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Home Assistant 2025.2

The second update of 2025 brings significant improvements to the backup system and introduces exciting new voice features.

Enhanced Backup System​

Home Assistant continues to refine its backup capabilities:

  • Unencrypted Backups: Option to turn off encryption for specific locations, except for Home Assistant Cloud

    Unencrypted Backup

  • Customizable Backup Time: Users can now set their preferred backup time and days for weekly backups

    Backup time

  • Advanced Scheduling: New backup.create_automatic action for custom backup automations

  • Backup Toggle on Update: Reintroduced for both Home Assistant and add-on updates

  • Improved Filenames: Backups now include creation date and time for easier identification

  • New Backup Locations: Integrations added for Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive

Voice Enhancements​

Assist, Home Assistant's private voice assistant, receives new features:

  • Analog Phone Calls: Home Assistant can now call analog phones to deliver messages
  • Broadcast Intent: Ability to broadcast messages to all voice assistants in the home
  • Thermostat Control: Set target temperatures by voice
  • Calendar Integration: LLM-based agents can now access calendar events
  • Shared History: Default and LLM-based conversation agents now share command history

New Integrations​

  • Google Drive (Google Drive as a backup location)
  • Homee (Integration for the Homee smart home hub)
  • igloohome (Monitor the battery levels of your igloo smart access device(s).)
  • LetPot (Monitor and control your LetPot indoor garden.)
  • OneDrive (Microsoft OneDrive as a backup location)
  • Overseerr (Interact with your Overseerr media requests directly from Home Assistant.)
  • Model Context Protocol Server (Enables using Home Assistant to provide context for MCP LLM Client Applications.)
  • Model Context Protocol ( Enables using MCP Servers in Home Assistant to provide additional tools to use with a conversation agent.)
  • Qbus (Allows you to integrate your Qbus Control into Home Assistant.)

Other Noteworthy Changes​

  • Bluetooth Config Panel: New configuration panel for Bluetooth integration. The panel is accessible by going to Settings > Device & services. Find and select the Bluetooth integration, and next select Configure. Selecting Advertisement monitor will open a new panel, where you can see information about your Bluetooth devices.

    Bluetooth Config Panel

  • Graph Overhaul: Preparation for future graph improvements

  • Generic Thermostat: Automatic preset selection when setting matching temperatures

  • Time Triggers: Support for offsets using datetime input helpers in automations

Backward-incompatible Changes​

Several integrations have undergone changes that may affect existing setups, including Ecovacs, Home Connect, IMGW-PIB, KNX, Litter-Robot, MQTT, and Pentair ScreenLogic.

Release Party Video​

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