Week of January 06 - January 13, 2026
Welcome to Home Assistant Daily for January 6th through 13th, 2026. This week brought 50 merged pull requests and 99 additional commits across the core repository. **Major Release** Version 2026.1.1 was released with…
Duration: PT2M34S
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This episode is a short developer briefing from Home Assistant Daily.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: Home Assistant Daily
- Published: 2026-01-13T16:41:43Z
- Audio duration: PT2M34S
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Welcome to Home Assistant Daily for January 6th through 13th, 2026.
This week brought 50 merged pull requests and 99 additional commits across the core repository.
**Major Release**
Version 2026.1.1 was released with 602 additions and 185 deletions spanning 63 files. The patch addressed 37 linked issues including fixes for Hikvision NVR binary sensor detection, JSON serialization in Anthropic tool results, and Backblaze B2 upload timeouts. Multiple component dependencies were updated including…
**New Features**
Several integrations gained significant functionality. Namecheap DynamicDNS added a configuration flow, bringing it in line with modern Home Assistant standards. OpenEVSE received authentication support in its config flow and migrated to a data update coordinator pattern. The NASweb integration expanded with a new…