Home Assistant Podcast1 Juli 2025

Home Assistant 2025.7 has a question for you

Home Assistant 2025.7 is here, with a much-requested feature, the ability for Voice PE to ask you questions. Rohan and Phil discuss the possibilities and break down some other new features that have been packed into this release

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Chapters

00:00:00 Introduction

00:01:08 Home Assistant Voice Chapter 10

00:04:25 Community Feedback

00:05:56 Smoke Detector Options

00:11:21 Home Assistant 2025.7 Updates

00:21:29 Integration Subentities

00:25:35 UI Improvements and Features

00:29:01 Home Assistant Configuration

00:30:20 AI and OpenAI Discussions

00:32:08 API Integrations and Experiments

00:34:08 Samsung and Smart Home Integrations

00:38:24 New Integrations and Features

00:41:03 Breaking Changes

00:42:03 Plex Media Server Discussion

00:46:33 Conclusion and Upcoming Episodes

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