2022.8.0: Finish bluetooth support

This commit is contained in:
Franck Nijhof 2022-08-02 20:16:06 +02:00
parent 77eb378134
commit 3af3d28c13
No known key found for this signature in database
GPG Key ID: D62583BA8AB11CA3
2 changed files with 18 additions and 19 deletions

View File

@ -103,31 +103,30 @@ The "System Health" setting menu item, have been moved to the "Repairs"
## First-class Bluetooth support
{% details "TODO" %}
Today, we proudly announce that Home Assistant now has **first-class**
Bluetooth support! 🥇
- Improve on story
- Spelling/grammar
- Screenshot of Bluetooth devices being discovered
A brand new [Bluetooth integration] has been added by [@bdraco], which provides
absolutely amazing Bluetooth support to Home Assistant, including automatic
discovery of new devices and the ability to push device updates.
{% enddetails %}
Integrations that implement device support can easily be built on top of these
features, meaning we now have a solid base in Home Assistant to unlock
support for many Bluetooth devices out there!
Unfortunately, In the last release, we had to disable quite a few Bluetooth
releated integrations because of compatibility reasons. Today, we are proud
to announce Home Assistant now adds **first-class** Bluetooth support! 🥇
In the screenshot below, you can see the Bluetooth integration is set up,
and it is able to discover new devices. In this case, it discovered a Mi Flora
Flower care sensor device.
A brand new [Bluetooth integration] has been added
by [@bdraco], which provides absolutely amazing Bluetooth support to
Home Assistant, including automatic discovery of new devices and the ability
to push device updates to other integrations providing those Bluetooth devices.
<img class="no-shadow" src='/images/blog/2022-08/bluetooth.png' alt='Screenshot showing the integration page, with an active Bluetooth integration and a Mi Flora plant sensor device being discovered'>
__TODO: Insert a screenshot of the Bluetooth devices being discovered.__
A good example is the [SwitchBot] integration. It has been updated to support
the new Bluetooth integration, and because of that, is now a push-based
integration providing a much more stable experience.
The [SwitchBot] integration has been updated to support this, and is thus
now a push-based integration, providing a much more stable experience.
This release adds five integrations that are built on this: [SensorPush],
[Govee], [INKBIRD], [Moat], and [Xiaomi BLE]. The latter one also provides
support for the Mi Flora plant sensors.
This release adds five integrations built on this: [SensorPush],
[Govee], [INKBIRD], [Moat], and [Xiaomi BLE]. The latter also provides
support for the reasonably popular Mi Flora plant sensors.
[Bluetooth integration]: /integrations/bluetooth
[SwitchBot]: /integrations/switchbot

Binary file not shown.

After

Width:  |  Height:  |  Size: 80 KiB