Everything New In Home Assistant 2026.2!

Home Assistant 2026.2 is landing today, second release of the 20256, and this month adds quick search, add-ons being renamed to apps, new automation triggers and conditions, the distribution dashboard card, a new default dashboard and more! If you'd like to support me and future projects: Everything Presence One and other Smart Home devices: https://shop.everythingsmart.io Home Assistant Release Notes (beta): https://rc.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/02/04/release-20262/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingsmarthome Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/EverySmartHome Written Article: https://everythingsmarthome.co.uk EVERYWHERE YOU CAN FIND ME: Shop: https://shop.everythingsmart.io Everything Smart Home Community Discord: https://discord.everythingsmarthome.co.uk Twitter: https://twitter.com/EverySmartHome (@EverySmartHome) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/EverythingSmartHome/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/everythingsmarthomeofficial/ #homeassistant #smarthome ________________________ 0:00 - Intro 0:15 - Dashboard Changes 2:25 - Distribution card 3:05 - Quick Search 3:46 - Buttons in headings 4:40 - New triggers and conditions 5:41 - Apps 6:52 - Device database 9:05 - Little things, new integrations and breaking changes