- Read more about Paulus joining Ubiquiti here: https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2018/04/12/ubiquiti-and-home-assistant/
- Home Assistant 0.67
- New Components
- New folder watcher component. Allows events to be fired when new files are added to a folder (like pictures from a security camera). https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/12918
- FreeDNS, which is another Dynamic DNS provider. https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/13526
- Google Maps presence detection. Uses the location sharing feature of Google Maps to tell Home Assistant where you are. https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/12301
- Waze Travel time sensor – Waze is an alternative turn-by-turn GPS app made by Google. https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/12387
- Nanoleaf Auroa Support – https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/13456
- Tahoma Switches, Amcrest IP Cameras now have a switch, and Mastadon as a notification service
- Breaking Changes
- Default Pilight Port Number has been changed to 5001 instead of 5000
- BMW Connected Drive has changed the configuration key country to region, so that other regions like the USA and Canada.
- MercedesME API has been removed, so the component has unfortunately had to be removed from Home Assistant.
- For Media Players, a new MEDIA TYPE has been added called MEDIA_TYPE_MOVIE. Now, you will be able to fire automations when a movie starts playing on a media player. Other types of videos will use the existing MEDIA_TYPE_VIDEO
- Breaking changes for Broadlink and WebOS devices: https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/13642 https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/pull/13624
- Other Notable Changes
- New device support for Xiaomi Air Humidifiers
- Xiaomi Mi WiFi Repeater 2 integration as device tracker
- HomeKit gets color temperature support
- Tradfri Light Bulbs get Color Temperature support
- Hue auth config changes. Backwards compatible
- Thermostat Support for Alexa
- Bluetooth Device trackers can now request the “Received signal strength indication” (RSSI) to approximate how far away a device is
- New regex_match, regex_search, regex_replace template helper functions have been added, allowing templates to use regex in templates
- New Components
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