A new Z-wave radio launches, and a new home screen on the horizon with Home Assistant 2025.9

<p>Home Assistant has launched their own Z-wave radio. 2025.9 lands with a new experimental home screen. Meanwhile Rohan and Phil discuss LLM Vision and some of its use cases</p><p><br></p><p><a href="youtu.be/gFCEJNV53XI"; rel="nofollow">Watch the full episode on YouTube</a></p><p><a href="hasspodcast.io/ha200"; rel="nofollow">hasspodcast.io/ha200</a></p><p&… Introduction</p><p>00:01:14 Home Assistant Connect ZWA2</p><p>00:03:01 Z-Wave Network Challenges and Migration</p><p>00:16:45 Rainbird Integration and Irrigation Setup</p><p>00:23:25 New Features in Home Assistant 2025.9</p><p>00:30:13 Introduction to Smart Home Automation</p><p>00:33:17 Husqvarna Automower Features</p><p>00:35:54 Reolink Doorbell Updates</p><p>00:38:00 PlayStation and Unify Integrations</p><p>00:39:11 Tesla and Other Cars Integration</p><p>00:41:21 Weather and Bayesian Sensors</p><p>00:44:10 AI Vision and Home Automation</p><p>00:51:40 New Integrations: Seco, Sleep as Android</p><p>00:53:56 Breaking and Backward Incompatible Changes</p><p>00:55:26 Hacs Components: Person Location</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Support the Podcast</strong></p><p>Get early-access to episodes and an ad-free feed by supporting our Patreon.</p><p><a href="patreon.com/hkmedia"; rel="nofollow">Support Rohan and Phil on Patreon</a></p><p><br></p><p>This episode was made possible thanks to our sponsors</p><p><a href="nabucasa.com/"; rel="nofollow">Home Assistant Cloud by Nabu Casa</a></p><p>Easily connect to Google and Amazon voice assistants for a small monthly fee that also supports the Home Assistant project. Configuration is via the User Interface so no fiddling with router settings, dynamic DNS, or YAML.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="getzooz.com/"; rel="nofollow">Zooz</a></p><p>If you're looking to upgrade your smart home - you can’t go past Zooz! Zooz offers a range of affordable and innovative devices, including water leak sensors, water valve controllers, smart plugs and scene controllers.</p><p>So for the best prices on all Zooz products, head over to <a href="thesmartesthouse.com/collections/zooz"; rel="nofollow">thesmartesthouse.com</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Hosts</strong></p><p>Phil Hawthorne</p><p><a href="philhawthorne.com/"; rel="nofollow">Website</a></p><p><a href="kit.co/philhawthorne"; rel="nofollow">Smart Home Products</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="twitter.com/philhawthorne"; rel="nofollow">@philhawthorne</a></p><p>Bluesky: <a href="bsky.app/profile/philhawthorne.com"; rel="nofollow">@philhawthorne.com</a></p><p><a href="buymeacoff.ee/philhawthorne"; rel="nofollow">Buy Phil a Coffee</a></p><p><br></p><p>Rohan Karamandi</p><p><a href="karamandi.com/"; rel="nofollow">Website</a></p><p><a href="kit.co/rkaramandi/"; rel="nofollow">Smart Home Products</a></p><p>Twitter: <a href="twitter.com/rohank9"; rel="nofollow">@rohank9</a></p><p><a href="buymeacoff.ee/rkaramandi"; rel="nofollow">Buy Rohan a Coffee</a></p><br/><br/>Privacy & Opt-Out: <a href='redcircle.com/privacy'>https://redcircl…;