ESPHome 2025.10.0: Z-Wave Proxy and Arduino as an IDF component
ESPHome 2025.10.0 adds the Z-Wave Proxy component, rebuilds ESP32 Arduino builds on top of ESP-IDF, introduces a unified SPI ePaper component, and hardens OTA and API security.
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ESPHome 2025.9.0: MIPI RGB displays and a camera JPEG encoder
ESPHome 2025.9.0 adds MIPI RGB display support, a camera JPEG encoder, DFU support for nRF52, and ESPHome Builder improvements, along with extensive memory optimizations.
ESPHome 2025.8.0: nRF52 support and ESP-NOW mesh communication
ESPHome 2025.8.0 introduces the Nordic nRF52 platform built on Zephyr, ESP-NOW device-to-device communication, and MIPI DSI display support, and now requires Python 3.11 or newer.
ESPHome 2025.7.0: Web server OTA, LoRa, and sub-devices
ESPHome 2025.7.0 moves web server OTA to its own platform, removes ESP-IDF 4.x support, adds sub-device support and Jinja2 template expressions, and introduces LoRa hardware support.
ESPHome 2025.6.0: ESP-IDF 5.3.2, OpenThread, and new ESP32 variants
ESPHome 2025.6.0 updates ESP-IDF to 5.3.2, adds official support for the ESP32-C6, ESP32-H2 and ESP32-P4, introduces basic OpenThread support, and now requires Python 3.10 or newer.