Everything New In Home Assistant 2026.1!

Home Assistant 2026.1 is here, the January release of 2026, and this month we have changes to the automation editor, navigation improvements to the dashboard, better navigation of protocols and small but welcome change to the energy dashboard. 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/2025/12/29/release-20261/ 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 0:33 - Automation editor 2:01 - Dashboard changes 4:06 - ESPHome changes 4:29 - Little things, new integrations and breaking changes