Rohan and Phil are joined by Aaron (bachya) to discuss 0.70, and Aaron's various uses of Home Assistant.
- 0.70
- New Platforms
- New components for HomeaticIp Cloud, including binary sensors for shutters and motion. Power switches (including those that measure power) and light switches that measure light levels.
- Facebox facial and number recognition. https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/14356
- SpaceAPI. Allows hacker spaces to expose details about co-working locations
- Samsung Familyhub Refrigerator Camera Component
- Konnected Component. Konnected is an open source application that runs on a NodeMCU ESP8266. Konnected develops hardware designed for connecting traditional wired alarm system sensors and sirens to home automation.
- FinTS Sensor – Allows Home Assistant to read information about bank accounts that implement the FinTS/HBCI standard. Mainly used for German banks
- Breaking Changes
- Custom UI – There’s a lot of refactoring going on in the front end at the moment. If you’re using custom UI components for Home Assistant, check to ensure they’re still compatible before upgrading.
- SABNZD has been moved away from a sensor to its own component. If you’re using this, you’ll need to update your configuration. https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/12915
- BMW Connected Drive has some breaking changes. There’s a whole bunch of new sensors such as charging status for electric vehicles, parking light status etc.
- Simplepush.io notification platform has been removed. They’re no longer online or available from the app stores.
- Darksky Sensor – Dark Sky API has deprecated temperatureMin, temperatureMax, apparentTemperatureMin, and apparentTemperatureMax
- Noteworthy Features
- Unique IDs supported for MQTT switches
- Roku media players now have support for entity IDs via the Entity registry! Thanks Aaron!
- Support for Zigbee pressure sensors
- Bulgarian language added to Google TTS
- Homekit support for Fans
- Homekit – if your alarm panel or lock requires a code to lock or unlock, that can now be specified in your Home Assistant config
- Rainmachine updates from Aaron.
- New Platforms
- Today’s Guest – Aaron
