What's new in HomeAssistant 2025.12

08. 12. 2025

New in Home Assistant 2025.12: Holiday Spirit, Home Assistant Labs, and an Automation Revolution

1. Home Assistant Labs and Winter Mode

The big news of this release is Home Assistant Labs – a special section for features that are fully functional, but developers want community feedback on before they go live. The first "glimpse" in Labs is Winter mode. Once activated, your dashboard transforms into a snowy landscape with falling snowflakes. Completely unnecessary? Perhaps. But absolutely magical for setting the Christmas atmosphere! ❄️

2. Revolution in Automations: Purpose-Specific Triggers and Conditions

Developers continue their mission to make automations more intuitive. Instead of technical entity state settings, we now have purpose-specific triggers and conditions. Home Assistant now thinks like you: "When a light turns on" or "If the heating is active". This new "target-first" approach allows you to select a room or device, and the system automatically offers relevant options.

Benefit: For example, you can target "all lights in the living room" without needing to create groups. When you add a new light, the automation will automatically account for it.

3. Dashboard Improvements: Default Dashboard and Ordering

Dashboard creation has received several practical improvements that the community has long called for:

System Default Dashboard: You can now set one main dashboard that appears for all users and on all devices as the default. Users can, of course, change this in their profile settings.
Reordering Areas and Floors: Finally! In settings, you can simply use "drag and drop" to change the order of rooms and floors. No more illogical alphabetical sorting where the "Guest Bathroom" ends up last.
Undo and Redo: The dashboard editor now supports Undo/Redo functions.

4. Real-Time Energy and Water

The Energy dashboard gets support for real-time electricity monitoring. If your meter supports fast updates, you will see immediate consumption directly in the graph. Support for downstream water meters and a new dashboard layout have also been added.

5. New Integrations

As with every month, a number of new integrations have arrived to expand your smart home:

Google Weather – a new integration for more accurate weather.
Philips Hue BLE – control Hue lights directly via Bluetooth without needing a Bridge.
Victron BLE – monitoring Victron solar systems via Bluetooth.
Google Air Quality – real-time air quality data.
Backblaze B2, EnergyID, Saunum and others.

6. Improvements to Existing Integrations

OpenAI Conversation: Support for the latest GPT-5.1 models.
Shelly: Ability to configure Wi-Fi on Gen 2 and 3 devices directly via Bluetooth from HA.
Tuya: Expanded support for smart cat litter boxes (controlling lights, sensors) and doorbells.
Reolink: New controls for noise reduction and exposure settings.

7. Other Useful News

Insight into AI Conversations: If you use AI voice assistants, you can now look "behind the scenes" and see what data and prompts are sent to the AI.
Android Widgets: The ability to add entities directly to your phone's home screen.

8. Removed Integrations

With this version, we say goodbye to integrations like Dominos Pizza, Flick Electric, and several outdated Bluetooth trackers.

Conclusion

Home Assistant 2025.12 is a beautiful end to the year 2025. It brings not only visual joy but, above all, simplification that anyone who has ever struggled with complex automations will appreciate. The update is available immediately.

We wish you a peaceful holiday season and lots of fun automating! 🎄