What has changed: which integrations are new in 2026.10?
Home Assistant's 2026.10 release notes list 15 new integrations. Only three carry an official Integration Quality Scale rating: SolarEdge Modbus (Platinum), plus Gree Infrared and OSRAM Infrared (both Silver). The scale marks code quality and reliability; unrated simply means newer or less audited. For the rest of the release, including the new map and the breaking changes, see our Home Assistant 2026.10 round-up.
| Integration | What it connects | Connection | Quality rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| SolarEdge Modbus | SolarEdge solar inverters | Local (Modbus TCP) | Platinum |
| KACO Modbus | KACO solar inverters | Local (Modbus TCP) | Not rated |
| Sunsynk | Sunsynk hybrid inverter and battery | Cloud | Not rated |
| my-PV | AC•THOR and AC ELWA 2 solar hot-water heaters | Local | Not rated |
| Axle Energy | Grid event schedule | Cloud | Not rated |
| Zonneplan | Dutch dynamic electricity and gas prices | Cloud | Not rated |
| Bitvis Power Hub | Smart meter via HAN port | Local | Not rated |
| Theben Conexa | Conexa 3.0 smart meter gateway | Local | Not rated |
| Gree Infrared | Gree air conditioners | Local (IR) | Silver |
| OSRAM Infrared | OSRAM and LEDVANCE RGB lights with 24-button remote | Local (IR) | Silver |
| Persang Infrared | Persang Bluetooth speakers | Local (IR) | Not rated |
| INDI Allsky | Allsky astrophotography camera server | Local | Not rated |
| Threema | Encrypted messages from automations | Cloud (Threema Gateway) | Not rated |
| Vitesy | Vitesy Shelfy fridge air purifier | Cloud | Not rated |
| Willow | Indoor plant sensors | Cloud | Not rated |
Which solar inverters can Home Assistant now read locally?
Three of the 15 target solar inverters, and two of them work entirely on your own network. SolarEdge Modbus connects a SolarEdge inverter over its Modbus TCP interface and launched at Platinum quality. KACO Modbus does the same for KACO new energy inverters. Sunsynk is the odd one out: it brings a Sunsynk hybrid inverter and battery in through your Sunsynk Connect account, so it depends on the vendor's cloud.
The SolarEdge change matters most. The old SolarEdge Local integration has been removed, because it relied on a local web API that SolarEdge disabled in inverter firmware updates starting in 2020. If you used it, you now choose between the existing cloud SolarEdge integration and the new local Modbus one. Once the data flows, our Home Assistant solar monitoring guide covers dashboards and automations.
What do my-PV, Axle Energy and Zonneplan add for energy automations?
These three are about using power at the right moment rather than just watching it. my-PV controls the AC•THOR range and AC ELWA 2, devices that turn surplus solar power into hot water, so you can build rules around export and tank temperature. Axle Energy imports the grid event schedule from your Axle Energy account, which suits automations that shift usage around grid events. Zonneplan pulls electricity and gas prices from a Dutch dynamic contract, so it is only useful in the Netherlands. UK readers on time-of-use tariffs should read our Octopus Energy smart tariff guide instead.
Can Home Assistant read smart meters through the HAN port?
Yes, with the right hardware. Bitvis Power Hub plugs into the meter's HAN port and reads real-time electricity data. Theben Conexa reads meter data locally from a Conexa 3.0 smart meter gateway through its built-in Home Area Network interface. Both are local, but both target continental European metering set-ups. They will not read a standard UK smart meter, so for UK homes a clamp-based monitor is still the practical route; see our best home energy monitors comparison.
What infrared and one-off integrations are new?
Three integrations turn an infrared transmitter you already run in Home Assistant into a controller for kit that has no network connection. Gree Infrared controls Gree air conditioners, OSRAM Infrared controls OSRAM and LEDVANCE RGB lights that ship with a 24-button remote, and Persang Infrared controls Persang Bluetooth speakers. The first two are Silver rated. All three need an IR blaster or compatible transmitter already set up, so they add no hardware support of their own. The last four are one-offs: INDI Allsky (astrophotography cameras), Threema (encrypted messages from automations, via Threema Gateway), Vitesy (the Shelfy fridge air purifier) and Willow (plant sensors).
Should you update for these integrations?
Only if you own the hardware. None of the 15 replaces something Matter, Zigbee or an existing integration already does, and the breaking changes in this release (legacy authentication removed, admin-only MQTT publish and dump actions, and others) deserve a read first. Take a backup before updating, as our backup and restore guide explains. If you missed the previous batch, our 2026.9 new integrations list covers EV chargers, spa control and the Sofar inverter.
