🚀 T-minus one week to lift-off! The ESPHome Starter Kit launches next Wednesday, Aug 12 at 21:00 CEST. Join us as we celebrate with our commercial partner Apollo Automation, plus special guests Reed (Smart Home Solver), Simon (Simon Says Home Assistant), and Gavin (Hometech.fm). See you there! 🎉

In this stream, we'll be launching our first official ESPHome hardware product - The ESPHome Starter Kit. Join the team and special guests as they dive deep ...

youtube.com

🏠 IFA is almost here, and we're bringing a whole smart home with us! Come find Team Open Home Foundation in the Smart Home Hall, Booth 153. We'll be in our smart home away from home, and you're welcome to join us. See you there! 👋 www.openhomefoundation.org/blog/ifa-ber...

Google restricted key Android features to its own apps. When the European Commission asked us what we thought about about it, we had plenty to say. And they listened. Alphabet must now open up 11 Android features to third-party assistants. Read more 👇

A big win for Android interoperability – Open Home Foundation

Google gatekept key Android features, and the European Commission asked what we thought about it. Now Alphabet must open 11 Android features to all.

openhomefoundation.org

Find out how and why we’re implementing analytics on our websites: via open source software with no personal data collection or tracking. Read more 👇

Find out how and why we’re implementing analytics on our websites: via open source software with no personal data collection or tracking.

openhomefoundation.org

The ESPHome Starter Kit is coming soon, and you're invited to our official launch party! Join us on Aug 12 to dive into the detail with our partners Apollo Automation and some other familiar faces as we celebrate lift-off 🚀 youtube.com/live/aK2HMY9... #HomeAutomation #SmartHome #HomeAssistant

In this stream, we'll be launching our first official ESPHome hardware product - The ESPHome Starter Kit. Join the team and special guests as they dive deep ...

youtube.com

You're invited to our "Cozy Sanctuary" at IFA Berlin! These shows can be exhausting. So stop by for a coffee and chat! You'll be able to rest, recharge, and get hands-on with products and merch 👕 in your smart home away from home 🏠 Read More 👇

IFA Berlin 2026: Save the date – Open Home Foundation

Mark your calendars! From September 4 to 8, 2026, the Open Home Foundation will be exhibiting at IFA Berlin – and you’re invited.

openhomefoundation.org

Take a trip with us to one of the world's largest botanical gardens, where they're using Home Assistant to make tech more approachable 🌱, the new ESPHome Device builder, and preview our device database! newsletter.openhomefoundation.org/the-walled-g... #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #Newsletter

🎉 The preview of our community-powered device database is live! Think "Wikipedia of smart home devices." Powered by real-world usage from thousands of Home Assistant users who opted in back in February, this is just the first step. More to come as we keep building in the open.

Building the device database together: Public preview now live – Open Home Foundation

Explore the preview edition of our community-powered smart home device database. We need your input to make this tool as accessible and useful as possible.

openhomefoundation.org

Mark your calendars 🗓️ We're exhibiting at IFA Berlin 2026, from Sept 4 to 8! Join us to discover what’s possible when privacy, choice, and sustainability are at the heart of smart home tech. www.openhomefoundation.org/blog/ifa-ber...

It's time for the June Newsletter! This month were breaking free from the disposable smart home, talking major Matter upgrades and ask for your input on the future of our newsletter. newsletter.openhomefoundation.org/breaking-fre... #Newsletter #HomeAutomation #SmartHome #HomeAssistant #Privacy

The most sustainable device is the one you already own. 🌍 That's why our recent releases of Home Assistant and ESPHome help you bridge the gap between your smart devices and older, offline protocols. Read more 👇

Discover how Open Home Foundation projects can help you give your beloved old devices a new lease of life for a more sustainable smart home.

openhomefoundation.org

Learn why Home Assistant has chosen to partner with the #ZWave Alliance since day 1. It's local control and user choice combined with Z-Wave’s proven security and reliability advances an ecosystem that reduces cloud dependency while ensuring #interoperability: z-wavealliance.org/why-home-ass...

Home Assistant and Z-Wave: Building an Open, Private Smart Home

Learn how Home Assistant and the Z-Wave Alliance work together to promote local control, privacy, interoperability, and certified smart home devices through the Works with Home Assistant program.

z-wavealliance.org

As part of our commitment to building in the open, we’re proud to publish the foundation’s very first Annual Report for 2025 🎉 From structural changes to big projects, it gives a detailed look into who we are and how we operate, along with our wins of 2025 and what’s next! Link below 🔗🧵

"Choice" is one of the Open Home Foundation's three core principles. And we believe you should be free to choose a voice assistant that actually speaks your language. That's why we've released 23 text-to-speech datasets – free to use, for everyone.

Open Home Foundation TTS datasets on Mozilla Data Collective

Most voice assistants listen and respond in a handful of languages. Try to build one for your home that speaks your language, though, and you quickly run into a wall: the training data does not exist, or it is locked behind licences that make it unusable for open source projects.

community.mozilladatacollective.com

We're thrilled to announce OpenDisplay as a new collaboration partner! This open standard makes it easier than ever to build low-power smart home displays that don’t look like glaring screens. 😎 Discover why we think they’re a great fit for us in our recent blog!

Find out how we're bringing the versatility and practicality of e-paper to a wider audience by teaming up with our new collaboration partner, OpenDisplay.

openhomefoundation.org

For our May newsletter, we discuss research as an antidote to 'software brain'. 🧠 Plus learn about our new collaboration partner: OpenDisplay, choose from our list of community meetups, and much more 👇

Research as an antidote to ‘software brain’

Discover how we use human-computer interaction research to help build smart homes that adapt to the people who use them, not the other way round.

newsletter.openhomefoundation.org

From our first peer-reviewed paper to the decisions behind our projects 🚀 Open Home Foundation researchers Annika Schulz and Idil Bostan unpack how research shapes everything we do.

From our first peer-reviewed paper to the decisions behind our projects: Open Home Foundation researchers Annika Schulz and Idil Bostan unpack how research shapes everything we do.

openhomefoundation.org

It's the April newsletter! This month, we reflect on an amazing State of the Open Home 2026, what it means to truly "Build in the open", and what's coming next. 🚀 Read on for roadmaps, RSS feeds, meetups and more! 👇 #Newsletter #SmartHome #HomeAssistant

We celebrate the people and passion that made this year's State of the Open Home so special: and share the event video so you can see for yourself!

newsletter.openhomefoundation.org

Let's hear it for our speakers! 🎤 The team covered how we're building in the open, what's next from our commercial partners, and a new roadmap that you can shape! Thank you for joining us at State of the Open Home 2026. 🎉 #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #HomeAssistant #ESPHome #MusicAssistant

The Open Home Foundation has an official blog now! 🎉 For our first post, we have the State of the Open Home recap blog. Thanks so much to everyone who joined us in person and watched us live - if you missed out on the live event, you can find the whole thing on our Youtube channel. #HomeAutomation

Building what's next: State of the Open Home 2026 – Open Home Foundation

From a new Community department to a public roadmap awaiting your input – and more. Catch up on the event highlights and help shape what we build next.

openhomefoundation.org

That's a wrap on State of the Open Home 2026! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who joined us in Utrecht and watching worldwide! We are so excited for the year ahead. Let's build in the open together!

We are Live! 🎤 State of the Open Home 2026 is here! We're talking about what's up next for the Home Assistant (and other projects), how we're building in 2026, and sharing some huge wins from the year gone. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyAL...

Join the Open Home Foundation team and guests for the State of the Open Home 2026 livestream. It's our annual event where we celebrate our community, share s...

youtube.com

Join us live for State of the Open Home 2026! 🎥 Next week on Wednesday, April 8, we go live on the Open Home Foundation YouTube channel for our annual event. Tune in to celebrate our community, share successes, and get excited about what’s next as we continue to build in the open. 👇

State of the Open Home 2026

Join the Open Home Foundation team and guests for the State of the Open Home 2026 livestream. It's our annual event where we celebrate our community, share s...

youtube.com

Join us at TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht, for State of the Open Home 2026! 🇳🇱 Tickets include casual dinner, drinks, and a chance to connect with the community at the live event! See you there? sotoh.openhomefoundation.org

For the March newsletter, we highlight why while Big Tech bets on AI, we’re investing in humans. 🤝 Read on to learn about how real people are our strength, the new community team, and more 👇🏼 #Newsletter #SmartHome #HomeAssistant

Why we’re investing in the human touch

AI can do great things, but it will never replace our community. Find out about the different ways we're investing in our key strength: people.

newsletter.openhomefoundation.org

For you lucky people joining us in Utrecht, NL 🇳🇱 for State of the Open Home 2026, we've just released our program! 🗓️ If you don't have your ticket yet, a few are still available. sotoh.openhomefoundation.org #SOTOH26 #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAutomation

There's still time! 🕗 Tickets are still available for you to experience State of the Open Home 2026 in person.Join us live in Utrecht, NL 🇳🇱, April 8. #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #HomeAssistant

State of the Open Home - Open Home Foundation

Join us in Utrecht on April 8 for State of the Open Home 2026. Your chance to celebrate, connect, and discover what's next - visit our site to learn more!

sotoh.openhomefoundation.org

Meet the speakers of SOTOH26! 🎙 They'll be taking to the stage on Wednesday, 8 April to celebrate building in the open with our community, share successes and get excited about what's coming next. Join us online or in person. Limited tickets available: sotoh.openhomefoundation.org/ #HomeAssistant

Tickets on sale NOW! 🎟️ Your chance to join our live audience has arrived! Be part of the inspiring conversations, lively debate, and creative energy that flows when Open Home advocates get together! #SmartHome #HomeAutomation #HomeAssistant

State of the Open Home - Open Home Foundation

Join us in Utrecht on April 8 for State of the Open Home 2026. Your chance to celebrate, connect, and discover what's next - visit our site to learn more!

sotoh.openhomefoundation.org

For the February newsletter, we highlight why openness fundamentally conflicts with how Big Tech makes money by forcing people into ecosystems that only the company controls. Read on about how being open is our core innovation, learn about our new merch store, and more 👇🏼 #Newsletter #HomeAssistant

The final frontier Big Tech won't explore

This month we boldy go into the subject of our core innovation: openness, and why our competitors won't copy it. Plus, our merch store is go!

newsletter.openhomefoundation.org