Home Assistant 2026.11 turns HACS into Marketplace, and adds target exclusions
Phil and Rohan unpack Home Assistant 2026.11, from HACS becoming the built-in Marketplace to target exclusions, entity and device naming changes, Matter cameras with two-way talk and LoRaWAN. Watch this episode on YouTube Show notes for this episode are available at https://homeassistant.fm/HA257 Support the Podcast Get early-access to episodes and an ad-free feed by supporting our Patreon. https://homeassistant.fm/patreon Share your story We wouldn't be able to do this podcast without community members and home automation enthusiasts sharing their stories. To register your interest to come share your home automation journey, head over to homeassistant.fm and click share your story. Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:39 4,858 merged pull requests and Community Day 00:04:30 HACS becomes Marketplace 00:11:01 Security, Plex and switching to Jellyfin 00:17:33 Month of “What the heck?!” and new partners 00:20:26 Mailbag: Echo wall clock hack and Echo Dot jailbreaks 00:28:09 Dan’s gas price automation 00:30:02 Zooz joins JASCO and Zooz sponsor 00:34:33 Mailbag: a new home and Zen35 switches 00:36:06 2026.11: target exclusions and automation editor 00:40:14 Date card, light colours and naming changes 00:44:45 Self-filling dashboard sections, activity filter and logs 00:48:06 Statistics fixes and action history 00:50:05 Matter cameras and two-way talk 00:53:42 LoRaWAN, local backups and Zigbee Green Power 00:57:38 Update start trigger and AI tools 00:59:28 Energy dashboard from power sensors 01:00:44 New integrations roundup 01:07:09 Breaking changes 01:09:37 Wiimote, DuckDuckGo donation and box of shame This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsors Home Assistant Link by Nabu Casa Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Sign up for your free trial in your Home Assistant system: https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/cloud/ or visit https://nabucasa.com Zooz If you're looking to upgrade your smart home - you can’t go past Zooz! Zooz offers a range of affordable and innovative devices, including water leak sensors, water valve controllers, smart plugs and scene controllers. For the best prices on all Zooz products, head over to https://thesmartesthouse.com Apollo Automation Apollo Automation are the makers of open source smart home sensors built for the Home Assistant ecosystem. They're an official Open Home Foundation commercial partner and their devices are built with local control, privacy, and reliability in mind, giving you full control and flexibility right out of the box. Want Phil to help with your smart home? You’ve heard him troubleshoot Home Assistant on the podcast. Now you can book him to troubleshoot yours. From broken automations and confusing YAML to dashboards, devices, and complete smart home setups: https://smarthomecto.com