Home Assistant 2026.7 Brings The Biggest Automation Upgrade Yet

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New Features

• Purpose-Specific Triggers and Conditions Graduate from LabsThis is probably the biggest change to automations Home Assistant has ever seen.But don’t stress. Your existing automations will continue to work, and YAML is not going away.Instead of needing to understand Home Assistant’s internal state model, users can now build automations based on how they naturally think.”When motion is detected outside, turn on the outside lights.”The new triggers and conditions support Home Assistant targets, similar to actions. Home Assistant now includes over 200 purpose-specific triggers out of the box.
• Integrations can now provide their own custom triggers and conditions.
• Matter server is now stable running Matter.js
• A better update experienceThe update screen has been redesigned to group updates by category.
• New Time and Sun Triggers / ConditionsThere is now a dedicated time section in the new condition picker.New sun-based triggers and conditions include more precise astronomical events, for example:
• Better Handling of unknown and unavailable States
• More documentation enhancements
• Refreshed Logbook and Activity TimelinesThe Activity Log / Logbook has been redesigned into a cleaner timeline.
• Updated ZHA Management
• New Infrared and Radio Frequency Proxy Panels
• Entity Card Time Display Options
• Various Integration ImprovementsAmazon echo devices added announcement togglesSMTP added notification entities for sending email notificationsDroplet now supports leak alertsYoto gets an integration quality scale improvement
• Frontend Performance
• Google Assistant Vacuum Room Cleaning
• Faster Template Rendering
• Switchbot CloudCan now upload images to the SwitchBot AI Art Frame

New Integrations

• AqvifyMonitor your Aqvify water well and tank sensors in Home Assistant. The integration connects through Aqvify’s public cloud API
• DropboxStore your Home Assistant backups straight to your Dropbox account. Setup runs through the Home Assistant Cloud Account Linking service, so you do not need a Home Assistant Cloud subscription or your own application credentials to get started.
• ChefIQ
• KlikAanKlikUit (ClickOnClickOut)

Breaking Changes

• Purpose-Specific Trigger and Condition Naming Changes
• iCloudThe battery_level attribute has been removed from iCloud device tracker entities. Use the dedicated battery sensor in your automations and scripts instead.
• Zones