Category: Home Assistant

Several Matter smoke detectors are now officially available for Home Assistant through Sensereo. The manufacturer has been accepted into the "Works with Home Assistant" program. The Sensereo MS-1 smoke detector and the Sensereo MSC-1, which also detects carbon monoxide, have been certified. Both devices can be integrated locally into Home Assistant via Matter-over-Thread. This allows for the integration of additional smart smoke detectors into Home Assistant […]

Home Assistant 2026.6 is available starting today, and the developers have implemented numerous improvements. The focus is on simplified dashboard creation, more powerful automations, and significantly expanded infrared support. Home Assistant dashboards are now easier to create. One of the biggest changes concerns the dashboard editor. Previously, when adding new cards, users first had to decide […]

With the new M5Paper Color ESP32S3 Dev Kit, M5Stack has introduced a new development board particularly suitable for DIY displays in the smart home. The device combines a color E-Ink display with an ESP32-S3 controller, integrated battery, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connectivity. The 4-inch Spectra 6 color display has a resolution of 600 × 400 pixels. As with classic E-Paper displays […]

Samsung SmartThings and Home Assistant will now officially work together. The new integration not only improves the stability of the connection between the two platforms, but also makes it easier to use a wide variety of smart home devices within a single system. Previously, connecting SmartThings to Home Assistant was possible, but it relied on a community integration using Personal Access Tokens (PATs). […]