NEwsletter, few story adds (#21826)

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@ -79,6 +87,7 @@ and interesting things we found in our community.
## Media Selector and the new "Play media" action
TODO:
- Extend story line
- Zack, maybe a video? Using a camera entity to play as media?
- Improve screenshots, maybe arrows or animation?
@ -92,11 +101,14 @@ media that you want it to play! Done! 🚀
<img class="no-shadow" src='/images/blog/2022-03/media-selector.png' alt='Screenshot showing the new media selector and play media action'>
Have you ever wanted to play your front door camera stream on your television when the doorbell rings? Well this is
now very possible with this update. Check out this video on how to set that up in only 1.5 minutes. 🤯
## More media sources!
The above shown "Play media" action and selector, of course, is cool. But,
you'd need some media to select! And of course, we already support local media
and things like Spotify, but it would be cool if we had more!?
you'd need some media to select! We already supported local media
and things like Spotify, but wouldn't it be cool if we had more!?
So, this release will bring in a bunch of new media sources.
@ -106,9 +118,6 @@ or Lovelace dashboards and "Play" them on a supported device
<img class="no-shadow" src='/images/blog/2022-03/pick-tts.png' alt='Screenshot showing playing TTS as a media action'>
Or, what about playing your front door camera stream on your television when
the doorbell rings? 🤯
But that's not it, we also have new integrations adding new media sources.
This release adds the [DLNA Digital Media Server] and [Radio Browser]
integrations that allow the use of their sources with your media players.
@ -140,11 +149,14 @@ TODO: Temporary screenshot for the beta release notes, needs replacement
## UI Upgrades
TODO:
- Needs story line
- Need before/after screenshots?
We have been working hard on upgrading the Home Assistant frontend to use
Material Web Components everywhere, saying goodbye to our old paper style.
This allows our frontend to be up-to-date with the latest features and the latest style.
As you'll notice these elements have a different look from the older style, so don't be alarmed if your inputs are a bit different.
## Triggered!
@ -227,9 +239,6 @@ noteworthy changes this release:
installed TV apps as media sources!
- Thanks to [@chemelli74], you can now control the valves of those brand new
[Shelly] TRVs!
- When creating automations with state triggers or conditions, you can now
easily select attributes to use in those from a dropdown list.
Thanks, [@zsarnett]!
[@balloob]: https://github.com/balloob
[@bdraco]: https://github.com/bdraco
@ -413,7 +422,7 @@ can be safely removed from your YAML configuration.
A typo was fixed in the ebusd integration for monitored condition
`WaterPressure`. It is incorrectly named "WaterPreasure" in the code.
The [documentation](/integrations/ebusd/#waterpressure) represents the correct value.
The [documentation](/integrations/ebusd/#waterpressure) represents the correct value.
([@nklebedev] - [#66355]) ([documentation](/integrations/ebusd))
@ -495,7 +504,7 @@ This change was made to make the make the MQTT entities more consistent with
how these entities behave in other parts of Home Assistant. You may need
to adopt your script and automations to adapt to this change.
([@jbouwh] - [#65183] [#65308] [#65301] [#65302] [#65294]) ([documentation](/integrations/mqtt))
([@jbouwh] - [#65183] [#65308] [#65301] [#65302] [#65294]) ([documentation](/integrations/mqtt))
[@jbouwh]: https://github.com/jbouwh
[#65183]: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/65183
@ -504,12 +513,13 @@ to adopt your script and automations to adapt to this change.
[#65302]: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/65302
[#65308]: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/65308
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An MQTT configuration in `configuration.yaml` no longer results in an
imported integration entry, MQTT must now be set up from the frontend.
Please note that:
- Any previously imported configuration is still valid, this PR does not
remove or otherwise modify imported configurations.
- It's still possible to configure MQTT entities and advanced broker
@ -612,7 +622,7 @@ you will need to adopt those to this change.
{% details "Picnic" %}
The sensors for the "last order ETA start/end" have been renamed to
The sensors for the "last order ETA start/end" have been renamed to
"next delivery ETA start/end" and will now contain the ETA of the first
upcoming delivery.