Home Assistant 2026.3: Vacuuming rooms, and the sky is dark again

About this episode

This episode discusses the features and updates in Home Assistant 2026.3, including new integrations and community feedback.

Breaking down Home Assistant 2026.3: map vacuum rooms to Areas for voice control, set HA as your default Android assistant with wake word support, SendSpin multi-room updates, Python 3.14 performance gains, and new integrations for Ghost, Proxmox, SwitchBot AI Art Frame, Trane HVAC, and NYC MTA. Mailbag: NFC dash buttons, Aqara FP300 presence tips, bed sensors, and listener automations for pets and babies. Watch this episode on YouTube Show notes for this episode are available at https://homeassistant.fm/HA224 Support the Podcast Get early-access to episodes and an ad-free feed by supporting our Patreon. https://homeassistant.fm/patreon Share your story We wouldn't be able to do this podcast without community members and home automation enthusiasts sharing their stories. To register your interest to come share your home automation journey, head over to homeassistant.fm and click share your story . Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:40 - News: Partners, Event, Merch 00:03:54 - Dark Sky Returns: Acme Weather 00:08:02 - Mailbag: AI, Accessibility, Pets 00:12:56 - Gear Talk: Aqara, NFC, Bed Sensors 00:19:09 - 2026.3 Release Overview 00:21:56 - Vacuum Room-to-Area Mapping 00:27:42 - App…

People in this episode

Host: Mostly Automated Media

Topics covered

• Home Assistant updates
• voice control
• integrations
• automation
• technology news
• community feedback

Keywords

• Home Assistant
• vacuum rooms
• voice control
• integrations
• Python performance
• community automations
• NFC buttons

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Home Assistant, Ghost, Proxmox, SwitchBot AI Art Frame, Trane HVAC, NYC MTA

Products: NFC dash buttons, Aqara FP300, bed sensors

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