HomeTech.fm Episode 569 - Ring Goes 4K, Home Assistant Goes '95
Apr 3, 2026
4K Ring doorbells and a new developer portal open up creative smart-home uses. Ubiquiti pushes AI to the edge with UniFi G6 cameras. Reolink debuts a solar floodlight cam and Nuki adds Apple Home Key support. Matter updates improve camera streaming and a smart pool pump timer arrives. Home Assistant gets major features, backup encryption upgrades, and new automation tools.
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Always Back Up And Test Home Assistant Restores
- Do enable Home Assistant backups and test restores before you need them.
- Gavin lost dashboards when a tool overwritten them, restored successfully by downgrading Home Assistant and restoring an unencrypted backup, so practise the flow.
Home Assistant Adding IR And RF Device Proxies
- Insight: Home Assistant is expanding to support IR (and hinted RF) proxies so users can control legacy AV and RF devices from the platform.
- Initial IR proxy support and LG TV integration open AV automation possibilities directly inside Home Assistant.
Manage Matter Lock Codes From Home Assistant
- Do use Home Assistant's MatterLock manager to handle PIN codes for Matter locks.
- The new manager simplifies adding, editing, and removing codes compared with messy Z-Wave code slot workflows.