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 to try doing it in this introduction, but holy mother of smart homes: this is
exciting stuff! 😮 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 My personal favorite this release: huge steps into an even tighter integration
with our amazing sister project: [ESPHome](https://esphome.io). Creating with our amazing sister project: [ESPHome](https://esphome.io). Creating
and maintaining your own DIY IoT devices just became a lot easier. 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! 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 [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 [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 ## 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. These history cards now show live power usage, while I'm brewing a cup of coffee.
</p> </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] 🙏). recorder. It took years of changes to get us to this point (thanks [@bdraco] 🙏).
It greatly reduces resource usage and increases storage lifetimes significantly. It greatly reduces resource usage and increases storage lifetimes significantly.
The previously introduced live logbook and now the live history were the 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 ## Grouping sensors
The [group helper](/integrations/group) now support sensors too! The [group helper](/integrations/group) now support sensors too! Sensor groups
can combine entities with a numeric state, like [sensors](/integrations/sensor),
Sensor groups can combine entities with a numeric state, like [number](/integrations/number), and [number helpers](/integrations/input_number)
[sensors](/integrations/sensor), [number](/integrations/number), entities.
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'> <img class="no-shadow" src='/images/blog/2023-02/sensor-groups.png' alt='Screenshot the process of adding a new sensor group'>