Software update: Home Assistant Core 2023.5

Version 2023.5.0 of Home Assistant Core has been released. Home Assistant Core is an open source home automation platform made in Python 3. It runs via Hassbian on a Raspberry Pi 3 or a Linux, macOS or Windows computer. It supports detecting devices, such as Philips Hue, Belkin WeMo switches, Mr. Coffee coffee makers, IKEA’s smart switches and the mqtt protocol. In addition, it can control these devices and apply automation where possible. For more information about Home Assistant, please refer to this page and our own Forum. The full release notes for this release are here to find; this is the announcement from it:

2023.5: Let’s talk!

What an exciting release we have for you this month! This release is all about voice (well, almost fully), and I’m super excited we can ship you all this truly amazing stuff! I’ve been following the progress of this all being built this month, and really, I’ve been mindblown multiple times a week. So what’s in here? Well, you can now actually talk to Home Assistant!

I really appreciate that all these voice elements have been built the Home Assistant way: to be fully configurable and extendable. Giving you choices, including entirely local options for your own voice assistant. This release is packed! And we are not even halfway through Home Assistant’s Year of the voice yet… Enjoy the release!