This is the last version compatible with iOS 15 and watchOS 8

• Kiosk Mode Rebuilt: Easier to configure and more reliable than ever. • Smarter Shortcuts: App Intents have been cleaned up to provide richer context and a smoother experience. • Apple Watch Upgrades: Added mTLS support and a brand-new settings screen right on your wrist. • CarPlay Enhancements: Configure CarPlay directly from your car screen, no iPhone interaction required! • Improved Pickers: Entity pickers now include area and device context. • Better Camera Previews: Added a WebRTC player for cameras in push notification previews. • Snooze notifications: Notifications now come with snooze options, and you can customize in settings.

- Remove unnecessary refresh after Matter device commissioning. - Bug fixes and improvements for Kiosk Mode (Labs). - Fix issue where location permission screen was being displayed in a loop. - Improved Home Assistant Invitation screen.

* Added a new barometer sensor for supported iPhone and iPad models. * Added a new app icon shortcuts configurator. * Added a new “Assist prompt” option for CarPlay quick access. * Added a cloudhook connection check in server settings. * Improved CarPlay Assist feedback and playback troubleshooting. * Improved the camera player gestures. * Improved mTLS certificate handling, including support for using the same certificate with multiple servers. * Fixed issues with on-device speech-to-text submission. * Fixed duplicate connection error messages and reconnection loops. * Fixed kiosk mode brightness persisting after leaving the app. * Fixed several macOS mTLS display and profile request issues. * Fixed URL normalization issues for manually entered and IPv6 server URLs s.

- Fix crash on Kiosk mode - Improved mTLS certificates compatibility - Fix scroll and focus on text field - Fix issue where widgets that were going blank due to extension crash - Hide hidden entities in CarPlay - Added re-authentication flow for expired tokens - Prevent crash on call_service from deep link - Validate frontend message origin

- Improved CarPlay UI (iOS 26+) - Added Kiosk mode (“Labs” feature) - Added mTLS (“Labs” feature) - Added Apple Watch folders

Fix crash on iOS 15 and 16 ——————————————— - You can now directly add entities from your dashboard to CarPlay, Apple Watch, and Widgets. Simply tap on the desired entity from your dashboard, tap the more menu, and select “Add to.” - The entity picker has been improved. - The download manager has been improved. - The app now preserves the current page when switching between internal and external URLs. - The WebRTC camera player has been improved. - The connection security block screen instructions have been improved. - An experimental setting has been added to enable drawing the Home Assistant Dashboard edge-to-edge. - A “quick search” gesture action option has been added. - The app now automatically refreshes after 5 minutes of inactivity (this can be disabled under companion app settings > general). - The visibility of disabled, hidden, configuration, and diagnostic entities has been removed from CarPlay. - The widgets entity state now reflects device-class-specific state. - A connection troubleshooting tool has been added to the error screen. - A “mute response” setting has been added for Assist. - Several crashes in the background due to the database updater have been fixed.

- You can now directly add entities from your dashboard to CarPlay, Apple Watch, and Widgets. Simply tap on the desired entity from your dashboard, tap the more menu, and select “Add to.” - The entity picker has been improved. - The download manager has been improved. - The app now preserves the current page when switching between internal and external URLs. - The WebRTC camera player has been improved. - The connection security block screen instructions have been improved. - An experimental setting has been added to enable drawing the Home Assistant Dashboard edge-to-edge. - A “quick search” gesture action option has been added. - The app now automatically refreshes after 5 minutes of inactivity (this can be disabled under companion app settings > general). - The visibility of disabled, hidden, configuration, and diagnostic entities has been removed from CarPlay. - The widgets entity state now reflects device-class-specific state. - A connection troubleshooting tool has been added to the error screen. - A “mute response” setting has been added for Assist. - Several crashes in the background due to the database updater have been fixed.

CarPlay - Diagnostic and configuration entities are now hidden. - Fixed the issue where CarPlay wouldn’t perform a lock operation when displayed from the quick access tab. - The entity area is now visible in the quick access tab. Control Center - Several new controls have been added to open domain-specific entities in the app. - New control for fan domain Entity Picker - The search functionality has been improved. Now, it’s possible to filter entities by their ID, name, and the area they belong to. Native WebRTC Player (Alpha) - Audio has been added to the player. To try it out, add a control center control called “Open camera.” Please note that this is still in early development, and a known issue is that the microphone is requested even when it’s not in use. Local Push - The activation issue where the iPhone required a reboot to enable it has been fixed.

CarPlay - Diagnostic and configuration entities are now hidden. - Fixed the issue where CarPlay wouldn’t perform a lock operation when displayed from the quick access tab. - The entity area is now visible in the quick access tab. Control Center - Several new controls have been added to open domain-specific entities in the app. - New control for fan domain Entity Picker - The search functionality has been improved. Now, it’s possible to filter entities by their ID, name, and the area they belong to. Native WebRTC Player (Alpha) - Audio has been added to the player. To try it out, add a control center control called “Open camera.” Please note that this is still in early development, and a known issue is that the microphone is requested even when it’s not in use. Local Push - The activation issue where the iPhone required a reboot to enable it has been fixed.

- Fix issue where App freezes in URL settings when running on iOS below 26

- Fix missing “Add” button for watch complications

- Lock screen widgets (‘Details’ and ‘Gauge’) can now execute scripts on tap (replacing old iOS Actions)

- Fixed issue where connection security level screen was shown for users with all URLs already https - Fixed issue where user ended up in a dead state (blank screen) when entered the wrong URL in settings and force closed the app

We’ve redesigned the onboarding experience to make getting started with Home Assistant easier, faster, and more secure than ever. You’ll now be prompted to choose between two connection security levels — giving you more control and peace of mind, especially when accessing your Home Assistant remotely. For details, check out our companion app documentation. Bug Fixes and Improvements • Fixed Apple Watch app header buttons not responding • Improved stability for CarPlay connections • Resolved an issue where the Watch Assist pipeline picker wouldn’t open • Widgets now migrate correctly after restoring from an iPhone backup Note regarding this release note: For languages other than English, we rely on AI translations. If you see any issues with the text, please let us know.

- Fix for Apple Watch notifications that include attachments not loading correctly.

- Fix missing actions for Apple Watch notifications.

We are ready for iOS 26! Let us know if we missed anything. Enjoy! - Fix issue where some buttons tap were not working properly.

We are ready for iOS 26! Let us know if we missed anything. Enjoy! - Fixed issue on watch notifications not displaying correct content.

We are ready for iOS 26! Let us know if we missed anything. Enjoy!

- Improved access to companion app settings when the Home Assistant server is down or misconfigured. - Fixed script execution for scripts that had their IDs altered in Home Assistant. - Fixed the Improv pairing flow UI.

- Fix issue where Apple Watch app was not launching for some users.

- Fix issue where when Home Assistant server is down or disconnected for some reason, user was left without an option to open companion App settings. You will now see an empty state + settings button.

- Added option to open entity “more-info” dialog from Control center, widgets, shortcuts, and deeplinking; - Now it is possible to reorder servers, just drag and drop in the companion app settings; - Fixed missing unit of measurement in CarPlay sensor states; IMPORTANT: If you previously used the “local push” option, you will need to opt-in again; it’s now coming disabled by default when you onboard a new server, and this App version resets the toggle.

- Improved onboarding - Control center switch now also includes “input_boolean” domain - Fix for CarPlay not reflecing configuration overrides