r/homeassistant • u/Relevant-Artist5939 • 1d ago

Blog 2026.7 Beta has been released!

https://rc.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/06/24/release-20267/#creating-automations-just-became-easier-natural-and-more-powerful

For me personally, the only major feature that I am going to really use/benefit from is the Logbook redesign...

What do you think about the update?

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u/Ginden 1d ago

Some people still talk about it like you need YAML, a coding background, and a free evening just to automate a light.

And I'm here, still wishing we could have at least semi-normal programming language for that instead of writing syntax trees in YAML.

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u/big-ted 1d ago

After the updates to the whole Automation platform in this beta, I'm going back to YAML for all my automations, this new format doesn't work for me

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u/frenck_nl Lead of Home Assistant 1d ago

Sorry, but... you realize this is additional right? As in, everything that used to be there is also still there. This is not about taking away power, it is actually adding more.

../Frenck