Add State of the Open Home 2024 blog (#32448)

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+title: "Thinking Bigger: State of the Open Home 2024"
+description: "The State of the Open Home 2024 stream includes a deep dive into the evolution of Home Assistant, and how it has now reached an estimated 1 million installations."
+date: 2024-04-24 00:00:01
+date_formatted: "April 24, 2024"
+author: Gordon Cameron
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+categories: Announcements
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+We recently held our [State of the Open Home 2024 live stream](https://www.youtube.com/live/oa__fLArsFk?si=PzlfiHLUYE6uAEq3), where we revealed how we are thinking [even bigger](/blog/2018/09/17/thinking-big/) about securing the future of the smart home. During this stream we launched the [Open Home Foundation](https://www.openhomefoundation.org/), a new non-profit organization created to fight for the fundamental principles of the smart home — privacy, choice, and sustainability — focused on serving everyone that lives in one. To learn more about the Open Home Foundation read the full [announcement](https://www.openhomefoundation.org/blog/announcing-the-open-home-foundation/).
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+The stream includes a deep dive into the evolution of Home Assistant and how it has now reached an estimated 1 million installations. There were other substantial updates on voice and hardware, including teasing our upcoming Z-Wave and voice assistant hardware. The first panel discussion featured the founders of Open Home Foundation collaborating projects WLED, Zigbee2MQTT, Rhasspy, and Z-Wave JS. A second panel gave a comprehensive overview of the state of open standards, featuring key open-source developers working on Zigbee, Z-Wave, Matter, and Bluetooth. The stream caps off with a look into the future of the open home, including the announcement of a roadmap full of exciting new features.
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+Full list of chapters:
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+- Introduction ([0:00:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa__fLArsFk&t=11s))
+- Announcing the Open Home Foundation - Paulus Schoutsen ([0:02:36](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa__fLArsFk&t=156s))
+- Panel with Open Home Foundation collaborators - WLED, Zigbee2MQTT, Rhasspy, Z-Wave JS ([0:18:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa__fLArsFk&t=1111s))
+- Voice - Michael Hansen ([0:36:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa__fLArsFk&t=2191s))
+- Home Assistant - Franck Nijhof ([0:53:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa__fLArsFk&t=3188s))
+- Hardware - Uwe Bernitt ([1:21:37](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa__fLArsFk&t=4897s))
+- Panel on Open Standards - Zigbee, Z-Wave, Matter, Bluetooth ([1:40:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa__fLArsFk&t=6021s))
+- Future - Madelena Mak ([2:07:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa__fLArsFk&t=7649s))
+- Closing ([2:37:33](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa__fLArsFk&t=9453s))
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+**The Open Home Foundation** now owns and governs over 240 open-source projects, standards, drivers, and libraries, including Home Assistant - protecting these projects from buy-out or becoming abandoned. To learn more about the Open Home Foundation, visit: [https://www.openhomefoundation.org/](https://www.openhomefoundation.org/)