Home Assistant Daily: Wake-Word Efficiency, MQTT Stability and Secure Video
ESPHome voice satellites now handle wake-word audio more selectively, MQTT fixes two reload faults, and HomeKit cameras gain Secure Video recording alongside a build fix for after-dependencies.
Duration: PT2M8S
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This episode is a short developer briefing from Home Assistant Daily.
It explains recent repository work in plain language.
- Show: Home Assistant Daily
- Published: 2026-11-14T06:01:35Z
- Audio duration: PT2M8S
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Good morning, it's November 14th, 2026, and this is Home Assistant Daily.
Our lead today is efficiency in always-listening systems, with voice satellites sending less audio and M Q T T handling reloads without looping.
First, voice. Two linked changes from Michael Hansen tighten how E S P Home satellites handle wake-word audio. P R 189485 passes wake-word audio from satellites into Assist pipelines, so detection context travels with the request. P R 191921 then gates that work, asking for audio only when voice support can actually…
Second, messaging reliability. Two M Q T T fixes from Jan Bouwhuis address reload pain. P R 192176 fixes a config entry reload loop triggered when two retained discovery topics share a unique I D on a disabled entity. P R 192440 fixes the unsubscribe callback after an M Q T T entry reload. Together they mean more…
Finally, the standout feature plus a build fix. P R 190676 adds HomeKit Secure Video recording to HomeKit cameras in accessory mode, a notable expansion with broad review. And P R 192602 includes after-dependencies in generated requirements, fixing a nightly validation crash missing the supervisor module.
What's next: if you maintain voice, M Q T…
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