On 23 October 2026 two pull requests were merged into zigpy/zha, the library behind the ZHA integration in Home Assistant. They change how new Zigbee groups get their addresses and make group creation fail with a clear error instead of quietly doing something else. Neither is in a zha release yet (the latest is 2.3.1 from 9 October), so they will r
If your automations still send Telegram messages through a notify entry with platform: telegram in configuration.yaml, they will stop working after the next Home Assistant update. A pull request by jbouwh, merged into the development branch on 23 October 2026, removes the legacy Telegram notify platform. It is expected in Home Assistant 2026.11. Th
If part of your Matter setup comes through a bridge, Home Assistant's Matter network map has so far shown only the bridge itself. That changes with a frontend pull request by mib1185, reviewed by MindFreeze and merged on 23 October 2026. It went into the development branch, so it should arrive with Home Assistant 2026.11.
If you connect Music Assistant to a Jellyfin server, the account token it uses could be read by every client that has access to the music library. A fix by Marvin Schenkel was merged into the Music Assistant server on 23 October 2026 and shipped the same day in 2.11.0 beta 7. The issue was reported on Discord.
tado° is rolling out a set of app updates for its heating system over the coming weeks. The Munich company announced them on 22 October 2026. The two most interesting ones, smarter open window detection and a mould risk index, are only for tado° X owners who pay for AI Assist.
Philips Hue started rolling out Bridge Pro software version 6.3.2071556020 on October 22, 2026. According to the official release notes, it prepares the Bridge Pro for Custom AI Behaviors, the natural-language automation feature Signify announced at IFA in early September. The feature itself is not on yet. The release notes say it "will be enabled
Birdbuddy began selling two new smart bird feeders on 22 October 2026. Both were shown at CES 2026 in January under different names. The compact Birdbuddy 2 Mini is now called the Birdbuddy Nook, and the flagship Birdbuddy 2 is now the Birdbuddy Home. Both are available from Birdbuddy's online store, and some configurations were due at other retail
GUITION has a new version of its rotary knob with a built-in round touchscreen. The JC3636F118C-I-YR1 swaps the ESP32-S3 of the earlier JC3636K518C for Espressif's ESP32-S31, which brings Wi-Fi 6 and an 802.15.4 radio for Zigbee and Thread. CNX Software wrote it up on 22 October 2026 after a reader pointed it out, and the knob is already listed on
Matter cameras are getting a proper home in Home Assistant. On 22 October 2026 the Matter integration gained a camera platform, merged into the development branch that becomes Home Assistant 2026.11. A Matter 1.5 camera now shows up as an ordinary camera entity, with live video and still images in the same views and cards you already use for other
