Home Assistant Core 2024.6.0

Version 2024.6.0 of Home Assistant Core has been released. Home Assistant Core is an open source home automation platform created in Python 3. It supports discovering devices such as Philips Hue, Belkin WeMo switches, Mr. Coffee coffee makers, IKEA's smart switches and the MQTT protocol. In addition, it can control these devices and apply automation where possible. For more information about Home Assistant, please refer to this page and our own forum. The full release notes for this release can be found here; this is the announcement from it:

2024.6: Dipping our toes in the world of AI using LLMs

Welcome to another loaded release of Home Assistant! Packed with many exciting new features, this month is definitely one to remember. Let's talk about AI. AI might just as well be the talk of the century. These so-called LLMs most certainly open up a whole new world of possibilities. When we first introduced the OpenAI and Google AI conversation agents for Assist, one of the most requested features was the ability to control your home with it.

Now for the big news: Well, as of today, you can control your home with an AI!

But there is a lot more to this release. Super simple media player commands, more data table improvements, tag entities, collapsible blueprint sections, and so much more! I'm personally most excited about the new features in the dashboarding area. Being able to conditionally show sections and cards is definitely a game-changer for my dashboards.

Enjoy the release!