2026.10.12.210015 (beta)

Beta, from main (8127ddb).

• Arbitration: the window learned from the network, decided once every claim is in (issue #27)

Install from Home Assistant: the Echo's "Online updates" select, then its firmware update entity. Bundles are signed with the release key (keys/release.pub).

2026.10.12.200057 (beta)

Beta, from main (e51cda3).

• Wake sound removal (experimental): our own sound taken back out of the pipeline's audio
• Wake word: nothing lost between its end and the stream

Install from Home Assistant: the Echo's "Online updates" select, then its firmware update entity. Bundles are signed with the release key (keys/release.pub).

2026.10.12.160500 (beta)

Beta, from main (ed40b2b).

• Light ring: colours through gamma 2.2, pale ones no longer near white
• Buttons: a hold is Home Assistant's alone, the volume steps on release
• Light ring: Home Assistant's light, and the listening ring turned over other animations (issue #26)
• Buttons: presses and holds as a Home Assistant event (issue #26)
• Bluetooth speaker: stay connected when off, for quick switching
• Bluetooth speaker: optional keep-awake tone for speakers that mute on silence

Install from Home Assistant: the Echo's "Online updates" select, then its firmware update entity. Bundles are signed with the release key (keys/release.pub).

2026.10.11.215745 (beta)

Beta, from main (64cb7ae).

• Online updates: switched on only once the Echo reached GitHub

Install from Home Assistant: the Echo's "Online updates" select, then its firmware update entity. Bundles are signed with the release key (keys/release.pub).

2026.10.11.175248 (beta)

Beta, from main (70ae026).

• LED ring: the listening animation points at the talker again (issue #22)
• LED brightness: Home Assistant hears an auto level at 2 steps or after 5 minutes

Install from Home Assistant: the Echo's "Online updates" select, then its firmware update entity. Bundles are signed with the release key (keys/release.pub).

2026.10.11.122237 (beta)

Beta, from main (c7da14c).

• Timers: a "Stop ringing" button for Home Assistant, and any request stops a ring as an option

Install from Home Assistant: the Echo's "Online updates" select, then its firmware update entity. Bundles are signed with the release key (keys/release.pub).

2026.10.11.115642 (beta)

Beta, from main (64a4a87).

• tests/ha_real_dropin.py: the Drop In blueprint in a real Home Assistant, reproducible, and a CI job for it
• Drop In blueprint: the reply from the Echo's own result, at once and with the reason
• Drop In: every state and every call's result reach Home Assistant in order, "calling" before the invite
• Drop In blueprint: Echos by what they report, the call in a run of its own, a reply for every failure
• Speaker gain on the Echo Dot 3: +2 dB on the TAS2770's output level (#19)
• Echo Dot 3 README: no slot switch between the two installs (issue 18)
• Two wake words at once: Home Assistant's "Wake word 2" (issue 18)
• New IP address: Home Assistant finds the Echo again; Restart on the page
• Speaker gain: the Echo Dot 2 and Echo 2 louder than stock (#19)
• Drop In blueprint: find Echos by their Drop In sensor; a reply on every path

Install from Home Assistant: the Echo's "Online updates" select, then its firmware update entity. Bundles are signed with the release key (keys/release.pub).

2026.10.10.204404 (beta)

Beta, from main (b4ccb10).

• Echo 2: Bluetooth on; -B hides the Bluetooth entities
• Setup, radar/biscuit: firmware into both slots; unpack with debugfs
• Setup: questions end in a colon; a rainbow ring is fastboot on an unlocked Echo
• Setup: no model downloads; artifacts.sh only as a fallback, with a warning

Install from Home Assistant: the Echo's "Online updates" select, then its firmware update entity. Bundles are signed with the release key (keys/release.pub).

2026.10.09.193122 (beta)

Beta, from main (f9cec16).

• Attestation: the token's shape by the key's algorithm, refusals that say why
• Docs: the Dot 3's drvV3 sign-in works against the real Amazon
• Amazon downloads: the Echo Dot 3 signs in too (drvV3 attestation)

Install from Home Assistant: the Echo's "Online updates" select, then its firmware update entity. Bundles are signed with the release key (keys/release.pub).

2026.10.08.213741 (beta)

Beta, from main (83fda27).

• Settings page: choices inside a feature card stack under their text

Install from Home Assistant: the Echo's "Online updates" select, then its firmware update entity. Bundles are signed with the release key (keys/release.pub).