For the February newsletter, we highlight why openness fundamentally conflicts with how Big Tech makes money by forcing people into ecosystems that only the company controls. Read on about how being open is our core innovation, learn about our new merch store, and more 👇🏼 #Newsletter #HomeAssistant

We've been talking about it for forever, but now the wait is over: the @openhomefoundation.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 👇🏼 #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #HomeAssistant

Today, the Year of the Horse begins. 🧧 According to Chinese astrology, the Horse is confident and responsible, but dislikes being reined in by others. To those who celebrate: Happy #LunarNewYear! 🐴 #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

There's a community meetup in Utrecht, the NL tomorrow evening - and we just removed the cap for registration! 🥳 If you're in the area and interested in meeting a group of us who work on Home Assistant and other foundation projects, register NOW 👇🏼 #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

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

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! ➡️ play.google.com/store/apps/d...

In 2026's first newsletter, we talk about how open source is the path to digital sovereignty: something you (and indeed nations) can own without relying on renting infrastructure. Read on about how more control = better privacy, plus a recap of this year's CES & more 👇🏼 #SmartHome #OpenSource

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 #HomeAutomation #OpenSource

More details about #SOTOH26 🎉

Want to contribute to Home Assistant but not sure where to start? 🧐 Then check out the "good first issue" label for our Android Companion app! These issues are selected for their relative approachability for first-time contributors! 👀 github.com/home-assista...

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It's important that the Works with Home Assistant program is always transparent. So today, we're announcing the formal removal of HELTUN from the program. Read why we made this decision on our blog 👇🏼 #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

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!

Home Assistant 2026.1 🥂 Home dashboard improvements 🏡, easier navigation to protocol dashboards 🔎, and ESPHome action responses are just a few of the small but important changes this release. 😎

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 #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

It's December 29 which means it's also #StillNeedToDoDay. We don't mean to send you into a panic but, uh... what #SmartHome projects do you still need to complete before we finish 2025? 😬 #HomeAssistant #HomeAutomation

We aren't vocal about the meetups hosted by the @openhomefoundation.org but we're changing that! Our Event Manager, Flor, is hard at work coordinating more frequent meetups. 😌 We have 4 events scheduled through March! 🙌🏻 Las Vegas - Jan 6 | Brussels - Jan 31 | Utrecht - Feb 3 | London - Feb 25 🔗🧵

Happy #NationalUglySweaterDay! What started in the US has become an international event as we embrace the beauty in ugly. 😌 Today we're showing off our ugly sweaters: now show us your best! 🤩 Or maybe share a design you'd like to see in our merch store for Holidays 2026... 👀 #HomeAssistant

As the year winds down with the last newsletter of 2025, there are still some surprises in store! 🎄 We're thrilled to chat with our new commercial partner @apolloautomation.bsky.social about joining us – plus we welcome Z-Wave JS & microWakeWord to the foundation. 🎉 Read more 👇🏻 #SmartHome

Our friends on the Music Assistant team have released their latest hit: Music Assistant 2.7! 💃🏻 They've jazzed up the UI & UX with a chart-topping lineup of new features & providers, and introduce a new streaming protocol they're spinning up! 💿 Catch up on all that's new 👇🏼

Today the US observes #NationalAppDay. 📱 Did you know that our Companion app lets you: 📲 Connect to your car & smart watch? ⌚️ Create widgets? 🐈 Get notified when that cat is in the yard again? Download the app for your device👇🏼 to get connected! #HomeAssistant #HomeAutomation #SmartHome

It's a holiday surprise! 🎄 Join the Music Assistant team on December 17 @ 12:00pm PT / 3:00pm ET / 21:00 CET to celebrate the release of Music Assistant 2.7! Meet new faces & see what we've cooked up since the last blog in March. Hit that 🔔 to get notified when we're live! 👇🏼 #SmartHome

Connect ZBT-2 - the best way to connect Zigbee, Thread, or Matter devices - is now available for purchase in more locations, including the US's biggest online marketplace, 2 new German outlets, & the first in Greece! 👏🏻 Grab yours today and upgrade your smart home ahead of the holidays! 👇🏼

The Works with Home Assistant program has had quite the year – the biggest since we launched it in 2022! 🥳 Miranda looks back on an eventful 12 months & introduces something we're excited to share: a searchable list of certified devices. 👏🏻 Read the full recap 👇🏼 #SmartHome #HomeAssistant

Did you miss the interview @frenck.social did with @github.com during Universe '25? Don't worry, they put it in blog form for you! 👏🏻 "We don't build Home Assistant - the community does." Couldn't have said it better. 😌 #HomeAutomation #SmartHome #HomeAssistant

Home Assistant 2025.12 🎄 www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/12... Labs with Winter mode ❄️, purpose-specific triggers and conditions for automations 🧠, system-wide default dashboards 📱, real-time power monitoring ⚡ and much more to close out 2025! #HomeAssistant

Our WWHA partners at @apolloautomation.bsky.social released their 2025 Holiday Ornament, the H-2. All proceeds go to non-profits & this year they're donating a portion to the @openhomefoundation.org! ❄️ Just in time for the holidays ➡️ apolloautomation.com/products/apo... #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

While at @github.com Universe, @frenck.social joined Andrea for a live interview about Home Assistant, why it's the most welcoming project on GitHub, and how the Open Home Foundation works to prevent vendor lock-in and reduce e-waste. 🎧👇🏼 #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

📣 INTRODUCING HOME ASSISTANT CONNECT ZBT-2 🥳 Designed by our friends at Nabu Casa, the successor to ZBT-1 is the best way to easily connect your Zigbee or Thread devices to Home Assistant. 💪🏻 Find where to get yours today ➡️ www.home-assistant.io/connect/zbt-... #HomeAssistant #SmartHome

‼️ REMINDER ‼️ Join us in 48 hours as we announce the latest hardware in the Connect series. Click the Youtube link 👇🏼 and tap Notify me to make sure you don't miss a thing! #HomeAssistant #HomeAutomation #SmartHome

Version 2025.11.1 of our Android Companion app is available now! 🥳 The latest update fixes many critical bugs that were stuck in the review process, plus: ⚠️ This is the last release supporting Android 5.0 & 5.1 ⚠️ ⚙️ Gestures are now configurable Download or update today 👇🏼

‼️ SAVE THE DATE - NOVEMBER 19 ‼️ We're excited to share the next piece of hardware in the Connect series. 👏🏻 Join us in ONE WEEK @ 12:00PM PT / 3:00PM ET / 21:00 CET to see how we made the best better. Hit that 🔔 so you don't miss out! ➡️ youtube.com/live/HSRvso6...

📢 NOVEMBER 19 - SAVE THE DATE ‼️ We're thrilled to announce the next device in the Home Assistant Connect line! Join us on YouTube, November 19 @ 12:00PM Pacific / 3:00PM Eastern / 21:00 CET - the best is about to get better. 😎 youtube.com/live/HSRvso6...

Home Assistant 2025.11 is here! 🎉 🎯 Brand new target picker with full context 🤖 New way to add triggers, conditions, and actions 🏷️ Flexible entity naming in dashboard cards 🥧 Energy pie charts! Plus tons of new integrations and improvements! www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/11...

We're thrilled to announce the latest partner to join the Works With Home Assistant program, ELTAKO! No, not 🌮 ELTAKO is a European company with an innovative spirit, and the first to certify Matter relays in the program. 🤩 Find out more about these little blue devices 👇🏼 #HomeAssistant

😯 We did it again - we made the @github.com Octoverse report as a top open source project on GitHub! 🥳 We can't understate it: it's because of the community that we accomplished this. Thousands of you contributed to this achievement - here's to you! #OpenSource🍻

It's #InternationalArtistDay and we'd like to take today to highlight the one who creates all our beautiful designs - meet Clelia! 🥰 She's Team NO 🍍🍕 & loves 📚. Her creative mind is behind the art you see on our blogs, social, and the Open Home newsletter! 😍

🗣️ It's time for another update on what's new in Voice! Today we're sharing Chapter 11 of the long-running series about our Open Voice journey. Read up on the key developments in voice 👇🏼 and catch the team next week during the Voice Chapter 11 live stream ➡️ youtube.com/live/sIkguv0...

California, we're hosting meetups in your state - yes, plural! 🙌🏻 Join some of us next Monday, Oct 27, in both San Francisco & San Diego. A rare double party! 🥳 SF details: luma.com/29h4hx3b SD details: luma.com/j533g5a9 Register asap - space is limited! 👀

⚠️ WE'RE ENDING PRODUCTION OF THE HOME ASSISTANT YELLOW ⚠️ Rest assured, it will continue to be supported 😌 but if you've considered buying one get it before stock runs out! Learn why this decision was made, what support looks like moving forward, & a peek into the future 👇🏼

When we launched the Connect ZWA-2, one point of feedback was clear: people want flexibility in where they could place it. Message received. 😎 Introducing Portable Z-Wave, an experimental firmware that lets you use Z-Wave over the built-in Wi-Fi or add on PoE! 🚀 Learn how it works 👇🏼 #SmartHome

‼️ In 24 hours, our friends @ ESPHome will be hosting their semi-annual live stream! Join them 👇🏼 tomorrow, Oct 14th at 1:00PM Pacific / 4:00PM Eastern / 22:00 CEST, to catch up on the latest innovations in ESPHome. Hit that 🔔 to get notified when they're live! 😎

Excellent showcase of how integrating AI into your smart home automations looks like. Learn from the master @jlpouffier.fr 🚀

We asked if @jlpouffier.fr could make a quick tutorial about AI Tasks like his recent video on the state of conversational AI, and he created a master class-length one by mistake. Oops! 😅 Follow along 👇🏼 as he walks you through data and image generation with AI Tasks. 😎💥 #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

We're thrilled to open our doors for the latest partner to join Works With Home Assistant, Konnected! 🎉 Their ESPHome-based garage door openers & alarm panel are well known in the community. See how they help people retrofit their hard-to-connect devices into Home Assistant 👇🏼 #SmartHome

If you missed last week's live interview @paulusschoutsen.nl did with FLOSS Weekly, we got you covered! Catch up with Episode 848: Open The Podbay Doors, Siri. 👇🏼 #FOSS #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

Home Assistant 2025.10 🎃 Undo/redo + resizable sidebar in automations 🤖, predicting home dashboard, AI image generation 🪄, dual wake words, new code editor toolbar 🛠️ …and a bunch more goodies! 👉 Read full release: home-assistant.io/blog/2025/10/01/release-202510/ #HomeAssistant

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