diff --git a/source/_posts/2025-01-03-release-20251.markdown b/source/_posts/2025-01-03-release-20251.markdown index f1a302e8ff4..6f7e0e266d5 100644 --- a/source/_posts/2025-01-03-release-20251.markdown +++ b/source/_posts/2025-01-03-release-20251.markdown @@ -91,11 +91,10 @@ Enjoy the release! - [Setting up backups for the first time 🚀](#setting-up-backups-for-the-first-time-) - [Time to get serious about backups 🫵](#time-to-get-serious-about-backups-) - [Month of "What the Heck?!"](#month-of-what-the-heck) - - [Setting category and labels when creating automations and scripts](#setting-category-and-labels-when-creating-automations-and-scripts) + - [Setting categories and labels when creating automations and scripts](#setting-categories-and-labels-when-creating-automations-and-scripts) - [Quickly navigate to a device](#quickly-navigate-to-a-device) - [Zoom \& Pan for charts](#zoom--pan-for-charts) - [Controlling the default exposure of new entities to Assist](#controlling-the-default-exposure-of-new-entities-to-assist) - - [Reordering individual devices on the energy dashboard](#reordering-individual-devices-on-the-energy-dashboard) - [More "What the Heck?!" improvements](#more-what-the-heck-improvements) - [Integrations](#integrations) - [New integrations](#new-integrations) @@ -298,72 +297,73 @@ up that 3-2-1 backup strategy. Not sure what that is? ## Month of "What the Heck?!" -We had the Month of "What the Heck?!" in December, and it was a blast! 🎉 -Thanks to all the contributors who participated in this event, raising all -your "What the Heck?!" moments with Home Assistant. +December’s **[Month of “What the Heck?!”](/blog/2024/11/30/the-month-of-what-the-heck/)** +was an absolute blast! 🎉 -All input from it is very valuable to us, and we are working on using it to -shape the future of Home Assistant, for example, by determining what areas -impact our roadmaps and priorities. +A big thank you to everyone who contributed by sharing their “What the Heck?!” +moments and ideas for improving Home Assistant. Your input is incredibly +valuable and helps shape our roadmap and priorities moving forward. -Besides that, quite a bunch of shared "What the Heck?!" moments have been -addressed in this release already 🚀 +Quite a bunch of shared "What the Heck?!" moments have been addressed in this +release already 🚀 —and we’re not stopping there! Expect to see even more +improvements inspired by your feedback in upcoming releases. -While the month is over, the work is not! We expect to see many more results -from this month over the upcoming releases. - -### Setting category and labels when creating automations and scripts +### Setting categories and labels when creating automations and scripts For the first WTH item that has been resolved, we have [@jpbede] to thank! -And this one, is one of the higher voted ones as well, so it is a good one! +And this one is also one of the higher-voted ones, so it is a good one! Andrew Jackson wrote: [_**"WTH can you not add categories, labels etc when creating an automation"**_](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/wth-can-you-not-add-categories-labels-etc-when-creating-an-automation/802562) -Yeah, that is a good WTH! Every time you create a new automation or script, -you probably want to organize it right away, and not having to go back to -the settings to do so. **FIXED**! 🎉 +Yeah, that is a good WTH! Whenever you create a new automation or script, you +probably want to organize it right away and not have to go back to the settings. +**FIXED**! 🎉 -If you press the d on your keyboard, it will pop up the Quickbar for devices. +If you press the d on your keyboard, it will pop up the Quickbar for devices When you create a new automation or script, and also when renaming it, -you can now set the category and labels right away! 🏷️ Nice! +you can now set the description, category, labels, and areas right away! +🏷️ Nice! ### Quickly navigate to a device -You might be aware, that you can bring up our quick navigation bar anywhere in -Home Assistant, by pressing the `c` key on your keyboard to navigate to various -places and the `e` key to search and navigate to any entity. However... +You might be aware that you can bring up our quick navigation bar anywhere in +Home Assistant by pressing the `c` key on your keyboard to navigate various +places and the `e` key to search and navigate to any entity. However… [_**"WTH is there no quick bar for devices?"**_](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/wth-is-there-no-quick-bar-for-devices/802310) Well, that is a good question that Andreas Brett raised! There is indeed no -such thing for devices. [@jpbede] to the rescue! As of this release, you -can navigate to any device using the quickbar by pressing the `d` key on your -keyboard. +such thing for devices. [@jpbede] to the rescue! You can now navigate to any +device using the quick bar by pressing the `d` key on your keyboard. -If you press the d on your keyboard, it will pop up the Quickbar for devices. +If you press the d on your keyboard, it will pop up the quick bar for devices ### Zoom & Pan for charts -KNXBroker raised the the following WTH topic: +KNXBroker raised the following WTH topic: [_**"WTH lets upgrade History Graphs"**_](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/wth-lets-upgrade-history-graphs/802568) -You are right! The history graphs in Home Assistant are a bit basic but -functional! Nevertheless, we can do better! 🚀 +You are right! The history graphs in Home Assistant are basic but functional! +Nevertheless, we can do better! 🚀 -One of the bigger items in that WTH topic, was the ability to zoom and pan... -Well, thanks to [@MindFreeze], you can now zoom and pan in any graph in Home -Assistant! 📈 +One of the bigger items in that WTH topic was the ability to zoom and pan... +Thanks to [@MindFreeze], you can now zoom and pan in any graph +in Home Assistant! 📈 +

Zoom any graph in Home Assistant, by holding ctrl or command and scroll your mouse wheel! +Zoom any drag any graph in Home Assistant, by holding ctrl (or command on mac) +and scroll your mouse wheel! +

-Hold control (or command on macOS) and scroll to zoom in and out using your -mouse. You can also click and drag to pan around the zoomed graph. +Hold the control key (or command on macOS) and scroll to zoom in and out using +your mouse. You can also click and drag to pan around the zoomed graph. -Besides this change, [@MindFreeze] enabled small micro-animation for the -history graphs, making them look a bit more alive and less static. +In addition to this change, [@MindFreeze] enabled small micro-animation for the +history graphs, making them look more alive and less static. [@MindFreeze]: https://github.com/MindFreeze @@ -377,50 +377,47 @@ We hear you! Thanks to [@jpbede], you can now control the default exposure of new entities to Assist. You can now toggle this on or off in the Home Assistant Voice Assistant settings. -Zoom any graph in Home Assistant, by holding ctrl or command and scroll your mouse wheel! +Zoom any graph in Home Assistant, by holding ctrl or command and scroll your mouse wheel! -### Reordering individual devices on the energy dashboard +### More "What the Heck?!" improvements + +Many smaller improvements originate from the Month of “What the Heck?!” in this +release. Here are some of the other noteworthy ones: + +[_**"WTH there is no hotkey for Assist"**_](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/wth-there-is-no-hotkey-for-assist/802403)** + +Well, thanks to [@jpbede], you can now press the `a` key on your keyboard +anywhere in Home Assistant to summon Assist! 🎙️ Nice! + +[_**"WTH doesn't HA ask if I want to save automations?"**_](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/wth-doesnt-ha-ask-if-i-want-to-save-automations/804030) + +Whoa! That is a good one! Thanks to [@jpbede], Home Assistant will now ask if +you want to save your automation before leaving the editor if there are unsaved +changes. 🤖 [_**"WTH Is in Energy Dashboard the individual devices not able to reorder"**_](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/wth-is-in-energy-dashboard-the-individual-devices-not-able-to-reorder/805051) Thanks for that one yormedia! Honestly, this one has been raised in previous -editions of the Month of "What the Heck?!" a few times as well. Reason enough -for [@karwosts] to pick this up and make it happen! You can now reorder the -individual devices on the energy dashboard! 🔡 - -If you press the d on your keyboard, it will pop up the Quickbar for devices. - -### More "What the Heck?!" improvements - -There are many more smaller improvements originating from the Month of "What the -Heck?!" in this release. Here are some of the other noteworthy ones: - -[_**"WTH there is no hotkey for Assist"**_](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/wth-there-is-no-hotkey-for-assist/802403)** - -Well, thanks to [@jpbede] you can now press the `a` on your keyboard anywhere -in Home Assistant to summon Assist! 🎙️ Nice! - -[_**"WTH doesn't HA ask if I want to save automations?"**_](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/wth-doesnt-ha-ask-if-i-want-to-save-automations/804030) - -Whoa! That is a good one! Thanks to [@jpbede], Home Assistant will now ask you -if you want to save your automation before leaving the editor if there are -unsaved changes. 🤖 +editions of the Month of "What the Heck?!" a few times. Reason enough for +[@karwosts] to pick this up and make it happen! You can now reorder them in +the setting for categorization purposes. 🔡 [_**"WTH Can't I filter labels within a table filter?"**_](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/wth-cant-i-filter-labels-within-a-table-filter/802529) Good question. If you have a lot of labels, scrolling through the list of labels -in the filter option, can be a bit cumbersome. Thanks to [@silamon], you can +in the filter option can be a bit cumbersome. Thanks to [@silamon], you can now search and filter through the labels in the filter option! 🔎 [_**WTH sentence trigger doesn't contain any context**_](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/wth-sentence-trigger-doesnt-contain-any-context/802386) Great idea! Thanks to [@balloob], the full conversation input is now available -to sentence triggers! 🗣️ This was actually the first WTH item to be resolved +to sentence triggers! 🗣️ This was actually the first WTH item to be resolved in this edition! 😎 [@balloob]: https://github.com/balloob -[@silamon]: https://github.com/silamon [@jpbede]: https://github.com/jpbede +[@karwosts]: https://github.com/karwosts +[@silamon]: https://github.com/silamon ## Integrations diff --git a/source/images/blog/2025-01/391675502-36f624b7-786f-486b-89a6-e86bc0a5f9fc.png b/source/images/blog/2025-01/391675502-36f624b7-786f-486b-89a6-e86bc0a5f9fc.png deleted file mode 100644 index 122b7d79b8e..00000000000 Binary files a/source/images/blog/2025-01/391675502-36f624b7-786f-486b-89a6-e86bc0a5f9fc.png and /dev/null differ diff --git a/source/images/blog/2025-01/temp-assist-expose-default.png b/source/images/blog/2025-01/temp-assist-expose-default.png deleted file mode 100644 index 138078c4c59..00000000000 Binary files a/source/images/blog/2025-01/temp-assist-expose-default.png and /dev/null differ diff --git a/source/images/blog/2025-01/temp-new-automation-labels.png b/source/images/blog/2025-01/temp-new-automation-labels.png deleted file mode 100644 index 5307e9b3d02..00000000000 Binary files a/source/images/blog/2025-01/temp-new-automation-labels.png and /dev/null differ diff --git a/source/images/blog/2025-01/temp-sortable-devices.gif b/source/images/blog/2025-01/temp-sortable-devices.gif deleted file mode 100644 index ecabc9ab786..00000000000 Binary files a/source/images/blog/2025-01/temp-sortable-devices.gif and /dev/null differ diff --git a/source/images/blog/2025-01/temp-zoom-graphs.gif b/source/images/blog/2025-01/temp-zoom-graphs.gif deleted file mode 100644 index ef18edc3d70..00000000000 Binary files a/source/images/blog/2025-01/temp-zoom-graphs.gif and /dev/null differ diff --git a/source/images/blog/2025-01/wth-category-labels-new-automation.png b/source/images/blog/2025-01/wth-category-labels-new-automation.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4692ee05e36 Binary files /dev/null and b/source/images/blog/2025-01/wth-category-labels-new-automation.png differ diff --git a/source/images/blog/2025-01/wth-default-expose-to-assist.png b/source/images/blog/2025-01/wth-default-expose-to-assist.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..f744fe7a216 Binary files /dev/null and b/source/images/blog/2025-01/wth-default-expose-to-assist.png differ diff --git a/source/images/blog/2025-01/wth-quickbar-devices.png b/source/images/blog/2025-01/wth-quickbar-devices.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..199792a9eff Binary files /dev/null and b/source/images/blog/2025-01/wth-quickbar-devices.png differ