While the Home Assistant core team are off to Dublin for the Open Home Foundation summit, Rohan and Phil are breaking down the 2025.6 release that will ship a week later. Meanwhile we discuss some self-hosted apps we love, and the IKEA and Sonos breakup.
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Chapters
00:00:04 Introduction
00:01:00 Open Home Summit 2025
00:01:56 Community Day Recap
00:03:07 Mailbag
00:05:07 Podcast Feedback
00:06:15 Sonos and IKEA Collaboration Ends
00:10:11 Home Assistant Installation Updates
00:14:18 Bluetooth and ZigBee Updates
00:17:44 Ikea Desk and Automation Discussion
00:22:25 Home Assistant 2025.6 Updates
00:23:53 Customization and Sidebar Features
00:25:59 Sonos Multizone Playback
00:26:29 ESPHome
00:28:49 Improved Shelly Devices
00:29:13 Smart Things & Integration Updates
00:32:42 Amazon Device Integration
00:36:23 Image App Integration
00:45:21 Breaking Changes Changes
00:46:38 2025.6 Release Recap
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