Home Assistant 2026.9 improves Modbus integrations, and a better activity history
Notas do episódio
Home Assistant 2026.9 is here. Maps suffer an unexpected turn of events and easier Modbus integrations arrive. Activity history gets some love. Nabu Casa subscribers can start testing a new and improved speech to text provider via Labs.
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Chapters
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:46 Home Assistant map outage
00:05:57 Community Day, Apollo and iOS
00:10:19 Mailbag: locks, pools and moving
00:18:13 AI assistants versus closed ecosystems
00:23:43 Proxmox upgrade compatibility warning
00:29:04 Home Assistant Cloud and Modbus
00:35:04 Dashboard updates
00:38:12 History, accessibility and Matter maps
00:43:39 New integrations and release wrap-up
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Hosts
Phil Hawthorne
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Rohan Karamandi
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