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May 14 - Stockholm, Sweden luma.com/4crfv4nv 🇸🇪
April 4 - Santiago, Chile luma.com/k16qnhny 🇨🇱
March 27 - Hasselt, Belgium luma.com/bf03nlip 🇧🇪
March 17 - Berlin, Germany luma.com/wo5l8jkf 🇩🇪
We're co-hosting this event with FOSS Backstage and Women in Open Source 🙌🏻
March 17 - Tokyo, Japan luma.com/5bdxrm5l 🇯🇵
March 14 - Shenzhen, China luma.com/gcseadio 🇨🇳
Please use the WeChat QR code to register if you're in the area.
Happy March, everyone! Here's your quarterly update on Home Assistant meetups. 🤩 See the locations for the current March, April, & May meetups in the replies. 😌
You can find all of the community meetups on our Luma page 👇🏼 new ones come up all the time!
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A "meet the team" card for our User Experience Researcher, Annika. Aligned center-right on a white background is a line drawing of Annika on a wiggly circle of blue; Annika has long hair, she's wearing glasses, and smiling. To the left of Annika is a blue circle with hands holding binoculars which have hearts in the eyes and surrounded by sparkles, with text above "Powered by curiosity"; below that is a blue bean-shape with a pizza and a smiling pineapple surrounded by hearts, with the texts below "team pineapple on pizza" and "yes absolutely". Aligned to the bottom on the left reads "Meet the team" in dark text, "Annika" in blue text, and "User Experience Researcher" in dark text; on the right is another blue bean-shape with chat bubbles connecting and a heart in the overlap. Aligned to the top left is the Open Home Foundation name and logo; aligned to the top right is the Home Assistant name and logo.
A "meet the team" card for our Cultural & People Manager, Ilenia. Aligned center-right on a white background is a line drawing of Ilenia on a wiggly circle of blue; Ilenia has long hair and she has a large smile. To the left of Ilenia is a blue bean-shape with a pizza and a smiling pineapple surrounded by hearts, with the texts below "team pineapple on pizza" and "yes absolutely"; below that is a blue circle with one blob human being patted on the head by another blob human and a heart above them, with the text below "soul reader". Aligned to the bottom on the left reads "Meet the team" in dark text, "Ilenia" in blue text, and "Cultural & People Manager" in dark text; on the right is another blue bean-shape with two hands reaching as if about to hold. Aligned to the top left is the Open Home Foundation name and logo; aligned to the top right is the Home Assistant name and logo.
A "meet the team" card for one of our Product Managers, Laura. Aligned center-right on a white background is a line drawing of Laura on a wiggly circle of blue; Laura has medium-length hair and she's smiling. To the left of Laura is a blue circle with a pizza and a hand pinching fingers together under it, with the text to the right "team no pineapple on pizza"; below that is a blue circle with a drawing of an excited cat and a chat bubble with a heart in it, with the text to the right "leading with heart". Aligned to the bottom on the left reads "Meet the team" in dark text, "Laura" in blue text, and "Product Manager" in dark text; on the right is another blue bean-shape with two hands pinching their own pointer and thumb together to make a heart-shape, a heart is drawn above each hand. Aligned to the top left is the Open Home Foundation name and logo; aligned to the top right is the Home Assistant name and logo.
A "meet the team" card for one of our Finance team members, Nadine. Aligned center-right on a white background is a line drawing of Nadine on a wiggly circle of blue; Nadine has long hair and she has a large smile. To the left of Nadine is a blue circle is two hands doing a high five surrounded by sparkles, with the text to below "reliably real"; below that is a blue bean-shape with a pizza and a smiling pineapple surrounded by hearts, with the texts below "team pineapple on pizza" and "yes absolutely". Aligned to the bottom on the left reads "Meet the team" in dark text, "Nadine" in blue text, and "Finance" in dark text; on the right is another blue bean-shape with ring notebook calendar and a checked checkbox. Aligned to the top left is the Open Home Foundation name and logo; aligned to the top right is the Home Assistant name and logo.
Happy #InternationalWomensDay! 💐 About 1/4 of employees at the @openhomefoundation.org identify as a woman - today we highlight just a few of those who work both behind the scenes and front & center on the foundation's projects.
Meet Annika, Ilenia, Laura, and Nadine! 🥰
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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/
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Home Assistant 2026.3 🎉
This month we focused on getting the amazing contributions from our community merged. 🤩 Send your vacuum to specific areas 🧹 wake word detection is now available on Android 🤖 and the energy dashboard shows real-time power consumption ⚡️
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Tickets on sale NOW! 🎟️
Your chance to join our live audience has arrived! Be part of the inspiring conversations, lively debate, and creative energy that flows when Open Home advocates get together!
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After an amazing 2025 for the Works with Home Assistant Program, it’s time to say “Hei” to the first partner joining us this year: Heiman 👋 .
They bring an impressive catalog of safety-focused sensors to the program - including the first Matter carbon monoxide alarms 🚨.
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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 👇🏼
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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 👇🏼
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A social graphic for the Lunar New Year of the horse, created by our graphic designer Clelia Rella. In the center of a red background is a horse made out of geometric shapes in different shades of red ranging from a bright red to a deep red color; intertwined in the center of the horse is the text "2026" in white. Aligned to the bottom center is white text reading "Happy Lunar New Year". Aligned to the top center is the Home Assistant logo and name in white.
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! 🐴
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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 👇🏼
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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 👇🏼
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A screenshot of the new welcome page when you first install Home Assistant in light mode. At the top is the Home Assistant logo in the Home Assistant blue, with text below reading: Home Assistant Companion app Access your Home Assistant server on the go. Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts. /end text At the bottom of the screen is a blue pill button that has white text that reads "Connect to my Home Assistant server". Below the button is a blue link with the text "Learn more".
A screenshot of the new entity picker on Android using light mode. The picker is an overlay from the bottom of the screen, and you can swipe it down to get rid of it. Under the Search bar at the top of the overlay is a list of entities (with their area below) reading: Living Room Light Living room > Smart Bulb Pro Bedroom Light Bedroom > Smart Bulb Basic Kitchen Light Kitchen Temperature Sensor Living Room Humidity Sensor Bathroom
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 👇🏼
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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 👇🏼
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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 👇🏼
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The save the date announcement graphic, created by our graphic artist Clelia Rella. Centered on a dark blue background are geometric shapes: a blue asterisk on the left, green gradient ovals made to look like a plant with leaves in the middle, and four purple into blue gradient circles stacked in a square. Text centered above the shapes reads: Wednesday April 8, 2026 State of the Open Home In-person & Online Text centered below the shapes reads: Save the date <logo> Open Home Foundation
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. 😎
A simple graphic of a stamp on a red background, created by our graphic artist Clelia Rella. The stamp has a beige border with a black background. Aligned to the bottom left of the stamp is the year 2026 stacked on itself in white text; from the bottom right branches out green sprigs of evergreen in the style of our antenna lines, it weaves through the numbers. Aligned to the top left in white is the Home Assistant logo and name. The red background has darker red shaded snowflakes with a few wavy lines aligned near the bottom left as if a postal carrier stamped an envelope the Home Assistant stamp is on. Under the stamp in white text reads: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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
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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? 😬
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