5 New Features in 2024.1 (Home Assistant)

[@clairerovic]

Love the zoomed in approach as so much easier to watch. Often TV time is in bed watching KZbin

[@rodneysmith1750]

Being a new HA user and an old man to boot, I appreciate the UI changes, thanks for the video Mark and keep up the good work!

[@MarkWattTech]

Thank you and Happy New Year! :) Do you find the new UI and descriptions helpful?

[@gerryf7015]

Ditto - new to HA AND an old man! Thanks Mark too

[@rodneysmith1750]

@@MarkWattTech Looking for to experiencing the changes whenever the update shows up for me. I am certain I will appreciate them all!

[@adree06]

Nice improvements, getting better and better... Happy new year Mark! 🎉

[@iainhay2823]

Great video as always 👍

[@itandgeneral4308]

Many thanks, Mark for an other great video.

[@MarkWattTech]

Appreciated thank you 🙏🏻

[@ronm6585]

Thanks Mark.

[@MarkWattTech]

Happy New Year Ron! :)

[@TheHellis]

Regarding the renaming of the headers in automations. So... Will this also change the name of {{ trigger }} to {{ when }}. If it doesn't (which I hope and is quite sure of) then it's just going to create even more issues with new people since it doesn't have the logical connection to "when" as trigger.

[@markheatherington8367]

Thanks Mark! Glad to see the tweaks to the TODO list. It was a bit less than impressive as released

[@drumslapper]

Definitely like the new Automation UI, easier to navigate.

[@JAkino266]

I noticed in the file editor “config/“ is now “homeassistant/“. Is this right?

[@iamborg3of9]

what is the vavle closer/opener that you show in the video?

[@MarkWattTech]

The one in the video was the Sonic by Hero Labs. I will actually be revisiting it in a video soon as they are moving to a subscription service 😳

[@martinw5766]

Why is the to-do list such a big deal? I really don't see it having any value being in HA, I've already got other apps for that??

[@MarkWattTech]

You can link some of those other apps into HA and display and control them with the todo list. As it has its own entity set you can also write automations based on things such as totals or completions. It's just a way of centralising your information. Not for everyone but very useful for some :)

[@big-ted-01]

As a beginner, I'm finding the new Automation UI worse and less than helpful, as it now makes all the youtube videos I use to help me create an automation are now outdated and harder to follow