v1.2.0

Release Notes - Version 1.2.0

🌡️ Enhanced Climate Device Support

This release significantly improves optimistic feedback for climate devices including air conditioners, heat pumps, thermostats, and heaters.

✨ New Features

Smart Climate Mode Detection

• Intelligent Temperature-Based Mode Selection: When using set_temperature service, the system now automatically determines whether to use heat or cool mode based on target vs current temperature
• Device Capability Awareness: Considers each device's supported HVAC modes for better compatibility
• Improved Default Modes: Better defaults for different climate device types

Extended Climate Service Support

• Enhanced set_hvac_mode: Full support for all HVAC modes (heat, cool, auto, heat_cool, dry, fan_only, off)
• Smart Preset Handling: Handles presets like "away" (switches to off), "eco"/"sleep" (switches to auto)
• Auxiliary Heat Support: set_aux_heat service now properly switches to heat mode
• Fan Mode Intelligence: set_fan_mode with "auto" indicates auto HVAC mode

🔧 Improvements

Better Climate Behavior

• Turn On Logic: Climate devices now default to auto mode instead of just heat for maximum compatibility
• Smart Toggle: Climate toggle now uses auto when turning on (safer than assuming heat-only)
• Temperature Threshold: Uses ±0.5°F threshold to avoid mode switching for minor temperature differences

Enhanced Device Compatibility

• Heat-Only Devices: Properly handles heaters that only support heat mode
• Cool-Only Devices: Properly handles AC units that only support cooling
• Heat Pumps: Full support for devices that can both heat and cool
• Smart Thermostats: Optimal handling of multi-mode thermostats

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed climate toggle behavior to be more predictable
• Improved fallback logic when device capabilities can't be determined
• Better error handling for temperature parsing

📋 Example Scenarios

Air Conditioner:

• Set temperature to 70°F when current is 75°F → Immediately shows cool mode
• Turn on AC → Shows auto mode

Heater:

• Set temperature to 72°F when current is 68°F → Immediately shows heat mode
• Toggle heater when off → Shows auto mode

Heat Pump:

• Set any temperature → Intelligently chooses heat or cool based on current temperature
• Uses auto mode when temperature difference is minimal

Smart Thermostat:

• Preset "away" → Shows off mode immediately
• Preset "eco" → Shows auto mode immediately

🔄 Migration Notes

• No breaking changes - existing configurations continue to work
• Climate devices will now provide more accurate optimistic feedback
• Users may notice improved responsiveness when controlling climate devices

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Installation

Available through HACS or manual installation. See README for installation instructions.