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Theengs Gateway 1.8.0 runs on Python 3.14, adds an RSSI entity and can mark battery readings as diagnostic in Home Assistant

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
Oct 13, 2026
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