Xiaomi has added a washer-dryer to its large appliance range in Europe. On 27 October 2026 Notebookcheck reported that the Mijia Washer Dryer Pro 10kg (model WD100MJA12EU) is available in Germany and Spain. In Germany it is sold through Xiaomi's own online store for €649, with delivery within 12 days.
Automations like "turn the heating down when everyone leaves" or "turn on the porch light when I get home" stand or fall on one thing: Home Assistant has to know who is at home. A single phone app or router check gets it wrong surprisingly often. GPS drifts, phones put Wi-Fi to sleep, and a restart can leave a tracker in an old state for a while.
When a light turns on at 3 a.m., the logbook tells you that its state changed. It does not easily tell you which action was called, with what data and from where. Home Assistant now has a page for exactly that. Joost Lekkerkerker's "Action history" tab in the Tools panel was merged on 26 October 2026, followed the same day by two additions to its d
Owners of Ecovacs robot vacuums with a docking station get several new entities in Home Assistant 2026.11, and the Ecovacs lawn mower gets a stop command. Erwin Douna (erwindouna) opened five pull requests for the Ecovacs integration, and all of them were merged into the development branch on 26 October 2026. They rely on the deebot-client library,
Automations that react to a tap or swipe on Nanoleaf touch panels through a device trigger will stop working in Home Assistant 2026.11. Change #188656, merged into the development branch on 26 October 2026, deletes the Nanoleaf device trigger platform and is marked as a breaking change.
eQ-3, the German company behind Homematic IP, will add two plugins to its Home Control Unit hub with an update scheduled for 27 October 2026. One speaks Modbus, the other MQTT. Both let devices from other manufacturers appear in Homematic IP next to the system's own sensors and actuators, and both are switched on and configured in the hub's web int
HomeWizard, the Dutch maker of the P1 Meter and the Energy Socket, started a recall on 20 October 2026 for one production batch of its compact Energy Socket, model HWE-SKT-21. Additional safety tests showed that these plugs do not meet the company's own safety requirements and can cause an electric shock. HomeWizard says it has received no reports
WLED's audio-reactive effects usually need a microphone on the controller or another device that listens to the room and sends the data over the network. Music Assistant can now be that sender. On 25 October 2026 the Music Assistant server merged a new WLED Audio Sync plugin that analyses the music it is playing and sends it to WLED using WLED's ow
A notification that says "the garage door has been open for 20 minutes" is useful. One with a Close button under it is better, because you can deal with the problem from the lock screen without opening a dashboard. The Home Assistant Companion app for iOS and Android supports exactly that: buttons on a notification that send an event back to Home A
