Heatit Joins Works with Home Assistant — Z-Wave Heating and Safety Devices Get Official Certification If you’ve been looking for a serious, locally-controlled heating solution for Home Assistant, the Works with Home Assistant program just got a very compelling new member. Heatit — specialists in smart climate and heating control based in Norway — have … Read more
Home Assistant Backups Get a Major Cryptography Overhaul — And an Independent Audit to Back It Up Backups are one of those features you set up and hope you never truly need — but when you do need them, nothing else matters more. Starting with the Home Assistant 2026.4 release on April 1, 2026, your … Read more
Home Assistant 2026.3: Community-Powered Polish With Some Genuinely Exciting New Tricks After the headline-grabbing 2026.2 release, this month’s update takes a different — and arguably just as satisfying — approach. Home Assistant 2026.3 is a clean sweep: a release dedicated to reviewing and merging community contributions, squashing bugs, and pushing integrations up the quality scale. … Read more
Shelly Wave Shutter LR: Long-Range Z-Wave Control for Your Blinds Shelly just released the Wave Shutter LR, and if you’ve been frustrated trying to automate window blinds in a larger home or through concrete walls, this one’s worth your attention. The standout feature here is the long-range Z-Wave connectivity — this isn’t your typical short-range … Read more
Nordic Semiconductor on Matter Adoption: What It Means for Your Smart Home Matter, the open connectivity standard backed by the Connectivity Standards Alliance (formerly the Zigbee Alliance), aims to let smart home devices talk to each other regardless of which ecosystem they’re made for—think of it as a universal translator for your lights, locks, and … Read more
