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Home Assistant Cloud Is Becoming Home Assistant Link
Home Assistant is renaming Home Assistant Cloud to Home Assistant Link. Here is what the subscription does, what it costs and who it suits.
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Home Assistant 2026.10: more Matter controls and a new Map dashboard
Home Assistant 2026.10 gives Matter leak sensors such as the IKEA KLIPPBOK separate alarm switches, adds new readings and redesigns the Map dashboard.
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Control Nanoleaf lights with ChatGPT and Claude via MCP
Nanoleaf has announced an MCP server that lets AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Claude control your lights, panels and strips in plain language. Today it is a developer job; one-click integrations arrive in October.
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HomePod mini 2 leaks in three new colours, plus a new Apple TV 4K
Apple code has revealed the HomePod mini 2 in green, pink and blue, plus a fourth-generation Apple TV 4K with the same design. Both are expected in October 2026.
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Thread Group is bringing Thread to sub-GHz spectrum
Thread Group has approved development of a sub-GHz version of Thread, aimed at commercial and industrial IoT. Here is what it means for your smart home.
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Aqara Spatial Multi-Sensor FP400 now available
The Aqara Spatial Multi-Sensor FP400 is now available. The sensor uses 60GHz mmWave radar and AI Spatial Learning to track up to ten people at once and understand their position in a room.
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Everything new in Apple Home with iOS 27: AI, Siri and Thread 1.4
Apple Home in iOS 27 adds AI summaries of your camera clips, 4K recording, shortcuts you create by describing them and Thread 1.4 on the Apple TV. Here is what changes and what you need.
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Haier shows off an AI-powered smart home ecosystem at IFA 2026
Haier showed off a full AI ecosystem at IFA 2026: a washing machine that watches your laundry, a fridge that recognizes ingredients, and an oven that stops cooking on its own.
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Third Reality debuts Matter over Thread soil sensor, button, plug and bulb at IFA 2026
Third Reality unveils a new Matter over Thread lineup at IFA 2026 — a soil sensor, button, plug and bulb — plus a Zigbee security set and the ThirdStage HelpLink senior care platform.
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Eufy shows off a robot vacuum, mower and home battery at IFA 2026
Alongside the MindBase hub, eufy is using IFA 2026 to show off the Omni E35 robot vacuum, the S2 Max robot mower and the Solix Solarbank Max home battery.