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The updater component will check daily for new releases. It will show a badge in the frontend if a new version is found. As Hass.io has its own schedule for release it doesn't make sense to use this component on Hass.io.
The updater component will also collect basic information about the running Home Assistant instance and its environment. The information includes the current Home Assistant version, the time zone, Python version and operating system information. No identifiable information (i.e., IP address, GPS coordinates, etc.) will ever be collected. If you are concerned about your privacy, you are welcome to scrutinize the Python source code.
{% linkable_title Configuration %}
To integrate this into Home Assistant, add the following section to your configuration.yaml file:
updater:
{% configuration %} reporting: description: Whether or not to share system information when checking for updates. required: false type: boolean default: true include_used_components: description: Whether or not to report the components that you are using in Home Assistant. required: false type: boolean default: false {% endconfiguration %}
For further information about the Updater's data, please check the detailed overview. If you choose not to share any information when checking for updates, you can set reporting: false.
It is possible to report the components that you are using to the Home Assistant developers. This will help them focus on improving the popular ones. To enable this option, you have to add include_used_components: true.
"components": [
"apcupsd",
"api",
"automation",
"binary_sensor",
"binary_sensor.zwave",
"camera",
"camera.uvc",
"config",
"config.core",
...
]
{% linkable_title Notification %}
For an added bonus, an automation component can be created to send a message with a notifier when that state of this component's entity changes.
# Example configuration.yaml entry
automation:
alias: 'Update Available Notifications'
trigger:
platform: state
entity_id: updater.updater
action:
service: notify.notify
data:
message: 'Update for Home Assistant is available.'