From 4d2b340654d7a69e7c6d5f6f1a6753fc1ec5ea68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Franck Nijhof Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2022 22:31:42 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] 2022.2.0: Add Nabu Casa section --- .../_posts/2022-02-02-release-20222.markdown | 44 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+) diff --git a/source/_posts/2022-02-02-release-20222.markdown b/source/_posts/2022-02-02-release-20222.markdown index 88fa9258afc..45a6a31d0a4 100644 --- a/source/_posts/2022-02-02-release-20222.markdown +++ b/source/_posts/2022-02-02-release-20222.markdown @@ -81,6 +81,50 @@ Examples use cases of button entities. +## Updates from Nabu Casa + +Before we dive into this release, we have some news and updates from +[Nabu Casa](https://www.nabucasa.com) to share with you. + +### Annual subscriptions now available for the US + +The ability to subscribe to the [Home Assistant Cloud](https://www.nabucasa.com) +was one of the most requested features sinds Nabu Casa was founded and was +announced to become available during the [State of the Open Home](/state-of-the-open-home/) in December. + +As of today, the annual subscriptions to Home Assistant Cloud are available +for the United States. 🎉 + +Additionally, in regions where annual subscriptions are available, you be able +to use Apple Pay and Google Pay now. + +Annual subscriptions will become available in other countries in the coming +months, including local currency support for Canada, Europe and the United Kingdom. + +### Improved infrastructure + +Our new payment system is part of our revamped cloud system that we are rolling +out, and this will bring more improvements the Home Assistant Cloud services. + +We already improved our remove access infrastructure to make sure it's routing +as close to you as possible. Last week we have rolled out improvements +to the infrastructure that has significantly improved the speed of the +Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa integrations. + +### Zack Barett and Mike Degatano join Nabu Casa + +We are also happy to announce [Zack Barett](https://github.com/zsarnett) and +[Mike Degatano](https://github.com/mdegat01) will be joining Nabu Casa to work +on Home Assistant. + +Zack will be helping out on different aspects of Home Assistant, including the +[Home Assistant YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbX3YkedQunLt7EQAdVxh7w), and the Home Assistant Frontend. + +Mike is going to be focussing on extending and improving the Home Assistant +Supervisor and the eco system around it (like its internal plugins and add-ons). + +Welcome! We are excited to have you on board! 🎉 + ## New media player bar, local media... The media browser, has been renamed to: "Media". Nice, simple, and clean.