Home Assistant | Home Assistant 11th Anniversary Celebration #HA11 @home_assistant | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
Watch our anniversary celebration, as Home Assistant is turning 11 years old! This year, we're celebrating our community—come see how it has evolved over the years and hear the future plans we've been brewing for you.

Read more: home-assistant.io/blog/2024/09/18/home-assistant-is-11-years-old

0:00:00 Compilation of thanks from our code owners
0:02:00 Intro from Missy and Bearded Tinker
0:05:00 What does community mean to you?
0:13:00 Beta testing and how stable is a dot zero release?
0:18:00 Keeping the community on course
0:22:00 The Evolution of the Community
0:31:00 Moving to date versioning
0:37:00 Customizability of Home Assistant and HACS
0:47:00 Changing names of things in Home Assistant
0:55:00 How we began to focus more on UX and UI
1:03:00 Moving the focus away from YAML, while keeping it in
1:09:00 Smart home vs automated home
1:16:00 The beginnings of beta
1:21:00 Bringing in a community manager
1:27:00 Discord changes
1:30:00 What’s next for the community - Home Assistant Day announcement
1:34:00 What do you want to see evolve in the community?
1:41:00 How the community can support Home Assistant