I really appreciate this release 
Great work - and setting some expectations 
Glad - that the team decided to implement state-color variables… even if it was just mentioned on a side node, I think that’s a thing on UI improvements for many who suffered from the changes end of last year… (even, if most of them might now redo their UI changes…)
Also great work with assist… still need to figure out some of the issues I had during testing, but that’s probably just because I haven’t really set anything up so far.
Another big improvement in my case is the ability to convert Wh into other units without the need of template sensors
So - yes, for me, that was a release worth waiting for