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July 3, 2026EN

Luxtronik 2.0 – bringing an older heat pump into the Home Assistant era

Heat pumps with a Luxtronik 2.0 controller run reliably for 15+ years, but getting them into a smart home used to be fiddly. luxtronik2-hass brings them straight into Home Assistant – enter the IP, done. It began as a Modbus proxy; the native integration is now the core. Beyond read-out it adds real heat-pump smarts – solar boost, bath boost, night pause. In the HACS store since 2 July 2026.

July 3, 2026EN

Shelly Cloud DIY – the devices your local integration can't see

The official Shelly integration stays the first choice for local devices, but structurally can't see everything: shared, cloud-only and Bluetooth devices stay invisible. Shelly Cloud DIY closes that gap – via a cloud key you generate yourself, no application needed. Local-first: the native integration keeps control, the cloud is only a visibility overlay. In the HACS store since June 2026.