From 249fe1a41ed5baf87aae84664caa9a2093fb0271 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guy Sie <3367490+GuySie@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 17:10:31 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add blogpost about support for Raspberry Pi 5 (#29389) Co-authored-by: Franck Nijhof --- ...pected-support-for-raspberry-pi-5.markdown | 20 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/_posts/2023-10-17-expected-support-for-raspberry-pi-5.markdown diff --git a/source/_posts/2023-10-17-expected-support-for-raspberry-pi-5.markdown b/source/_posts/2023-10-17-expected-support-for-raspberry-pi-5.markdown new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e8f825a3730 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_posts/2023-10-17-expected-support-for-raspberry-pi-5.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Expected support for Home Assistant OS on the Raspberry Pi 5" +description: "Stable support for Home Assistant OS on Raspberry Pi 5 expected end 2023/late 2024" +date: 2023-10-17 00:00:00 +date_formatted: "October 17, 2023" +author: Stefan Agner +comments: true +categories: + - Announcements +--- +On September 28, Raspberry Pi surprised the world (and, truthfully, us) by announcing the [Raspberry Pi 5](https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-5/). This new board promises more than twice the speed of the Raspberry Pi 4 and is already available for pre-order. Raspberry Pi expects to ship them to customers by the end of October. + +According to our [analytics](https://analytics.home-assistant.io/), a third of all Home Assistant users currently use the Raspberry Pi 4 as their dedicated Home Assistant system. In fact, Home Assistant OS is the [third-most installed OS](https://rpi-imager-stats.raspberrypi.com/) on Raspberry Pi boards in general. So, we suspect many of you eagerly await the new Raspberry Pi 5 to upgrade your Home Assistant installation. We’re just as excited about this new release as you are, and we will start development for it as soon as we receive our pre-release boards from Raspberry Pi! + +As we have not been part of Raspberry Pi’s beta program, adding support for the Raspberry Pi 5 to Home Assistant OS has not started yet. At this point, it is still hard to estimate how much work it will be, but we want to stress that this is a major task that we want to get right. While beta versions will be released early, we currently do not expect a stable release to come out until the end of this year or early 2024. + +That means you cannot run Home Assistant OS on the Raspberry Pi 5 at launch. [Alternative installation methods](/installation/) that do not use Home Assistant OS are available, but we only recommend those for advanced users. If you currently use Home Assistant OS and have pre-ordered a Raspberry Pi 5, we recommend waiting for a stable release for the Raspberry Pi 5 to come out before moving your installation. + +For owners of Home Assistant Yellow, Raspberry Pi has yet to make any statement about a potential Compute Module 5 based on the Raspberry Pi 5. We can only indicate compatibility with Home Assistant Yellow once they provide information about a new Compute Module and its specifications. We also want to point out that there were 16 months between the release of the Raspberry Pi 4 and the release of the Compute Module 4. For those currently looking for Compute Module 4 to complete their Home Assistant Yellow kits, we are happy to report that Compute Module 4 has become more widely available again, as seen on [rpilocator](https://rpilocator.com/?cat=CM4).