Download Home Assistant 0.72

Home Assistant is an open source home automation platform that runs under Python 3. It runs via Hassbian on a Raspberry Pi 3 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, please refer to this page and our forum. The developers have released version 0.72 and the release notes for that release can be found below.

0.72: Lovelace UI, KIWI Doorlocks, Wireless Tags, Insteon X10

I am super excited about this release as it brings some great examples of how we are refining the system to become more customizable and, at the same time, user friendly. The first thing that I am really excited about is a new experimental user interface that we call Lovelace. check this awesome rundown of all the features by @ciotlosm. The TL;DR: a faster, more customizable and more extensible UI with the same look and feel as the old one.

Be aware, this is experimental, so things will change. However, we felt like we didn’t want to keep this away from you any longer. check the Lovelace UI docs on how to get started. Make sure to share your creations!

Thanks to all the people that have been hanging out in the #beta channel on Discord helping development, finding and squashing bugs and making suggestions. Especially thanks to @c727 for all his development work and @arsaboo for being the first guinea pig.

Another change is that Nest, Sonos and Cast will now have to be configured using a config entry. Config entries can be created via the integrations page in the config panel. This is a concept that we have been developing for a couple of months now and it’s our goal to eventually use this as the way to configure all components.

And as if this releases even needs more cool stuff, the Insteon integration now supports X10 thanks to @teharris1. It was a frequently requested feature from the Insteon community.

And finally, we’ll be extending the open beta for Home Assistant Cloud until the first of September.

New Platforms

• Weather Platform – IPMA (@dgomes – #14716) (weather.ipma docs) (new platform)
• Add Freebox device tracker (@stilllman – #12727) (device_tracker.freebox docs) (new platform)
• Add IBM Watson IoT Platform component (@mtreinish – #13664) (watson_iot docs) (new platform)
• wireless tag platform (@sergeymaysak – #13495) (wireless tag docs) (binary_sensor.wirelesstag docs) (sensor.wirelesstag docs) (switch.wirelesstag docs) (new platform)
• Add netgear_lte component (@amelchio – #14687) (netgear_lte docs) (notify docs) (sensor.netgear_lte docs) (new platform)
• Add Uptime Robot sensor (@ludeeus – #14631) (binary_sensor.uptimerobot docs) (new platform)
• Add support for the Unitymedia Horizon HD Recorder (@benleb – #14275) (media_player.horizon docs) (new platform)
• Add support for KIWI Door Locks (@c7h – #14485) (lock.kiwi docs) (new platform)
• Epson projector support (@pszafer – #14841) (media_player.epson docs) (new platform)
• Add sensor.nsw_fuel_station component (@nickw444 – #14757) (sensor.nsw_fuel_station docs) (new platform)
• Add support for ZhongHong HVAC Controllers (@crhan – #14552) (climate.zhong_hong docs) (new platform)
• Xiaomi Cameras – multiple models (@vaidyasr – #14244) (camera.xiaomi docs) (new platform)