First release of 2016 and we are on 🔥! The main repository has passed 2500 ⭐ on GitHub (2596 ⭐ as of now). This release also has a record number 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 🤘.
- MySensors revamped and switch support added (@MartinHjelmare)
- Full refactor of RPi GPIO. Now includes binary sensor and switch (@sfam)
- Sensor: YR platform added (@danielhiversen)
- Device Tracker: Geofancy platform has been renamed to Locative (@philipbl)
- Automation: Add sun condition (@philipbl)
- Switch: command_switch can now poll for state (@happyleavesaoc)
- Switch: wemo now uses subscription to states instead of polling (@pavoni)
- Telldus Live support added (@molobrakos)
- Vera now uses subscription to states instead of polling (@pavoni)
- New template helper method
is_state_attr(entity_id, name, value)added (@andythigpen) - Device tracker: OwnTracks transition events now supported (@xifle)
- Light: Philips Hue platform now supports multiple hubs (@rhooper)
- Notify: Free Mobile platform added (@HydrelioxGitHub)
- New MQTT Eventstream component to connect two Home Assistant instances over MQTT (@moonshot)
- Media player: Cast huge stability improvements (@rmkraus)
- Media Player: Universal media player added to combine multiple media players (@rmkraus)
- Sensor: Netatmo platform added (@HydrelioxGitHub)
- Alarm Control Panel: Alarm.com platform added (@Xorso)
- Thermostat: Proliphix platform added (@sdague)
- New component input_boolean will allow for customizing automation (@balloob)
- Support calling services via Amazon Echo (@balloob)
Backwards incompatible changes
- The RPi.GPIO sensor platform has been moved to the
binary_sensorcomponent. - MySensors sensor platform now requires the MySensors component to be configured.
- Geofancy platform has been renamed to Locative.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://home-assistant.io/blog/2016/01/17/extended-support-for-diy-solutions/