Software update: Home Assistant 0.87

Version 0.87 Home Assistant has been released. Home Assistant is an open source home automation platform that runs under Python 3. It runs via Hassbian on a Raspberry Pi 3 or a Linux, macOS or Windows computer. It supports detecting devices, such as Nest thermostats, Philips Hue, Belkin WeMo switches, Mr. Coffee makers, the smart switches from Ikea and the mqtt protocol. In addition, where possible, it can control these devices and apply automation. For more information, please refer to this page and our forum. The release notes for this release can be found below.

0.87: SmartThings, Areas and Entity Registry UI.

Today we’re releasing Home Assistant 0.87, our third release of the year. Besides a bunch of bugs squashing and performance improvements, we got some cool new features too.

Let’s start with the big one: we now support SmartThings. Via a custom app that can be installed inside SmartThings, you can now push the state of each device in SmartThings, as soon as it changes, to Home Assistant. No more fiddling with MQTT bridges or other solutions. big shoutout to @andrewsayre for making this possible. Have a look at the SmartThings docs to get started.

New in this release is a new area feature thanks to @Kane610. Areas will allow users to organize their devices by their physical area, like kitchen or living room. This will unlock a whole new range of possible new features (of which none are implemented yet). With this release, users will just be able to manage areas in the configuration panel and place devices in areas via the integration page. In the future, we’re planning to add area based user permissions and a Lovelace area card. If you can’t wait to start leveraging areas today, @thomasloven has created a custom Lovelace card that can leverage areas.

This release also includes a UI to manage the entity registry. The entity registry contains all entities with unique IDs that Home Assistant has ever seen. It will allow users to quickly rename entities, change entity IDs or have Home Assistant forget entities that are no longer active.

We didn’t forget about the front end in this release. In the last release we introduced Lovelace, so for this release we focused on bug squashing, performance improvements and usability. The YAML editor is now rendered using a full editor including line numbers thanks to @bramkragten. There is also a new system health component that will help users diagnose problems from the “info” developer tool. See changelog for the frontend.

In this release we have also upgraded the Material Design Icons to 3.3.92, which renames some icons. Make sure to check their changelog.

If you prefer a podcast about release notes, check out the Hass Podcast in which Phil and Rohan discuss each new Home Assistant release and keep a tap on what’s happening in the home automation space.

New Platforms

• Add a Zoneminder availability sensor (@rohankapoorcom – #20184) (zoneless docs) (new platform)
• Add platform image_processing.qrcode(@zhujisheng – #20215) (image_processing.qrcode docs) (new platform)
• Add LCN switch platform (@alengwenus – #20267) (lcn docs) (switch.lcn docs) (new platform)
• Add EverLights light component (@joncar – #19817) (light.everlights docs) (new platform)
• Add device tracker support for EE Brightbox 2 router (@krygal – #19611) (device_tracker docs) (new platform)
• HomematicIP add cover FROLL and BROLL devices (@mxworm – #19794) (homematicip_cloud docs) (new platform)
• Add Danfoss Air HRV support (@JonasPed – #20138) (danfoss_air docs) (binary_sensor.danfoss_air docs) (sensor.danfoss_air docs) (new platform)
• utility meter (@dgomes – #19718) (utility_meter docs) (new platform)
• Add Co2signal sensor (@danielsjf – #19204) (sensor.co2signal docs) (new platform)
• Add nilu air_quality platform (@hfurubotten – #19674) (air_pollutants docs) (new platform)
• Add Iliad Italy (Mobile Telephony Provider) Sensor (@eliseomartelli – #19645) (sensor.iliad_italy docs) (new platform)
• Add support for HomeKit motion sensor devices (@Jc2k – #20555) (homekit_controller docs) (new platform)
• Add an Integration sensor (@dgomes – #19703) (sensor.integration docs) (new platform)
• Add Synology SRM device tracker (@aerials – #20320) (device_tracker docs) (new platform)
• Add Recollect Waste (@stealthhacker – #20121) (sensor.recollect_waste docs) (new platform)
• New Transmission component (@MatteGary – #19230) (transmission docs) (sensor.transmission docs) (breaking change) (new platform)
• Add support for FRITZ DECT 100 (temp sensor) (@choss – #20308) (fritzbox docs) (sensor.fritzbox docs) (new platform)
• RFC: Add system health component (@balloob – #20436) (system_health docs) (new platform)
• Add sensor platform for Rova Garbage Collection (@GidoHakvoort – #18868) (sensor.rova docs) (new platform)
• Add SmartThings component and switch platform (@andrewsayre – #20148) (smartthings docs) (switch.smartthings docs) (new platform)
• Fix cloud webhook body(@pvizeli – #20739) (cloud docs) (beta fix) (new platform)

New Features

• Add yeelight start_flow service and ability to declare custom effects (@zewelor – #2010) (light.yeelight docs) (new feature)