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You don’t own it if they can break it This newsletter covers the recent cloud disasters from three companies, and why local control is the only safe path forward for your smart home.

Worried your cloud-controlled smart devices could be ruined by the manufacturer? You should be.

Our latest newsletter covers the recent cloud disasters from three companies, and why local control is the only safe path forward for your smart home 👇🏼

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PRODUCT LAUNCH 🌊 Z-Wave is not dead Home Assistant

📢 AUGUST 13TH - SAVE THE DATE ‼️

We have a BIG announcement to share with you all! Join us on YouTube, August 13th @ 12:00PM Pacific / 3:00PM Eastern / 21:00 CEST, to see why Z-Wave isn't dead. 😌

#ProductLaunch #HomeAssistant #SmartHome

✨What's new in Home Assistant? ✨
2025.7 release was filled with so many good things we're bringing you 3 feature highlight videos this month! 🎉

Here's the final video: Chapter 3 - Sub-entities & credential sharing!

Read more 👉🏻 www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/07...

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Shelly joins Works with Home Assistant With a great selection of switches and relays built for Z-Wave.

July has been jam packed with new additions to the WWHA program - for this month's final addition, Shelly is joining! 🥳

They certified Z-Wave devices like their retrofit smart switches & relays, turning dumb devices into smart ones. 🙌🏻

Check out the blog for more details 👇🏼

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Companion app for Android: It’s been a while The app will now have a dedicated developer. We recap the two years of development and the future of the app.

It's been over two years since we published a dedicated update on the development of the Android Companion app! 😨 With every release the app keeps getting better - today we're sharing an update on recent improvements and what's coming next! 👏🏻

Catch up on the incredible work 👇🏼

Tell us your Home Assistant story! For the 12th Anniversary of Home Assistant, we'd love to highlight community stories about how Home Assistant helps you and learn about any inspirational projects out there in the wild. 🥰 If selected, your story will be published in this year's anniversary blog post - submitting your story gives us implicit permission to share it publicly. Due to time constraints, we won't be able to notify community members if their submission is selected - let it be a surprise. 😉 This Form will close on August 11th so we can review the submissions. We sincerely appreciate the time you take to submit your story to us. 🙏🏻

In September, we're celebrating our 12th Birthday! This year, we're doing something new - we want to share YOUR stories. 👏🏻

Does Home Assistant help you in unexpected ways? Do you know of or have projects that inspire others? Fill out this Form and tell us about it! 👇🏼

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New Home Assistant Podcast!

🔐 I sat down with Jürgen Pansy, co-founder of Nuki, to explore their smart lock tech and how they’re integrating with @home-assistant.io via the Works with HA program. Great insights!

Catch the episode: https://youtu.be/nPZoSeY3H40

✨What's new in Home Assistant? ✨
2025.7 release was filled with so many good things we're bringing you 3 feature highlight videos this month! 🎉

Here's Chapter 2 - Area card and dashboard improvements!

Catch all the latest 👉🏻 www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/07...

#HomeAutomation #SmartHome

✨ What's new in Home Assistant? ✨
2025.7 was filled with so many good things we're bringing you 3 feature highlight videos this month! 🎉

Here's Chapter 1 - Assist asks the questions!

Find the blueprint & what else is new this release on our blog 👉🏻 www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/07...

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Zooz joins Works with Home Assistant With a big selection of Z-Wave devices, which support Long-Range in select regions, opening up a lot of new options for your smart home.

We have another addition to our Works with Home Assistant program to share - Zooz! 🎉

They bring an awesome selection of device types and certified the first Z-Wave devices in the program this year. 👏🏻 Learn more about what devices they certified in the latest blog 👇🏼

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In 2025.7, we made improvements to the Areas dashboard. 👏🏻

The dashboards the community has shared helped shape this design 🤩 and we would love to see how it works for you. Even if you already have the perfect dashboard, try it out!

Share your thoughts here ➡️ forms.clickup.com/2533032/f/2d...

‎Home Assistant ‎The Home Assistant Companion app allows you to access your Home Assistant instance on the go. Home Assistant is the smart home solution focused on privacy, choice, and sustainability. It runs locally in your home via a device like the Home Assistant Green or Raspberry Pi. This app connects to all t…

📢 iOS Companion App version 2025.6 is now available! 🎉 This release includes:

🔹 The option to open the "more-info" dialog from Control Center
🔹 Ability to reorder servers in app settings
🔹 A fixed missing unit of measurement in CarPlay sensor states

...and more! Update or download today 👇🏼

Home Assistant - Apps on Google Play The official app for Home Assistant. Control your home anywhere in the world.

📢 Android Companion App version 2025.6.6 is now available! 🎉 This release includes:

🔹 Invitation flow - send a link from app to your server
🔹 Faster loading from redirect links
🔹 Using the app as a launcher

...along with bug fixing! Download the latest version today 👇🏼

Nuki joins Works with Home Assistant Three new lock types are joining, all certified by our team to provide the best experience possible with Home Assistant

We're kicking off July with another addition to the WWHA program - Nuki! 🎉

They bring three different smart lock types to the program certified for use with our Matter integration. Read on for more about Nuki's origin story and the devices certified 👇🏼

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Home Assistant 2025.7 is out! 😎

www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/07...

Let Assist take the conversation initiative using the “Ask Question” action. Enjoy the new Area card, full-screen code editors, and a fresh look for the integration page. And, of course… there are even more goodies!

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Screenshot of my weather station in Home Assistant thats shows a graph of a strong increase of temperature.

This morning at 07:00, I was shocked to see it was already 27°C outside. Turns out, my neighbors placed an AC outdoor unit right next to my weather station. 😅

Looks like I accidentally have a @home-assistant.io sensor now that detects when my neighbor turns on their AC.

The latest Open Home Newsletter is out! 👏🏻

Thanks, friend! 😊👏🏻

- Missy

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SwitchBot joins Works with Home Assistant The first air purifiers and cleaning robots join the program, with options for Matter and Bluetooth connectivity.

📣 We're thrilled to announce that SwitchBot is our latest addition to the WWHA program! 👏🏻

They are bringing the first certified cleaning robots and air purifiers to the program, along with a long list of Bluetooth and Matter connective devices! Read on for more 👇🏼

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‼️ We have several new open positions at the Open Home Foundation!

If you're located in Europe and any of these sound like a good fit for you, let us know. 😌 ⬇️

Looking for a customizable display for your @home-assistant.io dashboard? Check out Un loco y su tecnología 's video — he walks through how to customize a low-power XIAO 7.5'' ePaper Panel with ESPHome — beginner-friendly and fully DIY.

Link in the comment!

Dans les coulisses de Home Assistant - L'EstamiTech Avec la participation de Paul Bottein.Dans cet épisode, Paul nous parle de son travail à l’Open Home Foundation. Qu’est ce que ça fait de travailler d...

L'épisode sur @home-assistant.io est en ligne! Nous avons discuté du projet et son organisation, du fait de bosser sur de l'Open Source, de #domotique et du Home Approval Factor.
A écouter en audio sur toutes vos plateformes de podcast, et en vidéo sur Youtube estamitech.fr/episode/9bdb...

Next iteration of our Voice Assistant is here - Voice chapter 10 This new tool brings fast, local speech processing to low-end hardware, along with some useful new voice and AI features

🗣️ Our next iteration of our Open Voice journey is here - Voice Chapter 10! 👏🏻

This update helps more people use voice, with new languages, more hardware, all while being easier to contribute. Learn more from our blog 👇🏼

#SmartHome #HomeAutomation

Community Day 2025 Wrap-up We highlight the best moments, what we learned, and how we will keep supporting meetups worldwide.

A month ago, we held a world wide Community Day - a first for us! This was a great success 👏🏻 but we also learned a ton that we plan on implementing next year. 😌

Check out what's next for meetups, read our humble appreciation, and see some fun stats in the wrap up blog 👇🏼

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🤩 I'm so glad y'all were able to do the make up event!! 💜

- Missy

YouTube video by Mark Watt Tech Add TTLock Smart Locks to Home Assistant (QUICK GUIDE)

Oh and here's one I forgot to share the other day :

youtu.be/lvl-oacgPgQ

This one shows you how to setup the TTLock integration to allow you to control TTLock Smart Locks in @home-assistant.io

My video on the lock shown in the video (also recorded months ago) will be available soon.

You’d think I have enough e-ink gadgets by now, but nope! Trying some more. Ordered a @usetrmnl.com in wood frame finish… looking forward to seeing how nicely it’ll play with @home-assistant.io!

A vertical social graphic created for general meetups for the community, identical to the calendar's banner on Luma. In the top 2/3rds of the image is a person made with shapes that look like leaves and a circle in black, surrounding by white leaf shapes around it on our on brand blue color palette - some of the shapes look like other people. At the bottom in large black text reads "Home Assistant Community Meetup".

A 1:1 (square) social graphic created for general meetups for the community, identical to the calendar's banner on Luma. In the top right portion of the image is a person made with shapes that look like leaves and a circle in black, surrounding by white leaf shapes around it on our on brand blue color palette - some of the shapes look like other people. At the bottom in large black text reads "Home Assistant Community Meetup".

"But Missy, how do we add an event with the beautiful images created for Community Day?"

So happy you asked! We've made the base assets publicly available for everyone to use - just download them here ➡️ drive.google.com/drive/folder...

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

The Community Day Luma calendar worked so well that we've created a calendar for y'all to add *any* meetup you're planning! 🎉

Search on Luma for 'home assistant', navigate straight to lu.ma/homeassistant 👇🏼, or find the link on our homepage to set up a meetup in your area. 👏🏻