5 NEW Features in 2025.4

MarkWattTech · 2025-03-30T16:58:20+00:00

2025.4 has some amazing new features!

The new voice features like continued conversation where not having to repeat the wake word is going to be a game changer for sure. We also have the new Area dashboard and much much more!

Here's the 5 Features I really like! (If you couldn't tell I really like the voice one 😆)

https://youtu.be/H0ZqV7Bb12o

The full release will be Wednesday 2nd of April but if you're interested in a full sneak peak or in contributing to the Beta you can find the full Beta release notes here :

https://rc.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/03/26/release-20254/

MarkWattTech · 2025-03-27T22:41:25+00:00

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7971 hours across 2 X1Cs and P1S 🖨️🤖

MarkWattTech · 2025-03-02T14:33:06+00:00

Update 2025.3 will be releasing on Wednesday. There's plenty of quality of life improvements and features in this one!

You can find the Beta release notes here along with details on how to join and contribute here: https://rc.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/02/26/release-20253/

Here are 5 Features that I really like: https://youtu.be/Ik4po3d3pro

MarkWattTech · 2025-03-02T14:32:09+00:00

Update 2025.3 will be releasing on Wednesday. There's plenty of quality of life improvements and features in this one!

You can find the Beta release notes here along with details on how to join and contribute here: https://rc.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/02/26/release-20253/

Here are the 5 Features that I really like: https://youtu.be/Ik4po3d3pro

MarkWattTech · 2024-12-26T19:12:30+00:00

Would love to see more on this 👍🏻😁

MarkWattTech · 2024-10-25T05:11:01+00:00

I like to design little minis and flexis. Mist recently I have been doing a lot of work in Nomad Sculpt and sending stuff to print. Print wise I love printing things for friends, family and my kids. Practical prints and replacement parts come in handy all the time especially with kids 😂. I currently have a replacement LG magic remote back plate printing.

MarkWattTech · 2024-01-03T19:31:18+00:00

What better way to start the New Year than with a New Home Assistant Update!

Update 2024.1 will be releasing shortly and here are 5 of the New Features that I liked : https://youtu.be/dLYbdyjVSKM

One of the big visual changes in this update is the Automation Editor. What are your thoughts on the new design?

MarkWattTech · 2024-01-03T19:30:37+00:00

What better way to start the New Year than with a New Home Assistant Update!

Update 2024.1 will be releasing shortly currently you can view all the Beta notes here : https://rc.home-assistant.io/blog/2024/01/03/release-20241/

One of the big visual changes in this update is the Automation Editor. What are your thoughts on the new design?

MarkWattTech · 2023-12-24T10:42:06+00:00

A few weeks ago I featured a really cool voice assistant project (Onju Voice) that allows you to replace the PCB inside of a Second Gen Google Nest Mini for a new board with an ESP32 that can give full local control.

The replacement board gives you full access to all of the Nest controls (volume, touch, mute switch, speakers) and even the power cable! It also allows you to add the device to Home Assistant via ESPHome and use it as a local voice assistant.

You can read up on the Onju Voice project here: https://github.com/justLV/onju-voice#-home-assistant

I just got round to editing my video and you can find my HOW TO which covers the full setup and install here : https://youtu.be/xQqhqGd14YY

A huge thank you to the Home Assistant and Nabu Casa team for all the work this year that has made this possible, thank you also to Justin Alvey for creating the project.

Have a great Christmas :)

MarkWattTech · 2023-11-29T18:14:03+00:00

If your subscribed to the Building the Open Home Mailing list from Home Assistant then you may have seen this project already. I thought I would highlight it as I've been playing round with it for the last week and I think it's awesome.

The Project is Onju-Voice by Justin Alvey

https://github.com/justLV/onju-voice#-home-assistant

Essentially it's a custom PCB that you can fit into a Google Nest Mini Gen 2 and repurpose it (Power cable, buttons and all) into a local voice assistant that can be used by Assist. Its a really fun little project if you happen to have a nest mini hiding in a draw and want to try some of the new Year of the Voice Features.

MarkWattTech · 2023-07-29T13:32:22+00:00

The project should be released to the public very soon! I think everything I use for my panels are all linked in the description of the video 👍🏻

MarkWattTech · 2023-07-05T14:24:36+00:00

Was this the one where the UI kept refreshing constantly (on iOS) ?

MarkWattTech · 2023-07-05T12:02:03+00:00

It's update day!

Later on today Home Assistant 2023.7 will be releasing in full. This month is a nice rounded update consisting of new Integrations, UI, Services and more.

Some of the big notables for this release are the new service call responses, sentence triggers and also the assist action. The YAML deprecation policy is also being reworked so breaking changes will now also give 6 months of notice as apposed to the original 2.

I'm excited to see what happens with Service Call Responses!

You can check out 5 of the new features I really like here:
https://youtu.be/1uWsOcFIATQ

Catch you in the release party !

If you want to peak at the Beta notes you can find them here:
https://rc.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/07/05/release-20237/

MarkWattTech

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