026.5
Home Assistant 2026.5: RF as a first-class platform (CC1101, Broadlink RM4 Pro), serial ports over ESPHome, a battery dashboard, and a smart template editor.
026.4
Home Assistant 2026.4: native infrared via ESPHome proxies (LG TVs), cross-domain triggers, PIN management on Matter locks, and 14 new integrations.
026.3
Home Assistant 2026.3: area-based robot vacuum cleaning (Roborock, Matter), improved Energy dashboard, and on-device wake word detection on Android.
026.2
Home Assistant 2026.2 makes the new home dashboard the default, renames add-ons to Apps, adds a Distribution card and a redesigned Quick search (Cmd+K).
026.1
The first release of 2026 brings an improved home dashboard on mobile devices, new purpose-specific triggers for automations, and easier access to communication protocols like Zigbee, Z-Wave, or Thread.