diff --git a/source/_posts/2022-08-03-release-20228.markdown b/source/_posts/2022-08-03-release-20228.markdown index cf25367876c..58b593b82d0 100644 --- a/source/_posts/2022-08-03-release-20228.markdown +++ b/source/_posts/2022-08-03-release-20228.markdown @@ -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. +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 diff --git a/source/images/blog/2022-08/bluetooth.png b/source/images/blog/2022-08/bluetooth.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..c121978781a Binary files /dev/null and b/source/images/blog/2022-08/bluetooth.png differ