Download Home Assistant 0.48.1

Home Assistant is an open source home automation platform that runs under Python 3. It runs via Hassbian on a Raspberry Pi3 or a Linux, macOS, or Windows computer. It supports detecting devices such as Nest thermostats, Philips Hue, Belkin WeMo switches, Mr. Coffee makers and the MQTT protocol. In addition, where possible, it can control these devices and apply automation. For more information, we refer you to this page. The developers have released version 0.48.1 with the following announcement:

Release 0.48.1

• Fix arlo sensors.
• API POST no longer marks the number zero as invalid
• Fix Snips json schema
• Fix pathlib resolve
• Fix harmony
• Fix Arlo startup crash
• Temporary fix for the client_id generation

0.48: Snips.ai, Shiftr.io and a massive History query speed up

It’s time for a great new release!

We’ve started the process of upgrading our frontend technology. If you notice something not working that did work before, please open an issue.

Pascal has added a new option to Home Assistant core to set a list of whitelisted folders that Home Assistant can read from. When a component allows to send files (like Telegram), it will only be allowed to send files from those directories. The only default whitelisted folder is the public /www directory.

Z-Wave will, as announced in the last release, be defaulting to generate the new entity ids. More info in the blog post. You can still opt-in for the old style.

Big speed up in querying the history
Thanks to the work by @cmsimike in #8255 you’ll see a significant speed up when using the history view. In his local tests queries went from 1 minute to 90ms! ⚡️

Snips.ai component
Snips has contributed a component to integrate with their Snips.ai local voice assistant. This will allow you to hook a speaker and a microphone into your Raspberry Pi and make your own local Amazon Echo quickly. See the docs for further instructions.

Also a shoutout to @michaelarnauts for keeping an eye on our Docker build and once again reducing the file size 👍

New Platforms

• Add initial support for Shiftr.io
• Upnp properties
• Add support for Insteon FanLinc fan
• add knx cover support
• Add I2c BME280 temperature, humidity and pressure sensor for Raspberry Pi
• Add I2c HTU21D temperature and humidity sensor for Raspberry Pi
• Add new BH1750 light level sensor
• Rfxtrx binary sensor
• Add ClickSend notify service.
• Add device tracker for Linksys Smart Wifi devices
• Open Hardware Monitor
• WIP: Verisure app api
• telegram_bot platform to only send messages
• Comfoconnect fan component
• Implementation templates for covers
• Snips ASR and NLU component

Breaking Changes

• We have added a new option to whitelist folders that can be used as sources for sending files. You will need to use this option if you are using files with the telegram component.
• Vera battery levels will no longer have the percent sign appended
• Notify – SMTP: Added SMTP SSL/TLS support so now you should specify which encryption to use.
• Light – LIFX: The lifx_effect_breathe call was deprecated in version 0.47 and has now been removed. You can use lifx_effect_pulse with mode: breathe for the same effect.
• LimitlessLED: No longer automatically fades the lights when turning the light off. Can be restored with a new config option.