temperature sensor. On the wall to the right of Florencia are CD cases with open license music artists on floating shelves with NFC tags inside to tap the Music Assistant box below the shelves and play the music - there are VPE devices throughout the booth hooked together that will play the music perfectly in sync.

Andrej Friesen (left, community member staffing our booth) and Justin Bunton (right, Co-Founder of Apollo Automation) explaining the Apollo M-1 LED matrix to a booth visitor (middle).

Franck Nijhof (left, Home Assistant Lead) and Paulus Schoutsen (middle, Founder of Home Assistant and the Open Home Foundation) laugh while talking with a booth visitor off-camera. On the right is the back of a booth visitor with pink hair and hat on.

The front of the paper magazine we have available for booth visitors. On our branded blue in black text reads:
Welcome to the Open Home

Take your home back
Why smart tech turned on us, and how we reclaim control

Principles in practice
How privacy, choice, and sustainability are the key to the Open Home

People power
Why community is at the heart of our home

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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 05/09/2026

Behind the scenes - building our smart home away from home 😍 #OpenHomeAtIFA26 How many foundation employees does it take to change a lightbulb? 🤔

Product Manager Niels Bik (left) and Web Developer Darren Griffin (right) screwing in lightbulbs and attaching light shades on the hanging lights over the table at our booth in front of a TV on the wall.

Darren (right) bent over and pulling hardware out of his suitcase while talking to Sara (who's on the phone with her team), a networking specialist at IFA helping us set up our booth's network, next to a standing table and tall yellow chairs. They're in front of white shelving separating them from the living room section of our booth.

A wide shot of our booth during build up. The venue flooring around our dark blue booth carpet is littered with empty boxes, carts, and ladders. A couple construction workers stand on the left next to a dining room table, and in the center talking around the standing table in front of our giant Open Home Foundation booth sign are (from left to right) Bianca from the booth vendor, Core Software Engineer Robert Resch, Web Developer Darren Griffin, and Event Organizer Florencia Martin.

Robert standing on a chair with Ingo Fischer (Lead Developer Matter) next to himn holding up the frame for the MotionBlinds blinds installed on the wall next to the TV in our booth. Not in frame is Darren on the other side of the wall securing the frame to it.

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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 04/09/2026

We may already be at IFA Berlin, but here's a peek into the trips our booth staff took to Berlin. Stay tuned for some behind the scenes from our booth building 👀 #OpenHomeAtIFA26 #SmartHome

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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 · 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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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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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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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 30/06/2026

Mark your calendars 🗓️ We're exhibiting at IFA Berlin 2026, from Sept 4 to 8! Join us to discover what’s possible when privacy, choice, and sustainability are at the heart of smart home tech. www.openhomefoundation.org/blog/ifa-ber...

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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 25/06/2026

It's time for the June Newsletter! This month were breaking free from the disposable smart home, talking major Matter upgrades and ask for your input on the future of our newsletter. newsletter.openhomefoundation.org/breaking-fre... #Newsletter #HomeAutomation #SmartHome #HomeAssistant #Privacy

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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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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 14/04/2026

Let's hear it for our speakers! 🎤 The team covered how we're building in the open, what's next from our commercial partners, and a new roadmap that you can shape! Thank you for joining us at State of the Open Home 2026. 🎉 #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #HomeAssistant #ESPHome #MusicAssistant

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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 09/04/2026

That's a wrap on State of the Open Home 2026! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who joined us in Utrecht and watching worldwide! We are so excited for the year ahead. Let's build in the open together!

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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 25/03/2026

Join us at TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, for State of the Open Home 2026! 🇳🇱 Tickets include casual dinner, drinks, and a chance to connect with the community at the live event! See you there? sotoh.openhomefoundation.org

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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 18/03/2026

For you lucky people joining us in Utrecht, NL 🇳🇱 for State of the Open Home 2026, we've just released our program! 🗓️ If you don't have your ticket yet, a few are still available. sotoh.openhomefoundation.org #SOTOH26 #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 05/03/2026

Meet the speakers of SOTOH26! 🎙 They'll be taking to the stage on Wednesday, 8 April to celebrate building in the open with our community, share successes and get excited about what's coming next. Join us online or in person. Limited tickets available: sotoh.openhomefoundation.org/ #HomeAssistant

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Open Home Foundation @openhomefoundation.org · 07/01/2026

Big news from today's @home-assistant.io live stream: April 8 is the date of this year’s State of the Open Home — an annual event where we highlight what’s new and what’s coming next for our projects. Mark your calendars – more details coming soon!

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