2023.2.0: More tweaks

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@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ It is hard to sum up all of this in this release blog, so I'm not even going
to try doing it in this introduction, but holy mother of smart homes: this is
exciting stuff! 😮
Some great quality-of-life improvements for sensors: Removing the need for
quite a bit of templating, making it all more accessible for everybody!
My personal favorite this release: huge steps into an even tighter integration
with our amazing sister project: [ESPHome](https://esphome.io). Creating
and maintaining your own DIY IoT devices just became a lot easier.
@ -89,7 +86,7 @@ at the top right of your dashboard to start using it.
Oh, and we are also releasing some fun stuff we've cooked up along the way!
[Read more about Assist](/docs/assist/) and other released voice features in the
[Chapter 1: Assist](/blog/2023/01/26/year-of-the-voice-chapter-1/) blogpost
and a video presentation (includes live demos) [on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/live/ixgNT3RETPg).
and a [video presentation (including live demos) on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/live/ixgNT3RETPg).
## Streaming history
@ -101,7 +98,10 @@ happening and update the graphs in real-time 😲
These history cards now show live power usage, while I'm brewing a cup of coffee.
</p>
As a result of that, we can now write less frequently to the database in our
But this isn't just limited to history cards, your
{% my history title="history dashboard" %} is now live too!
As a result of this all, we can now write less frequently to the database in our
recorder. It took years of changes to get us to this point (thanks [@bdraco] 🙏).
It greatly reduces resource usage and increases storage lifetimes significantly.
The previously introduced live logbook and now the live history were the
@ -112,11 +112,10 @@ experienced re-opening the iOS companion app when using history cards.
## Grouping sensors
The [group helper](/integrations/group) now support sensors too!
Sensor groups can combine entities with a numeric state, like
[sensors](/integrations/sensor), [number](/integrations/number),
and [number helpers](/integrations/input_number) entities.
The [group helper](/integrations/group) now support sensors too! Sensor groups
can combine entities with a numeric state, like [sensors](/integrations/sensor),
[number](/integrations/number), and [number helpers](/integrations/input_number)
entities.
<img class="no-shadow" src='/images/blog/2023-02/sensor-groups.png' alt='Screenshot the process of adding a new sensor group'>