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  <title><![CDATA[Category: Release-Notes | Home Assistant]]></title>
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  <link href="https://home-assistant.io/"/>
  <updated>2016-03-21T19:41:07+00:00</updated>
  <id>https://home-assistant.io/</id>
  <author>
    <name><![CDATA[Paulus Schoutsen]]></name>
    
  </author>
  <generator uri="http://octopress.org/">Octopress</generator>

  
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[0.15: Unforked Open Z-Wave, templated service calls, extended scene support and PEP257 compliance.]]></title>
    <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/2016/03/12/z-wave-pep257-templated-service-calls/"/>
    <updated>2016-03-12T18:55:00+00:00</updated>
    <id>https://home-assistant.io/blog/2016/03/12/z-wave-pep257-templated-service-calls</id>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Two weeks has past so here is 0.15! We have been focussing a lot on quality. Making sure the system is more stable and reliable. I usually try to highlight one cool thing in the release notes but this release has 4 exciting announcements!</p>

<ul>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/fabaff">@fabaff</a> has upgraded the codebase to follow the PEP257 documentation standard.</li>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/PartOfTheThing">@partofthething</a> has migrated us to use the main Python Open Z-Wave library instead of our forked version.</li>
  <li>To make our automations more powerful, <a href="https://github.com/persandstrom">@persandstrom</a> added the option to use templates to dynamically create service calls. This works for automation, Alexa, universal media player, template switch. <a href="/topics/service_calls/#use-templates-to-decide-which-service-to-call">Learn more.</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://github.com/MartinHjelmare">@MartinHjelmare</a> has upgraded our scene support to now support all built-in services and components.</li>
</ul>

<p>Besides bug fixes, this release also brings:</p>

<p><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/hunter-douglas-powerview.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /></p>

<ul>
  <li>Scene: Converted to a platform based component (<a href="https://github.com/sander76">@sander76</a>)</li>
  <li>Scene: <a href="/components/scene.hunterdouglas_powerview/">Hunter Douglas Powerview</a> now supported (<a href="https://github.com/sander76">@sander76</a>)</li>
  <li>Lock: <a href="/components/lock.mqtt/">MQTT</a> platform added (<a href="https://github.com/fabaff">@fabaff</a>)</li>
  <li>Device Tracker: <a href="/components/device_tracker.owntracks/">OwnTracks</a> will allow filtering inaccurate GPS locations (<a href="https://github.com/HydrelioxGitHub">@HydrelioxGitHub</a>)</li>
  <li>Binary Sensor: Wemo Motion now supported (<a href="https://github.com/pavoni">@pavoni</a>, <a href="https://github.com/ryanlaux">@ryanlaux</a>)</li>
</ul>

<div class="highlighter-coderay"><div class="CodeRay">
  <div class="code"><pre><span class="comment"># Example using templates for service and data in service call.</span>
<span class="comment"># Works for automation, Alexa, universal media player, template switch.</span>
<span class="key">automation</span>:
  - <span class="string"><span class="content">trigger:</span><span class="content">
      - platform: state
        entity_id: switch.bathroom</span></span>
    <span class="key">action</span>:
      <span class="key">service_template</span>: <span class="string"><span class="delimiter">&gt;</span><span class="content">
        {% if is_state('switch.bathroom', 'on') %}
          switch.turn_on
        {% else %}
          switch.turn_off
        {% endif %}</span></span>
      <span class="key">data_template</span>:
        <span class="key">entity_id</span>: <span class="string"><span class="content">switch.{{ states('input_select.is') }}</span></span>
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>

<h3>Breaking Changes</h3>

<ul>
  <li>Media Player: Attributes to call service play_media has been renamed to<br />
<code>media_content_type</code> and <code>media_content_id</code>, to match the corresponding media<br />
player state attributes. This change affects automations, scripts and scenes.</li>
</ul>

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  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[0.14: Steam, D-Link smart plugs and Neurio Energy Sensors]]></title>
    <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/2016/02/27/steam-d-link-smart-plugs-and-neurio-energy-sensors/"/>
    <updated>2016-02-27T22:15:00+00:00</updated>
    <id>https://home-assistant.io/blog/2016/02/27/steam-d-link-smart-plugs-and-neurio-energy-sensors</id>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>It’s been another two weeks which means it’s time for release: 0.14!</p>

<p><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/neurio.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/dlink.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/steam.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="90" /></p>

<ul>
  <li>Notify: <a href="/components/notify.command_line/">Command line platform</a> added (<a href="https://github.com/stefan-jonasson">@stefan-jonasson</a>)</li>
  <li>Sensor: <a href="/components/sensor.verisure/">Verisure</a> mousedetectors now supported (<a href="https://github.com/turbokongen">@turbokongen</a>)</li>
  <li>Core: Entities can now expose if they assume their state representation is correct (<a href="https://github.com/balloob">@balloob</a>)</li>
  <li>Sensor: <a href="/components/sensor.tcp/">TCP</a> platform added (<a href="https://github.com/flyte">@flyte</a>)</li>
  <li>Binary Sensor: <a href="/components/binary_sensor.tcp/">TCP</a> platform added (<a href="https://github.com/flyte">@flyte</a>)</li>
  <li>Sensor: <a href="/components/sensor.neurio_energy/">Neurio energy sensor</a> now supported (<a href="https://github.com/infamy">@infamy</a>)</li>
  <li>Binary Sensor: <a href="/components/binary_sensor.nx584/">nx584</a> support added (<a href="https://github.com/kk7ds">@kk7ds</a>)</li>
  <li>Improve and clarify CI testing (<a href="https://github.com/sdague">@sdague</a>)</li>
  <li>Automation: State <a href="/components/automation/#state-trigger">triggers</a> and <a href="/components/automation/#state-condition">conditions</a> now takes optional <code>for</code> config parameter to only trigger when a state hasn’t changed for a certain period of time (<a href="https://github.com/pavoni">@pavoni</a>, <a href="https://github.com/stefan-jonasson">@stefan-jonasson</a>)</li>
  <li>Sensor: <a href="/components/sensor.nest/">Nest</a> weather data added (<a href="https://github.com/w1ll1am23">@w1ll1am23</a>)</li>
  <li>Device Tracker: <a href="/components/device_tracker.unifi/">Ubiquiti Unifi</a> now supported (<a href="https://github.com/kk7ds">@kk7ds</a>)</li>
  <li>Binary Sensor: <a href="/components/binary_sensor.mysensors/">MySensors</a> now supported (<a href="https://github.com/MartinHjelmare">@MartinHjelmare</a>)</li>
  <li>Binary Sensor: <a href="/components/binary_sensor.bloomsky/">Bloomsky</a> now supported (<a href="https://github.com/balloob">@balloob</a>)</li>
  <li>Binary Sensor: <a href="/components/binary_sensor.zwave/">Z-Wave</a> now supported (<a href="https://github.com/tpatja">@tpatja</a>)</li>
  <li>Switch: <a href="/components/switch.dlink/">D-Link smart plugs</a> now supported (<a href="https://github.com/LinuxChristian">@LinuxChristian</a>)</li>
  <li>Script: Toggle support added (<a href="https://github.com/Andythigpen">@Andythigpen</a>)</li>
  <li>Light: <a href="/components/light.wemo/">Wemo</a> now supported (<a href="https://github.com/jaharkes">@jaharkes</a>)</li>
  <li>Rollershutter: <a href="/components/rollershutter.command_line/">Command line platform</a> added (<a href="https://github.com/t30">@t30</a>)</li>
  <li>Sensor: <a href="/components/sensor.steam_online/">Steam</a> now supported (<a href="https://github.com/GreenTurtwig">@GreenTurtwig</a>)</li>
  <li>Binary Sensor: <a href="/components/binary_sensor.wink/">Wink</a> now supported (<a href="https://github.com/w1ll1am23">@w1ll1am23</a>)</li>
  <li>Demo has been updated (<a href="https://github.com/kfgoode">@kfgoode</a>)</li>
  <li>Frontend: new UI for camera’s (<a href="https://github.com/balloob">@balloob</a>)</li>
</ul>

<p class="img">
  <img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/blog/2016-02-release-14/screenshot-webcam.png" />
  Camera feeds are now directly embedded in the frontend.
</p>

<h3>Backwards incompatible changes</h3>
<ul>
  <li>Component: Simple Alarm has been removed. Still available in <a href="https://home-assistant.io/cookbook/python_component_simple_alarm/">the cookbook</a>.</li>
  <li>Script: Turning on a <a href="/components/script/">script</a> that is already on is now a no-op instead of skipping current delay.</li>
  <li>Wemo switches now have to be set up via the main <a href="/components/wemo/">Wemo component</a></li>
  <li>Command line platforms for <a href="/components/switch.command_line/">switch</a>, <a href="/components/sensor.command_line/">sensor</a> and <a href="/components/binary_sensor.command_line/">binary_sensor</a> have been renamed to <code>command_line</code>.</li>
  <li>The rfxtrx sensors entity ids will incur a one time change to move to a stable format. See <a href="/components/sensor.rfxtrx/">the docs</a> for more details.</li>
</ul>

]]></content>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[0.13: Speedtest.net, Bloomsky, Splunk and Garage Doors]]></title>
    <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/2016/02/13/speedtest-bloomsky-splunk-and-garage-doors/"/>
    <updated>2016-02-13T06:15:00+00:00</updated>
    <id>https://home-assistant.io/blog/2016/02/13/speedtest-bloomsky-splunk-and-garage-doors</id>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>The focus of 0.13 was on test coverage, big cheers to <a href="https://github.com/rmkraus/">@rmkraus</a> for his hard work on this. I’m proud to announce that we’ve hit the 90% test coverage of the core + important components. A big milestone for the project.</p>

<p class="img">
  <img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/blog/2016-02-release-13/input_select__input_boolean__weblink.png" />
  Examples of the new <a href="/components/input_select/">input_select</a> and <a href="/components/weblink/">weblink</a> components.
</p>

<p>Not only did we gain a lot of test coverage, we also attracted a lot of new developers that contributed a variety of components and platforms:</p>

<p><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/speedtest.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="70" /><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/apcupsd.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/splunk.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/bloomsky.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/ubiquiti.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/networx.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/samsung.png" style="clear: right; margin-left: 5px; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /></p>

<ul>
  <li>Core: Add service to restart Home Assistant (<a href="https://github.com/rmkraus/">@rmkraus</a>)</li>
  <li>Core: Allow device to report as unavailable (<a href="https://github.com/MartinHjelmare/">@MartinHjelmare</a>)</li>
  <li>Core: Allow overriding polling interval in platforms and <a href="/cookbook/customize_polling_interval/">via config</a> (<a href="https://github.com/balloob/">@balloob</a>)</li>
  <li>Frontend: support for a <a href="/components/group/">default view</a> have been added to replace the show all view (<a href="https://github.com/balloob/">@balloob</a>)</li>
  <li>Component: Added <a href="/components/apcupsd/">apcupsd</a> component (<a href="https://github.com/flyte/">@flyte</a>)</li>
  <li>Component: Added component to log values to <a href="/components/splunk/">Splunk</a> (<a href="https://github.com/miniconfig/">@miniconfig</a>)</li>
  <li>Component: Added <a href="/components/garage_door/">garage door</a> component including <a href="/components/garage_door.wink/">Wink</a> support (<a href="https://github.com/xrolfex/">@xrolfex</a>)</li>
  <li>Component: Added <a href="/components/input_select/">input_select</a> component (<a href="https://github.com/balloob/">@balloob</a>)</li>
  <li>Component: Added <a href="/components/proximity/">proximity</a> component to track people closest to a location (<a href="https://github.com/nickwaring/">@nickwaring</a>, <a href="https://github.com/Bart274/">@Bart274</a> )</li>
  <li>Component: Added support for <a href="/components/bloomsky/">Bloomsky Weather Station</a> (<a href="https://github.com/haraldnagel/">@haraldnagel</a>)</li>
  <li>Component: Added support for pushing stats to <a href="/components/graphite/">graphite</a> (<a href="https://github.com/kk7ds/">@kk7ds</a>)</li>
  <li>Component: Added support for <a href="/components/scsgate/">SCSGate</a> devices (<a href="https://github.com/flavio/">@flavio</a>)</li>
  <li>Component: Added <a href="/components/weblink/">weblink</a> component to link to other pages (<a href="https://github.com/MagnusKnutas/">@MagnusKnutas</a>)</li>
  <li>Component: Support for Ubiquiti mFI <a href="/components/sensor.mfi/">sensors</a> and <a href="/components/switch.mfi/">switchable devices</a> added (<a href="https://github.com/kk7ds/">@kk7ds</a>)</li>
  <li>Alarm control panel: Added <a href="/components/alarm_control_panel.nx584/">Caddx/GE/Interlogix NetworX</a> support (<a href="https://github.com/kk7ds/">@kk7ds</a>)</li>
  <li>Camera: <a href="/components/camera.mjpeg/">MJPEG</a> camera’s will now show real stream instead of a 2fps stream (<a href="https://github.com/stjohnjohnson/">@stjohnjohnson</a>)</li>
  <li>Camera: Added <a href="/components/camera.uvc/">Unifi video cameras</a> support (<a href="https://github.com/kk7ds/">@kk7ds</a>)</li>
  <li>Device Tracker: <a href="/components/device_tracker.aruba/">Aruba</a> platform now uses SSH instead of telnet (<a href="https://github.com/carlosmgr/">@carlosmgr</a>)</li>
  <li>History: Show correct graphs for thermostats (<a href="https://github.com/sdague/">@sdague</a>)</li>
  <li>Light: Added <a href="/components/light.mysensors/">MySensors</a> support (<a href="https://github.com/MartinHjelmare/">@MartinHjelmare</a>)</li>
  <li>Lock: Added <a href="/components/lock.verisure/">Verisure</a> support (<a href="https://github.com/turbokongen/">@turbokongen</a>)</li>
  <li>Media Player: Added <a href="/components/media_player.samsungtv/">Samsung TV</a> support (<a href="https://github.com/stefan-jonasson/">@stefan-jonasson</a>)</li>
  <li>Media Player: Added <a href="/components/media_player.snapcast/">Snapcast</a> support (<a href="https://github.com/happyleavesaoc/">@happyleavesaoc</a>)</li>
  <li>MQTT: Allow using templates in <a href="/components/mqtt/#publish-service">publish service</a> (<a href="https://github.com/flyte/">@flyte</a>)</li>
  <li>Notify: Added <a href="/components/notify.rest/">REST</a> support (<a href="https://github.com/Theb-1/">@Theb-1</a>)</li>
  <li>Sensor: Added <a href="/components/sensor.speedtest/">Speedtest.net</a> support (<a href="https://github.com/nkgilley/">@nkgilley</a>)</li>
  <li>Switch: Added <a href="/components/switch.template/">template</a> platform (<a href="https://github.com/pavoni/">@pavoni</a>)</li>
  <li>Thermostat: Support for <a href="/components/thermostat.honeywell/">Honeywell</a> in the US added (<a href="https://github.com/kk7ds/">@kk7ds</a>)</li>
  <li>Z-Wave: Allow <a href="/components/zwave/#configuration">configuring polling</a> and <a href="/components/zwave/#events">support scenes</a> (<a href="https://github.com/lukas-hetzenecker/">@lukas-hetzenecker</a>)</li>
  <li>Bug fixes and improvements by <a href="https://github.com/persandstrom/">@persandstrom</a>, <a href="https://github.com/fabaff/">@fabaff</a>, <a href="https://github.com/balloob/">@balloob</a>, <a href="https://github.com/pavoni/">@pavoni</a>, <a href="https://github.com/philipbl/">@philipbl</a>, <a href="https://github.com/MartinHjelmare/">@MartinHjelmare</a>, <a href="https://github.com/rmkraus/">@rmkraus</a>, <a href="https://github.com/molobrakos/">@molobrakos</a>, <a href="https://github.com/lukas-hetzenecker/">@lukas-hetzenecker</a>, <a href="https://github.com/TangoAlpha/">@TangoAlpha</a>, <a href="https://github.com/deisi/">@deisi</a>, <a href="https://github.com/Danielhiversen/">@Danielhiversen</a>, <a href="https://github.com/roqeer/">@roqeer</a>, <a href="https://github.com/jaharkes/">@jaharkes</a></li>
</ul>

]]></content>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[0.12: Insteon, LIFX, Twitter and ZigBee]]></title>
    <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/2016/01/30/insteon-lifx-twitter-and-zigbee/"/>
    <updated>2016-01-30T08:22:00+00:00</updated>
    <id>https://home-assistant.io/blog/2016/01/30/insteon-lifx-twitter-and-zigbee</id>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>Another sprint has come to an end and it seems that we have not slowed down a single bit 🚀. 0.12 is full of new components, platforms and organizational additions.</p>

<p>I would like to give a shout out to <a href="https://github.com/pavoni">Greg Dowling (@pavoni)</a> as every release includes new work from him. He is constantly adding support for new platforms or improving the reliablity of existing components and platforms. Keep up the good work!</p>

<p>This release includes a very frequent requested feature: the ability to organize entities in different tabs in the frontend. See <a href="/demo/">the demo</a> to see this in action and read more in the <a href="/components/group/">group documentation</a> how to get started.</p>

<p class="img">
<a href="https://home-assistant.io/demo/"><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/blog/2016-01-release-12/views.png" /></a>
Example of the new views in the frontend. <a href="https://home-assistant.io/components/group/">Learn more.</a>
</p>

<p><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/insteon.png" style="clear: right; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/lifx.png" style="clear: right; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/twitter.png" style="clear: right; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/zigbee.png" style="clear: right; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/google_voice.png" style="clear: right; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /></p>

<ul>
  <li>Binary sensor: <a href="/components/binary_sensor.command/">command sensor</a> added (<a href="https://github.com/Bart274">@Bart274</a>)</li>
  <li><a href="/components/nest/">Nest</a> support extended to include sensors and binary sensors (<a href="https://github.com/joshughes">@joshughes</a>)</li>
  <li>Light: <a href="/components/light.lifx/">LIFX</a> platform added (<a href="https://github.com/TangoAlpha">@TangoAlpha</a>)</li>
  <li>Notify: <a href="/components/notify.twitter/">Twitter</a> platform added (<a href="https://github.com/HydrelioxGitHub">@HydrelioxGitHub</a>)</li>
  <li>Sensor: <a href="/components/sensor.template/">Template</a> platform added (<a href="https://github.com/pavoni">@pavoni</a>)</li>
  <li>Switch: <a href="/components/wink/">Wink</a> platform now supports sirens (<a href="https://github.com/w1ll1am23">@w1ll1am23</a>)</li>
  <li><a href="/components/insteon_hub/">Insteon hub</a> support added (<a href="https://github.com/FreekingDean">@FreekingDean</a>)</li>
  <li><a href="/components/statsd/">Statsd</a> component added (<a href="https://github.com/michaelkuty">@michaelkuty</a>)</li>
  <li>Light: <a href="/components/light.rfxtrx/">Rfxtrx</a> platform now supports dimming (<a href="https://github.com/turbokongen">@turbokongen</a>)</li>
  <li>Time scheduling (including <a href="/components/automation/#time-trigger">time automation</a>) now works with intervals (ie. <code>/5</code>) (<a href="https://github.com/kennedyshead">@kennedyshead</a>)</li>
  <li>Sensor: <a href="/components/sensor.onewire/">onewire</a> support added (<a href="https://github.com/deisi">@deisi</a>)</li>
  <li><a href="/components/zigbee/">Zigbee</a> support added (<a href="https://github.com/flyte">@flyte</a>)</li>
  <li>Device Tracker: <a href="/components/device_tracker.owntracks/">OwnTracks</a> can now track iBeacons (<a href="https://github.com/pavoni">@pavoni</a>)</li>
  <li>Notify: <a href="/components/notify.google_voice/">Google Voice SMS</a> platform added (<a href="https://github.com/w1ll1am23">@w1ll1am23</a>)</li>
  <li>Toggle service added to <code>homeassistant</code>, <code>switch</code>, <code>light</code> and <code>media_player</code> (<a href="https://github.com/rmkraus">@rmkraus</a>)</li>
  <li><a href="/components/thermostat/">Thermostat</a> services added to control fans (<a href="https://github.com/auchter">@auchter</a>)</li>
  <li>Improved Python automation: Event helpers are now also available as decorators for custom components (<a href="https://github.com/rmkraus">@rmkraus</a>)</li>
  <li>Frontend: support added for tabs to show <a href="/components/group/">different views</a> of your house (<a href="https://github.com/balloob">@balloob</a>)</li>
  <li>Bugfixes by <a href="https://github.com/molobrakos">@molobrakos</a>, <a href="https://github.com/MartinHjelmare">@MartinHjelmare</a>, <a href="https://github.com/pavoni">@pavoni</a>, <a href="https://github.com/trollkarlen">@trollkarlen</a>, <a href="https://github.com/zmrow">@zmrow</a>, <a href="https://github.com/maddox">@maddox</a>, <a href="https://github.com/persandstrom">@persandstrom</a>, <a href="https://github.com/happyleavesaoc">@happyleavesaoc</a>, <a href="https://github.com/balloob">@balloob</a>, <a href="https://github.com/fabaff">@fabaff</a>, <a href="https://github.com/stefan-jonasson">@stefan-jonasson</a>, <a href="https://github.com/haraldnagel">@haraldnagel</a>.</li>
</ul>

<h3>Backwards incompatible changes</h3>
<ul>
  <li>Nest config has moved from thermostat to the <a href="/components/nest/">Nest component</a>.</li>
  <li>Entity IDs for Z-Wave devices are now generated in a deterministic way causing all IDs to change starting this release. This is a one time change.</li>
</ul>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[0.11: Extended support for DIY solutions]]></title>
    <link href="https://home-assistant.io/blog/2016/01/17/extended-support-for-diy-solutions/"/>
    <updated>2016-01-17T23:20:00+00:00</updated>
    <id>https://home-assistant.io/blog/2016/01/17/extended-support-for-diy-solutions</id>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<p>First release of 2016 and we are on 🔥! The <a href="https://github.com/balloob/home-assistant/">main repository</a> has passed 2500 ⭐ on GitHub (2596 ⭐ as of now). This release also has a <a href="https://github.com/balloob/home-assistant/pull/883#partial-users-participants">record number</a> of 20 contributors all working on improving and extending Home Assistant. With the continued growth, I am very excited to see what 2016 will bring us 🤘.</p>

<p><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/mysensors.png" style="clear: right; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/raspberry-pi.png" style="clear: right; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="50" /><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/yr.png" style="clear: right; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/telldus.png" style="clear: right; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/free_mobile.png" style="clear: right; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/netatmo.png" style="clear: right; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/alarmdotcom.png" style="clear: right; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /><img src="https://home-assistant.io/images/supported_brands/proliphix.png" style="clear: right; border:none; box-shadow: none; float: right; margin-bottom: 16px;" width="150" /></p>

<ul>
  <li><a href="/components/mysensors/">MySensors</a> revamped and switch support added (<a href="https://github.com/MartinHjelmare">@MartinHjelmare</a>)</li>
  <li>Full refactor of RPi GPIO. Now includes <a href="/components/binary_sensor.rpi_gpio/">binary sensor</a> and <a href="/components/switch.rpi_gpio/">switch</a> (<a href="https://github.com/sfam">@sfam</a>)</li>
  <li>Sensor: <a href="/components/sensor.yr/">YR</a> platform added (<a href="https://github.com/danielhiversen">@danielhiversen</a>)</li>
  <li>Device Tracker: Geofancy platform has been renamed to <a href="/components/device_tracker.locative/">Locative</a> (<a href="https://github.com/philipbl">@philipbl</a>)</li>
  <li>Automation: Add <a href="/components/automation/#sun-condition">sun condition</a> (<a href="https://github.com/philipbl">@philipbl</a>)</li>
  <li>Switch: <a href="/components/switch.command_switch/">command_switch</a> can now poll for state (<a href="https://github.com/happyleavesaoc">@happyleavesaoc</a>)</li>
  <li>Switch: <a href="/components/switch.wemo/">wemo</a> now uses subscription to states instead of polling (<a href="https://github.com/pavoni">@pavoni</a>)</li>
  <li><a href="/components/tellduslive/">Telldus Live</a> support added (<a href="https://github.com/molobrakos">@molobrakos</a>)</li>
  <li><a href="/components/vera/">Vera</a> now uses subscription to states instead of polling (<a href="https://github.com/pavoni">@pavoni</a>)</li>
  <li>New <a href="/topics/templating/#home-assistant-template-extensions">template helper method</a> <code>is_state_attr(entity_id, name, value)</code> added (<a href="https://github.com/andythigpen">@andythigpen</a>)</li>
  <li>Device tracker: <a href="/components/device_tracker.owntracks/">OwnTracks</a> transition events now supported (<a href="https://github.com/xifle">@xifle</a>)</li>
  <li>Light: <a href="/components/light.hue/">Philips Hue</a> platform now supports multiple hubs (<a href="https://github.com/rhooper">@rhooper</a>)</li>
  <li>Notify: <a href="/components/notify.free_mobile/">Free Mobile</a> platform added (<a href="https://github.com/HydrelioxGitHub">@HydrelioxGitHub</a>)</li>
  <li>New <a href="/components/mqtt_eventstream/">MQTT Eventstream</a> component to connect two Home Assistant instances over MQTT (<a href="https://github.com/moonshot">@moonshot</a>)</li>
  <li>Media player: <a href="/components/media_player.cast/">Cast</a> huge stability improvements (<a href="https://github.com/rmkraus">@rmkraus</a>)</li>
  <li>Media Player: <a href="/components/media_player.universal/">Universal media player</a> added to combine multiple media players (<a href="https://github.com/rmkraus">@rmkraus</a>)</li>
  <li>Sensor: <a href="/components/sensor.netatmo/">Netatmo</a> platform added (<a href="https://github.com/HydrelioxGitHub">@HydrelioxGitHub</a>)</li>
  <li>Alarm Control Panel: <a href="/components/alarm_control_panel.alarmdotcom/">Alarm.com</a> platform added (<a href="https://github.com/Xorso">@Xorso</a>)</li>
  <li>Thermostat: <a href="/components/thermostat.proliphix/">Proliphix</a> platform added (<a href="https://github.com/sdague">@sdague</a>)</li>
  <li>New component <a href="/components/input_boolean/">input_boolean</a> will allow for customizing automation (<a href="https://github.com/balloob">@balloob</a>)</li>
  <li>Support calling services via <a href="/components/alexa/">Amazon Echo</a> (<a href="https://github.com/balloob">@balloob</a>)</li>
</ul>

<h3>Backwards incompatible changes</h3>
<ul>
  <li>The <a href="/components/binary_sensor.rpi_gpio/">RPi.GPIO sensor platform</a> has been moved to the <code>binary_sensor</code> component.</li>
  <li><a href="/components/sensor.mysensors/">MySensors sensor platform</a> now requires the <a href="/components/mysensors/">MySensors</a> component to be configured.</li>
  <li>Geofancy platform has been renamed to <a href="/components/device_tracker.locative/">Locative</a>.</li>
</ul>

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