Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In today’s video, we’re taking a look at 5 awesome new features introduced in Home Assistant 2025.2! 🎉
I recently sat down with the Home Assistant developers to check out what's coming in 2025.3, but before we get ahead of ourselves, let’s go over some of the best additions in 2025.2. From a brand-new Bluetooth control panel to shared conversation history, there’s plenty to be excited about.
Let’s dive in! 🚀
📚 RESOURCES
2025.2 Release Notes
home-assistant.io/blog/2025/02/05/release-20252
HOW TO - Backup Home Assistant
youtu.be/c4qVGOc2SdQ
HA 2025.1 Release Notes
home-assistant.io/blog/2025/01/03/release-20251
⌚ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Introduction
00:31 - Feature #1 (Bluetooth Control Panel)
01:12 - Feature #2 (Optional Encryption)
01:51 - Feature #3 (More Storage Locations)
02:11 - Feature #4 (Shared Conversation History)
02:46 - Feature #5 (LLM Calendars)
03:06 - Summary and Outro
📺 RELATED VIDEOS
2025.1 - 5 New Features
youtu.be/Kop5DokcVTg
HOW TO BACKUP
youtu.be/c4qVGOc2SdQ
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In today’s video, we’re taking a look at 5 awesome new features introduced in Home Assistant 2025.2! 🎉
I recently sat down with the Home Assistant developers to check out what's coming in 2025.3, but before we get ahead of ourselves, let’s go over some of the best additions in 2025.2. From a brand-new Bluetooth control panel to shared conversation history, there’s plenty to be excited about.
Let’s dive in! 🚀
📚 RESOURCES
2025.2 Release Notes
home-assistant.io/blog/2025/02/05/release-20252
HOW TO - Backup Home Assistant
youtu.be/c4qVGOc2SdQ
HA 2025.1 Release Notes
home-assistant.io/blog/2025/01/03/release-20251
⌚ TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Introduction
00:31 - Feature #1 (Bluetooth Control Panel)
01:12 - Feature #2 (Optional Encryption)
01:51 - Feature #3 (More Storage Locations)
02:11 - Feature #4 (Shared Conversation History)
02:46 - Feature #5 (LLM Calendars)
03:06 - Summary and Outro
📺 RELATED VIDEOS
2025.1 - 5 New Features
youtu.be/Kop5DokcVTg
HOW TO BACKUP
youtu.be/c4qVGOc2SdQ
🔽 CONNECT WITH ME
Join the MarkWattTech community! 🚀
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