Infrared is cool again with Home Assistant 2026.4

Home Assistant 2026.4 is here! We break down Infrared as a first‑class feature with IR proxies, expanded purpose‑specific triggers, dashboard background colors, favorites for lights/covers, Matter lock credential management, and more. We also cover a critical HA OS/Supervisor security patch you should apply now.

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Chapters

00:00:00 Intro, sponsors, housekeeping

00:02:30 2026.4 overview and event

00:05:00 Security alert and patch tips

00:07:30 New Works With partner: HeatIt

00:10:00 Feedback: Frigate and Litter‑Robot

00:12:30 Thread/Matter experiences and FP300

00:15:00 Local LLMs and home agents

00:17:30 Cat litter → RoboRock cleanup

00:20:00 Entity naming change delayed

00:23:00 Infrared goes first‑class

00:26:00 IR proxies now, RF coming

00:28:30 Purpose‑specific triggers expand

00:31:00 Dashboard background colors

00:33:30 Favorites for lights and covers

00:36:00 Matter lock credentials, locks

00:38:30 Robots: Roborock Q10, SmartThings

00:41:00 Jellyfin and Proxmox updates

00:43:30 Voice cleaning, backup progress

00:46:00 Markdown actions, LG IR nuances

00:48:30 New integrations roundup

00:51:00 E‑ink, energy, access, breaking changes

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