A new lorawan integration was merged into Home Assistant's development branch on 14 October 2026, and its documentation went into the next branch of the website the same day. It is the base layer for native LoRaWAN support. A follow-up merged on 17 October exposes LoRaWAN devices, connections and gateway receptions through admin WebSocket APIs. The
Theengs Gateway 1.8.0 was released on 13 October 2026. Theengs Gateway is a Python program that listens for Bluetooth Low Energy advertisements from sensors such as Xiaomi thermometers, SwitchBot meters, scales and Victron battery monitors, decodes them and publishes the readings to an MQTT broker. It runs on a Raspberry Pi or any other Linux, macO
On 13 October 2026 Apple announced Apple Home Collection: cameras, a video doorbell, a deadbolt, thermostats and room sensors designed with LG Electronics and Schneider Electric. Setup starts with an NFC tap from iPhone; control stays in the Apple Home app with no separate vendor account. Sales begin in December, with some accessories in early 2027
Apple announced HomeView on 13 October 2026: a 7-inch Liquid Retina smart display meant as a household hub for entertainment, FaceTime and Apple Home control. Tabletop and wall-mounted models both start at $299 (U.S.). Pre-orders opened the same day in several markets, with shipping from 13 November. The device is not for sale in the European Union
Last week two projects showed that the 2.4 GHz radio in many ESP32 chips can hand raw samples to software, turning a few-euro board into a receive-only software-defined radio (SDR). Now the transmit side has arrived. Developer cyber-murmel (credited as marble by Hackaday) published the first builds of esp-sdr-zephyr on 11 October 2026, with v0.1.3
LEDVANCE, the lighting company spun out of OSRAM in 2016, joined the Works with Home Assistant program on 13 October 2026 with 116 certified devices. Every one of them connects through Matter over Wi-Fi, so you need no Zigbee coordinator, Thread border router or vendor hub to add them to Home Assistant. The products are sold in the OSRAM SMART+ ran
Jasco announced on 13 October 2026 that it has acquired Zooz, a smart home brand known for its Z-Wave products and its reputation among enthusiasts, integrators and installers. The Oklahoma City company makes consumer electronics, connected home products and lighting, and says it will keep Zooz running as a separate brand. The announcement does not
CISA published advisory ICSA-26-286-02 on 13 October 2026 for the Swann SWIFI-SE2KIC, which ISSSource identifies as the Swann EVO 2K Indoor Wi-Fi Camera. Firmware 2.0.22 and every earlier version contain three missing-authentication flaws (CWE-306). Someone on the same local network can watch the camera without a password. There is no fixed firmwar
ESPHome published 2026.10.0b3 on 12 October 2026. It is the third beta before the stable October release, which the project milestone still targets for 21 October. The useful changes are narrow: better bookkeeping for ESP32 BLE clients, a small RAM win on some ESP8266 builds, and a CAN bus crash fix under heavy traffic.
