Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In today’s video, we’re kicking off the first Home Assistant release of 2026 with Update 2026.1 🎉

This is a smaller release — thanks to the Christmas break — but it still packs in some really nice refinements and quality-of-life improvements.

Let’s get into it ⚙️🏡

📚 RESOURCES

🔗 Home Assistant 2026.1 – Full Release Notes
home-assistant.io/blog/2026/01/07/release-20261

🔗 SwitchBot AI Art Frame Video
youtu.be/YOm8_2wFFH8

⌚ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Intro
00:19 – Happy New Year
00:39 – Feature #1: Updated Devices Page
01:23 – Feature #2: Purpose-Specific Triggers
02:13 – Feature #3: Protocol Dashboards
02:47 – Feature #4: Fish Audio (AI Voices & TTS)
03:26 – Feature #5: SwitchBot AI Art Frame
03:55 – Summary & Outro

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