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That's a wrap on State of the Open Home 2026! πŸŽ‰
Thank you to everyone who joined us in Utrecht and watching worldwide! We are so excited for the year ahead. Let's build in the open together!
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We are Live! 🎀
State of the Open Home 2026 is here! We're talking about what's up next for the Home Assistant (and other projects), how we're building in 2026, and sharing some huge wins from the year gone.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyAL1to3Lm4
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Tomorrow is State of the Open Home 2026! πŸŽ‰
Join us live on YouTube at 19:00 CEST (1:00 PM EDT/10:00 AM PDT) to get excited about what’s next, celebrate our community, and share successes as we continue to build in the open. πŸ‘‡
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyAL1to3Lm4

#HomeAssistant #HomeAutomation #SmartHome
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It's #WomenInTechDay! Today we highlight Marie Van Brittan Brown, who security experts now recognize as pioneered home security.

A nurse wanting to make her home secure, she invented an audio-visual home security system, helping create the security tech industry as we know it.

#SmartHome
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You can test the new UI by adding it via HACs:

github.com/piitaya/ha95
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You asked and we listened! For years, the community has been asking for a new design in Home Assistant. Something modern and timeless, something to match the power of the platform.
We’re pleased to announce that an improved UI trial is now available. πŸ‘‡
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Home Assistant 2026.4! πŸŽ‰

Infrared support turns old remotes into smart controllers πŸ“‘, purpose-specific triggers almost feature complete 🧠, Matter lock management πŸ”, dashboard section backgrounds 🎨, and 14 new integrations!

www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/04/01/release-20264/

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Meet your new Zigbee and Z-Wave dark spot destroyer πŸ”¦. New experimental firmware can turn your Connect ZBT-2 and ZWA-2 into repeaters. Learn how Zigbee and Z-Wave repeaters can help your smart home devices' responsiveness and how to set them up. www.nabucasa.com/news/2026-03-31-connect-repeaters/
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Next week on Wednesday, April 8, we go live on the Open Home Foundation YouTube channel for our annual event!

Join us to celebrate our community, share successes, and get excited about what’s next as we continue to build in the open. πŸ‘‡
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We’re bringing your Home Assistant backups fully up to date. πŸ”

Rolling out with release 2026.4, SecureTar v3 has independently audited, best-in-class encryption.

#SmartHome #HomeAutomation

Read on for more details. πŸ‘‡
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2.8 is live and so are we!🎡

Join us over on the livestream and discuss the new features with some of the team!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXx5Yjn5kVM
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Join us at TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, for State of the Open Home 2026! πŸ‡³πŸ‡±

Tickets include casual dinner, drinks, and a chance to connect with the community at the live event! See you there?

sotoh.openhomefoundation.org
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We’re thrilled to extend a very warm (ahem) Works with Home Assistant welcome to Heatit!

Heatit are about keeping you warm 🌑️. We've certified 5 of their Z-Wave devices, from smart climate and heating controls to smoke detectors!

Check out the blog for more details πŸ‘‡

#SmartHome #HomeAutomation
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Did you know Music Assistant has its own BlueSky?

Follow for tomorrow's Music Assistant 2.8 release!

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Nabu Casa, with the help of Ameridroid is starting our first refurb program πŸŽ‰! We hate smart home e-waste, so let's find new homes for these like-new Home Assistant Greens. Thanks as always, every purchase supports the development of Home Assistant. www.nabucasa.com/news/2026-03-23-refurb-program/
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For the March newsletter, we highlight why while Big Tech bets on AI, we’re investing in humans. 🀝

Read on to learn about how real people are our strength, the new community team, and more πŸ‘‡πŸΌ

#Newsletter #SmartHome #HomeAssistant
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β˜‘ Filling: 1 Raspberry Pi 4 board
β˜‘ Crust: 1 fitted case
β˜‘ 1 USB-C power cable
β˜‘ 1 computer screwdriver
β˜‘ 1 32GB microSD card
β˜‘ 1 PC or laptop with a microSD card reader
β˜‘ 1 Raspberry Pi imager
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Happy #PiDay! Ο€

Last year, we shared a recipe that explained how you can bake Home Assistant onto a Raspberry Pi. This year, @adorablecyb.org shows you! πŸ₯§ Ingredients list in the reply πŸ‘‡πŸΌ

#HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation
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Get your ticket whilst you can!
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Don't see an event near you? It's easy to host one! Check out how to set up your own meetup on our Community website: www.home-assistant.io/community href="/search?t=posts&q=meetups">#meetups
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May 14 - Stockholm, Sweden luma.com/4crfv4nv πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺ
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April 4 - Santiago, Chile luma.com/k16qnhny πŸ‡¨πŸ‡±
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March 27 - Hasselt, Belgium luma.com/bf03nlip πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ
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March 17 - Berlin, Germany luma.com/wo5l8jkf πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ

We're co-hosting this event with FOSS Backstage and Women in Open Source πŸ™ŒπŸ»
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March 17 - Tokyo, Japan luma.com/5bdxrm5l πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅
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March 14 - Shenzhen, China luma.com/gcseadio πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³

Please use the WeChat QR code to register if you're in the area.
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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 πŸ‘‡πŸΌ new ones come up all the time!

#HomeAutomation #SmartHome
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay! πŸ’ 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! πŸ₯°

#HomeAssistant #WomenInTech
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Meet the speakers of SOTOH26! πŸŽ™

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/

#HomeAssistant
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Home Assistant 2026.3 πŸŽ‰

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 πŸ€– and the energy dashboard shows real-time power consumption ⚑️

#SmartHome #HomeAutomation
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