Home Assistant Daily: Weekly Recap - Major Release and Code Restructuring
Home Assistant pushed version 2026.3.1 this week with 26 bug fixes, while developers restructured multiple integrations by moving coordinators to dedicated modules. The BMW and Mini integrations were removed due to being permanently broken.
Duration: PT2M47S
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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: 2026-03-08T10:46:01Z
- Audio duration: PT2M47S
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This is your Home Assistant Daily weekly recap for March 1st through 8th, 2026.
Fifty PRs merged, ninety-nine additional commits this week.
**Major Release**
The headline this week was version 2026.3.1, merged Thursday by Frenck. This release addressed 26 linked issues across 64 files, delivering critical fixes including Rain Bird controller compatibility with newer firmware, Snapcast client group validation, and Hunter Douglas PowerView missing class hierarchy repairs.…
**Breaking Changes**
Two significant removals this week. The BMW Connected Drive and Mini integrations were completely removed by Richard Kroegel due to permanent API breakage - over 20,000 lines of code deleted across 51 files. Users will need alternative solutions for BMW vehicle integration.
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