Home Assistant Daily: Weekly Recap - Platform Expansion & OAuth Security
This week delivered 50 merged pull requests and 100 additional commits, focusing heavily on new platform integrations and comprehensive OAuth2 security improvements. Major additions include event platforms for HTML5 and Transmission, select conditions, and Matter thermostat presets.
Duration: PT3M3S
Episode overview
This episode is a short developer briefing from Home Assistant Daily.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: Home Assistant Daily
- Published: 2026-03-29T10:03:20Z
- Audio duration: PT3M3S
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Good morning. This is your Home Assistant Daily weekly recap for March 22nd through 29th, 2026.
We processed 50 merged pull requests and 100 additional commits this week.
**New Features and Platform Expansions**
Several integrations gained new capabilities. HTML5 push notifications now include an event platform for notification callbacks, making automation more accessible. Transmission added torrent event entities mirroring existing bus events. The UniFi Access integration introduced select entities for door lock rules with…
Matter integration expanded with thermostat preset support and radon sensor compatibility. The Anthropic integration received exception translations and improved error handling. SMLIGHT devices now support IR transceiver functionality through a new remote platform.
Platform conditions saw significant expansion with new select conditions including "is_option_selected" and timer conditions covering active, idle, and paused states. Weather support was added to humidity conditions.
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