# Home Assistant Turns Amber

URL: /show/self-hosted/55/
> A lot is changing in Home Assistant land, and it's almost all for the better; we break down the essential items.

- Show: [Self-Hosted](/show/self-hosted/)
- Episode: 55
- Date: 2021-10-08
- Hosts: alex, chris
- Duration: 00:47:37
- Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/7296e34a-2697-479a-adfb-ad32329dd0b0/13319348-626d-4b4e-9131-d2696eef9ad9.mp3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/MNB1xjZ6HPc



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### Episode Links

  * [2021.10.0: Z-Wave S2 support, Tuya, secure ESPHome and 400 new icons - Home Assistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2021/10/06/release-202110/ "2021.10.0: Z-Wave S2 support, Tuya, secure ESPHome and 400 new icons - Home Assistant") — Anyways, about this release: Z-Wave JS is stepping up its game! If you have a Z-Wave network and are not using Z-Wave JS yet… well… it might be time to bite the bullet and go for it. You won’t regret it. 
  * [Z-Wave JS - Home Assistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zwave_js/ "Z-Wave JS - Home Assistant") — This integration allows you to control a Z-Wave network via the Z-Wave JS driver. This is our recommended Z-Wave integration for Home Assistant.
  * [Home Assistant Amber | Crowd Supply](https://www.crowdsupply.com/nabu-casa/home-assistant-amber "Home Assistant Amber | Crowd Supply") — This flagship version of Home Assistant Amber is ready to go out of the box. It comes pre-assembled in a custom enclosure with a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 (CM4) and a custom heat sink for fanless, silent operation. The CM4 is a version without wireless and has 2 GB RAM and 16 GB eMMC storage, pre-installed with Home Assistant. 
  * [Tuya Devices List](https://expo.tuya.com/ "Tuya Devices List")
  * [Integration - Riemann sum integral - Home Assistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/integration/ "Integration - Riemann sum integral - Home Assistant") — The integration platform provides the Riemann sum of the values provided by a source sensor. The Riemann sum is an approximation of an integral by a finite sum. The integration sensors is updated upon changes of the source. 
  * [integration example from Chris' configuration.yaml](https://paste.docs.lol/code/TrollTachyon "integration example from Chris' configuration.yaml")
  * [History Stats - Home Assistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/history_stats/ "History Stats - Home Assistant") — The history_stats sensor platform provides quick statistics about another integration or platforms, using data from the history integration.
  * [Utility Meter - Home Assistant](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/utility_meter/ "Utility Meter - Home Assistant") — The utility meter integration provides functionality to track consumptions of various utilities (e.g., energy, gas, water, heating).
  * [History Stats and Utility Meter example from Chris' configuration.yaml](https://paste.docs.lol/code/SpanningAnnexments "History Stats and Utility Meter example from Chris' configuration.yaml")
  * [Tubesync](https://github.com/meeb/tubesync "Tubesync") — TubeSync is a PVR (personal video recorder) for YouTube. Or, like Sonarr but for YouTube (with a built-in download client). It is designed to synchronize channels and playlists from YouTube to local directories and update your media server once media is downloaded.
  * [Gimme-iPhotos: Download media files from iCloud.](https://github.com/Zebradil/Gimme-iPhotos "Gimme-iPhotos: Download media files from iCloud.") — Downloads media files from iCloud in parallel