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Streamlining Home Assistant
- Home Assistant aims to streamline user experiences in 2022, prioritizing ease of use.
- This will simplify tasks like sending notifications with camera snapshots, playing music in automations, and using text-to-speech.
Documentation Link Saves the Day
- Phil Hawthorne had trouble setting up device trackers in a fresh Home Assistant installation.
- A new documentation link helped him realize he was using the wrong integration, enabling him to fix the issue.
New Features for Scenes and Zones
- Scenes now have states and last-activated timestamps, similar to button entities.
- Zones display the number of people present, enabling automations based on occupancy.