Home Assistant 2025.4 Release Notes

I’m pointing to the Home Assistant 2025.4 release notes because this is the update that unlocks the three features that change everything for voice: continued conversations, automation-started prompts, and LLM web browsing. If you’re trying to make Home Assistant Voice feel like a real daily driver (and not just a tinkering project), this is the baseline you want to be on.

Pros

+Adds Continued Conversations (follow-up mode) for more natural voice dialogs
+Enables automations to start voice conversations via Assist satellites
+Introduces real-time web search for LLM-powered voice responses

Cons

-Some web search responses can be a bit rough (like reading URLs out loud) depending on the model/integration

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Home Assistant 2025.4 Release Notes

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Highlights

+Adds Continued Conversations (follow-up mode) for more natural voice dialogs
+Enables automations to start voice conversations via Assist satellites
+Introduces real-time web search for LLM-powered voice responses

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