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Home Assistant 2026.6: what's new, what breaks
Dashboards get a rebuilt card picker that starts with your entity instead of a card type, the automation editor gets live pass/fail indicators, and Z-Wave locks finally get proper credential management. A handful of breaking changes need a look before you update.
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2026.6 Released 3 June 2026
Update, after one check The headline: dashboards now start with "what do you want to control", not "which card is this".
In this release 5 smaller wins · 16 integrations added · 1 removed · 4 breaking changes
Check first Konnected (legacy integration) · Template entities · ONVIF · Velux
Affected only if you use one of these. None in your setup? You're clear to update.
The headline feature: a card picker that starts with your entity, not a card type
Adding a card to a dashboard used to mean knowing what you were looking for before you started: was it a "tile", an "entities" card, a "glance"? The new "By entity" tab flips that around. Pick the area, then the entity, and Home Assistant shows you pre-configured card variants for that specific light, cover, media player or sensor, with a live preview built from your actual home data.
It is a small change with a big effect on the first-dashboard experience. On mobile the flow becomes a clean two-step: pick your thing, then pick how it looks. Custom card authors can hook into the same system with a getEntitySuggestion function, so the community's card ecosystem isn't left behind by the new picker.
Five smaller wins
The changes most people will notice day to day. Scan the tags for the areas you use.
Automations
Live condition test indicators
Green checks or red circles show, in real time, whether each condition in your automation currently passes, so you can debug logic without waiting for a trigger to fire.
Locks
Z-Wave credential management
A dedicated "Manage access" dialog brings PIN codes (digits) and passwords (alphanumeric) to Z-Wave locks, matching what Matter locks could already do.
Cards
Weather and media player tile upgrades
Weather tiles pick up temperature and precipitation forecasts that auto-select the right resolution; media player tiles gain a mute button, shuffle/repeat controls, volume up/down, and filterable source and sound-mode dropdowns.
Bluetooth
Smarter default scanning
Scanning now defaults to Auto, switching between active and passive automatically, cutting battery drain on BLE devices by around 95%. Active mode is still available in adapter settings if you need it.
Apps
A friendlier Apps page
Installed apps show as individual cards with icon, name, description, running status and category tags, instead of a bare list.
Integrations: 16 in, 1 out
Removals matter more than additions, because a removal can break an automation or dashboard that references it. They're listed first, with what to do about each.
Removed in 2026.6 1 integration
| Integration | Why | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Konnected | Discontinued | The legacy component is gone; move affected devices to ESPHome. |
Added in 2026.6 16 integrations
AiDotCentriConnect / MyPropaneCielo HomeData Grand LyonGuntamaticLG TV via SerialMarantz InfraredMitsubishi ComfortOuman EH-800OVHcloud AI EndpointsPAJ GPSPTDevicesSamsung InfraredVistapoolXthings CloudYoto
Breaking changes
4 this month, all narrow. If the summary at the top already cleared you, nothing below applies to your setup.
Breaking changes · check before you update Most setups are unaffected
Konnected (legacy integration)
The old Konnected integration has been removed.
What to do: migrate affected devices to ESPHome, which now covers the same hardware.
Template entities
The deprecated platform-specific Template YAML syntax (sensor: platform: template, etc.) has been removed after its deprecation period.
What to do: move any remaining legacy Template configuration to the modern template: syntax before updating.
ONVIF
Setting continuous_duration: 0 on a PTZ move no longer auto-stops the movement.
What to do: send an explicit stop action after any continuous PTZ move, rather than relying on the old auto-stop.
Velux
The deprecated velux.reboot_gateway action has been removed.
What to do: use the new reboot button entity on the Velux gateway device instead.
Should you update?
Our verdict Update, after one check
This is a genuinely good month for anyone who dashboards by hand: the entity-first card picker and the automation editor's live indicators are the kind of quality-of-life work that compounds every time you touch the UI. Update now if none of the breaking changes above apply to you. If you run Konnected hardware, have legacy Template YAML lying around, use ONVIF PTZ continuous moves, or rely on the Velux reboot service, sort that out first. None of these are alarming, they just need five minutes before you hit update.
Source: home-assistant.io
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