Rohan and Phil are breaking down the 2025.10 release, which includes bilingual support for assistants. Meanwhile Sonos finds a new partner, and we answer some listener questions
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Chapters
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:59 Discussion on 2025.10 Release
00:01:25 Automation Editor Updates
00:03:51 AI Image Generation Service
00:06:05 Dashboard Entity Suggestions
00:11:39 Voice Assistant Updates
00:12:05 AccuWeather and Reolink Features
00:22:51 Media Player Panel Update
00:24:31 Matter and Logbook Updates
00:25:28 Philips Hue Motion Updates
00:27:14 LG ThinQ and Litter Robot Enhancements
00:29:39 Lutron Caseta Multi-tap Actions
00:33:24 Shelly and SwitchBot Updates
00:57:20 Notification Customization
00:57:42 Using Emojis for Alerts
00:58:35 Testing LLM Vision for Driveway Gates
00:59:22 Memory Feature in LLM Vision
01:00:10 Discussion on Breaking Changes
01:00:38 Shoutout to Home Assistant Cards
01:01:11 Philips Hue and Sonos Partnership
01:02:33 Conclusion
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