New Home Assistant Release 2026.4: Infrared never left the chat

7 hours ago

Home Assistant 2026.4 introduces native infrared support, enabling control of legacy IR devices like TVs and air conditioners via IR proxies.
New purpose-specific automation triggers and conditions are added, including cross-domain triggers for real-world concepts like doors, motion, and temperature.
Dashboard enhancements include background colors for sections, favorite positions for covers/valves, and interactive markdown cards with tap/hold actions.
Matter lock management allows direct user and PIN code management for smart locks from Home Assistant.
14 new integrations added, including LG Infrared, Casper Glow, Chess.com, and TRMNL, with improvements to existing integrations like SmartThings and OpenAI.
Integration quality scale updates: 5 reached platinum, 5 gold, 7 silver, and 3 bronze levels.
Voice control for vacuum area cleaning, backup upload progress visibility, and AI Assist thinking steps display are among other notable features.
Security advisories address stored XSS vulnerabilities and critical network exposure issues.
Backward-incompatible changes include entity migrations for JVC Projector, Litter-Robot, and Tuya, and removal of deprecated features.

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