Home Assistant 2025.12 brings Labs, purpose-specific triggers, improved dashboards & more

Home Assistant 2025.12 is now available, delivering key enhancements to this open source home automation platform. One of the most notable additions is Home Assistant Labs, a new feature that lets users try out fully developed previews. These features are tested but may change or be removed based on feedback, with the first preview, Winter mode, adding interface snowfall effects.

Automations see a substantial upgrade in this release. Triggers and conditions are now presented with more intuitive, purpose-built options for core domains such as Light, Climate, and Fan. Targeting devices in automations is now easier: users can trigger automations for groups like all living room lights without listing each device individually.

Following these workflow improvements, several dashboard upgrades arrive. Users gain the ability to set a system-wide default dashboard for all users, reorder areas and floors, access a new sidebar, and use undo or redo in the dashboard editor. The energy dashboard also gains real-time power monitoring and new support for downstream water tracking.

For those focused on integrations, this release introduces 12 new options, including Backblaze B2, Google Weather & Air Quality, and Philips Hue BLE. It also adds two virtual integrations and makes improvements to existing ones.