Home Assistant Podcast

Home Assistant 2026.3: Vacuuming rooms, and the sky is dark again

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Mar 4, 2026
Updates include mapping robot vacuum rooms to Areas for voice control and better segment handling. Discussion of Android wake-word support to set Home Assistant as the default assistant. Highlights on Python 3.14 performance gains and SendSpin multiroom sync progress. New integrations and device support roundups and a review of notable breaking changes.
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ANECDOTE

Swapping FP1 For FP300 Fixed My Dropouts

  • Phil replaced Aqara FP1 presence sensors with FP300s after repeated Zigbee dropout issues and used a community ZHA quirk.
  • He flashed Zigbee firmware, used the ZB2 dongle, and praised a Chem pull request quirk for stability.
ADVICE

Complete Repair Mapping After Upgrade

  • Expect a repair prompt after upgrading to 2026.3 to map vacuum sections to Home Assistant Areas and complete the mapping in the UI.
  • Use the repair UI to map Roborock/Ecovacs sections to Areas so voice and automation can address Areas directly.
INSIGHT

Vacuum Room To Area Mapping

  • Home Assistant 2026.3 maps robot vacuum rooms (sections) to Home Assistant Areas to enable higher-level commands.
  • Supported for Miio, Ecovacs, and Roborock so voice or area-based automations can call segment-cleaning by Area rather than raw IDs.
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