DU BENENNST DEINE GERÄTE FALSCH! 🛑 (Home Assistant 2026.4 ändert alles 🚀)

Stop manually renaming your Home Assistant entities right now—the 2026.4 update finally puts an end to this massive time-sink! Thanks to the radically new naming convention, room names are now completely unnecessary in device names, and your system practically organizes itself. I’ll show you, without any unnecessary chatter, how to apply this mechanism right away and which hidden system optimizations are truly important. Save yourself the hassle of combing through endless release notes; here you’ll get the hard facts summarized in just a few minutes. Click here and reclaim the time you’ve wasted setting up your smart home. ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ Support ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ Buy me a Coffee - https://buymeacoffee.com/smartzeug PayPal - https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/smart... Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your contribution. This supports the YouTube channel and future projects for the community 🫶 ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ Support ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ ▬ Click here for the blog post: Click here for the forum post: https://community-smarthome.com/t/hom... Here is the link to the release notes for Home Assistant 2026.4 https://rc.home-assistant.io/blog/202... Full Changelog (Complete list of changes): https://rc.home-assistant.io/changelo... Episode 226 Chapter 00:00 - Purpose of the video 00:19 - Important note about a release 00:42 - Naming devices 01:53 - Infrared control 02:50 - Cross-domain in automations 04:26 - Background color for sections 05:11 - Favorites in tile maps 05:51 - Facelift of the analog display 06:04 - Automatic height for maps 06:41 - Matter Lock Manager 07:08 - Understanding what the AI thinks 07:36 - New integrations with Home Assistant 2026.4 07:53 - Improvements to existing integrations 08:13 - Other notable changes 08:36 - Backward-incompatible changes 08:52 - Full changelog 09:01 - Outro 09:23 - Outtakes #HomeAssistant #SmartHome #HomeAssistantUpdate #SmartHomeHacks #HomeAutomation #SmarthomeDeutschland You can easily build your own Home Assistant setup*: Raspberry Pi 5 (8 GB) - https://amzn.to/3IqqSVt Power supply - https://amzn.to/3PyyXM3 My case - https://amzn.to/49IR6yu My fan - https://amzn.to/4a75T65 SD card - https://amzn.to/3r8lpua (not my recommendation, but possible) OR SSD - https://amzn.to/3KlDGfd (my recommendation, as it’s more durable than an SD card) SATA to USB cable - https://amzn.to/3DNF1c4 My tools*: JOKARI Super 4 Plus Wire Stripper - https://amzn.to/3ud2T65 JOKARI Multi-purpose Stripping Knife No. 15 - https://amzn.to/3u9utkl Wera Kraftform Screwdriver Set, 12-piece - https://amzn.to/3DHGn8h BENNING DUSPOL Analog Voltage Tester - https://amzn.to/3junzmZ Wiha Voltage Tester - https://amzn.to/3J5fbS8 KNIPEX Flat-Nose Pliers - https://amzn.to/3JbfGdo WAGO 2-Terminal Connectors - https://amzn.to/3gLXmiG WAGO 3-terminal blocks - https://amzn.to/3Ku3sx4 WAGO 4-terminal blocks - https://amzn.to/3voCjHx WAGO 5-terminal blocks - https://amzn.to/3DG4Ue6 WAGO 2-gang lever terminals - https://amzn.to/3VqmBG2 WAGO 3-gang lever terminals - https://amzn.to/3OFpGzW WAGO 5-gang lever terminals - https://amzn.to/3UbX3LX My gear*: My main camera: Sony Alpha 6700 - https://amzn.to/3E81XE4 My lens 1: Sony SELP-18105G - https://amzn.to/45pv5mg My lens 2: Sony E 11 mm F1.8 - https://amzn.to/3ORzVSj My memory card: Sony SF-M256T SD memory card - https://amzn.to/3KVNmiK My 2nd camera: iPhone 15 Pro Max 256 GB - https://amzn.to/47xYlbu My 3rd camera: iPad Air 4 - https://amzn.to/3ciATrw My large tripod: SMALLRIG video tripod - https://amzn.to/3tcjqZT My small tripod: Manfrotto PIXI Table Tripod - https://amzn.to/3Al99uk My camera mount: Manfrotto Smartphone Mount Pro Version - https://amzn.to/3vCPPGH My 1st microphone: Shure SM7B - https://amzn.to/3UuVsDO My second microphone: RØDE Wireless GO II - https://amzn.to/3QNKsgT (*) All products marked with an asterisk link to the Amazon website. If you purchase the linked product, I receive a small commission for the referral. This does not change the price for you! By doing so, you support my channel and my work :-)