Device Support Expansion and Core Improvements
Home Assistant merged 14 pull requests with significant Tuya device support expansion, new authentication flows, and various integration improvements. The changes include 18 new Tuya device fixtures, reconfiguration capabilities for Teslemetry, and enhanced vacuum automation triggers.
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- Show: Home Assistant Daily
- Published: 2026-01-20T11:53:05Z
- Audio duration: PT2M27S
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Good morning, this is Home Assistant Daily for January 20th, 2026.
Yesterday brought substantial device support expansion with atiweb merging 18 new Tuya device fixtures, adding test coverage for PIR sensors, infrared controllers, and various smart home devices. This represents over 7,500 lines of new test data to improve Tuya integration reliability.
Bre77 added reconfigure flow support to Teslemetry, allowing users to re-authenticate their Tesla accounts without removing and re-adding the integration entirely. Dave Morra enhanced vacuum automation capabilities by adding a new trigger for when vacuums return to dock, addressing user request 156870.
Several integrations received library updates: klejejs bumped hass-nabucasa to version 1.10.0, mettolen updated pysaunum to 0.3.0, and masterkoppa upgraded waterfurnace to 1.4.0. Thomas55555 expanded air quality monitoring by adding parts-per-billion as a valid unit of measurement for SO2 sensors.
Testing improvements came from multiple contributors. emontnemery simplified condition test logic across alarm panels, assist satellites, fans, and lights. Colin increased OpenEVSE test coverage, while cdce8p fixed pytest fixture warnings in…
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