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Hey Everyone! It’s time for the next Android release and we are really excited to get this one out. Lots of changes for all versions of the app, including Wear OS and Quest devices. Breaking Changes We have a pretty big release this month with a lot of changes going on. Some of these changes are noticeable as soon as you update the app, so let’s cover those first. Local Push Notifications The first major change that we want to cover is for Local Push Notifications . Before this release, all notifications were routed via Google. Now notifications can be delivered directly from your Home Assistant server if you have remote access set up. These notifications do not count towards the rate limit and are shown on the device immediately, every time. So what’s the breaking change? The app needs to establish and maintain a constant connection to your Home Assistant server with WebSockets. In order to do this, we have to create a persistent notification and this can be upsetting to some us...

If you are using HomeMatic/homematicIP smart home products with Home Assistant, the future will now be even brighter. The team around RaspberryMatic has been hard working during the last months to make their alternative “HomeMatic CCU“ operating system a full fledged Home Assistant Add-on with no compromises. Because of the much more advanced functionality of this third-party Add-on vs. the HA own “HomeMatic CCU” Add-on, this is now the recommended Add-on to use your Home Assistant also as a HomeMatic CCU smart home central. The old “HomeMatic CCU” Add-on from the official repository has now been deprecated. To make migration as smooth as possible, its latest release gained a final functionality: You can now export your configuration directly from its WebUI by using “Create Backup” to generate a .sbk system backup file, then stop the “HomeMatic CCU” Add-on, install the “ RaspberryMatic CCU ” Add-on and import the backup file so that all your HomeMatic/homematicIP devices will be av...