diff --git a/source/_posts/2022-11-02-release-202211.markdown b/source/_posts/2022-11-02-release-202211.markdown index 907472565a9..edc0b35c610 100644 --- a/source/_posts/2022-11-02-release-202211.markdown +++ b/source/_posts/2022-11-02-release-202211.markdown @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ Sunday, November 13, 2022 (11:00 AM PST / 20:00 CET). - [Statistic card](#statistic-card) - [Smarter reloading of automation & scripts](#smarter-reloading-of-automation--scripts) - [Getting insights into water usage](#getting-insights-into-water-usage) -- [Kelvin!](#kelvin) +- [Color temperatures in Kelvin](#color-temperatures-in-kelvin) - [Long-term statistics in the entity dialogs](#long-term-statistics-in-the-entity-dialogs) - [The first day of the week](#the-first-day-of-the-week) - [New template features](#new-template-features) @@ -146,38 +146,37 @@ or ESPHome (requires [ESPHome version 2022.10.1](https://www.esphome.io/changelo available to track your water usage or how to build your own water usage sensors. -## Kelvin! +## Color temperatures in Kelvin -{% details "TODO" %} +Another [WTH topic](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/wth-is-light-temperature-not-in-kelvin/467449) +that was voted for almost 150 times! Why doesn't Home Assistant use Kelvin +for color temperatures? -- Improve extend story -- Add reference to WTH -- Spelling/grammar -- Add screenshots -* Use color temperatures in Kelvin in more_info_light (#14016) @emontnemery -- Adapt homekit to color temperatures in K ([@emontnemery] - [#79713]) ([homekit docs]) (noteworthy) -- Use Kelvin as the preferred color temperature unit ([@emontnemery] - [#79591]) ([light docs]) (noteworthy) -- Migrate Shelly to use kelvin for color temperature ([@thecode] - [#79880]) ([shelly docs]) (noteworthy) -- Update Fritz! lights to use kelvin ([@flabbamann] - [#79733]) ([light docs]) ([fritzbox docs]) (noteworthy) -- Migrate the LIFX integration to use kelvin for color temp ([@Djelibeybi] - [#79775]) ([lifx docs]) (noteworthy) +Well, a small piece of history: The Home Assistant story started using Philips +Hue a long, long time ago. And Hue uses mired for its color temperature, +not Kelvin. -{% enddetails %} +But today, Kelvin is much more commonly used. It is even on packages of the +bulbs you buy. So, as of today, Home Assistant uses Kelvin too! -Also a [WTH topic](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/wth-is-light-temperature-not-in-kelvin/467449) -that was voted for almost 150 times! Why doesn't Home Assistant -use Kelvin for color temperatures? Well... now we do! +Screenshot showing the UI now uses the Kelvin unit to set the color temperature -Integrations that now use native kelvin instead of mireds: [HomeKit], [Shelly], -[AVM FRITZ!SmartHome], [LIFX] +Kelvin is now the primary color temperature unit. This means all lights +and everything color temperature related shown in the user interface, +are now in Kelvin. + +We still do support the good old mired. Mireds are still working and +automatically converted when needed, so this is not a breaking change 🎉 + +Additionally, integration can now optionally use Kelvin directly if the +device or service accepts that. [HomeKit], [Shelly], +[AVM FRITZ!SmartHome], and [LIFX] are all now using Kelvin natively. [AVM FRITZ!SmartHome]: /integrations/fritzbox [HomeKit]: /integrations/homekit [LIFX]: /integrations/lifx [Shelly]: /integrations/shelly -The good old mired are still working as well (conversion is done when needed), -so this is not a breaking change 🎉 - ## Long-term statistics in the entity dialogs The "more info" dialogs of entities now use long-term statistics for diff --git a/source/images/blog/2022-11/kelvin.png b/source/images/blog/2022-11/kelvin.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e9977ffee92 Binary files /dev/null and b/source/images/blog/2022-11/kelvin.png differ