diff --git a/source/_posts/2022-02-02-release-20222.markdown b/source/_posts/2022-02-02-release-20222.markdown index 0a8aed641d6..5e87d6fac76 100644 --- a/source/_posts/2022-02-02-release-20222.markdown +++ b/source/_posts/2022-02-02-release-20222.markdown @@ -228,6 +228,22 @@ will be enabled by default. This keeps our Home Assistant nice and tidy, but also gives you the possibility to enable those extra ones you like to have, yourself. +## Scenes now have a state + +Scenes never had a state, well that is not entirely true, it would always +say: "scening". That is not really helpful with anything. + +To make the state of a scene more useful, it will now have the last timestamp of when the scene was activated. This has a couple of advantages: + +- The timestamp in the state of the scene tells you when the scene was last used. +- You can now see history of when a scene was activated in the logbook, + and who did that. +- You can now automate on a scene being activated. + +The last one is pretty useful as a scene can now be used to trigger even more +actions via automations. For example, you could start playing media or send +a TTS announcement when a scene is used. + ## Streamlining experiences We recently published a blog on our focus for this year: