# Home Assistant 2026.11 brings Marketplace, Matter cameras and LoRaWAN > Home Assistant 2026.11 is stable. HACS moves into the built-in Marketplace; Matter cameras and LoRaWAN arrive. Two-way camera audio remains a Labs preview with connection requirements. - Canonical page: https://smarthomecanon.com/news/home-assistant-2026-11-beta-adds-marketplace-matter-cameras-and-lorawan - Last checked: 2026-11-06 ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Published | 2026-10-28 | | Updated | 2026-11-05 | | Author | Smart Home Canon | | Tags | home-assistant, matter, cameras, lorawan, zigbee | ## Update, November 5: stable release available Home Assistant released 2026.11 on November 4. The stable release brings HACS into Settings > Marketplace, adds Matter 1.5 cameras and LoRaWAN, and includes a change to entity naming that can alter dashboard labels. Existing HACS installations migrate on startup after the update.[^1] Two-way camera audio remains a Labs preview. It requires a supported camera and integration; the release names Matter and Reolink. Reolink needs RTSP, and browser microphone access requires HTTPS. Matter cameras also need a sufficiently recent connected Matter server.[^1] ## Original beta announcement - Home Assistant published the 2026.11 beta release notes at a URL dated October 28, 2026. The notes carry a November 4, 2026 date and announce a release party live stream on that day.[^2][^3] - The original announcement was a beta: Home Assistant called the notes a work in progress and said features might change before the final release.[^3] ## Marketplace and HACS - HACS, the Home Assistant Community Store, becomes part of Home Assistant as the Marketplace. It lists community integrations, dashboard cards, themes and templates under Settings > Marketplace.[^3] - Everything in the Marketplace is free, and Home Assistant says that will not change. Administrators can install and update projects without a GitHub account.[^3] - Installing an integration opens its setup flow without a restart. Updates still need a restart.[^3] - Home Assistant states that Marketplace projects are community-made and are not tested, audited or supported by the project. A notice must be accepted before installing or updating.[^3] - Existing HACS installs migrate when Home Assistant starts after the update. Installed projects, custom repositories and update entities carry over.[^3] - The HACS installer stops with this release, so a separate HACS installation is no longer possible on it. The old HACS gets no new releases.[^3] - Projects missing from the catalog can be added from a repository link. Custom repositories need a GitHub connection through device sign-in.[^3] ## Matter cameras - The Matter integration supports Matter 1.5 cameras. A Matter camera appears as a camera entity with live video and snapshots.[^3] - Live video uses WebRTC directly between the browser and the camera. The entity follows the camera's privacy mode.[^3] - Home Assistant only discovers Matter cameras when the connected Matter server is recent enough to support them.[^3] ## Two-way audio - A Labs preview feature named Two-way audio adds a talk button to the live stream. It is switched on under Settings > System > Labs.[^3] - The button appears for cameras that support two-way audio and whose integration has added support. Those are Matter cameras and Reolink in this release. A Reolink camera needs RTSP, because RTMP and FLV cannot carry audio back to the camera.[^3] - Browsers allow microphone access only over a secure connection. For now, two-way audio works when Home Assistant is opened over HTTPS.[^3] - Home Assistant says it is working on bringing two-way audio to the Home Assistant apps over HTTP.[^3] ## LoRaWAN and Zigbee Green Power - LoRaWAN is a long-range, low-power protocol for battery sensors. Home Assistant connects to a ChirpStack or The Things Network server and offers the matching device integration, such as SenseCAP, when a supported device appears.[^3] - A new LoRaWAN page under Settings > Connectivity lists connections and devices and maps which gateways receive which devices. A device page shows signal strength, last report and battery.[^3] - Zigbee Home Automation supports Zigbee Green Power, the batteryless devices powered by the press of a switch or by room light. Friends of Hue switches are named as the best-known example.[^3] - A Green Power device shows a Source ID in its network details. Options that do not apply to it, such as reconfiguring, are left out.[^3] ## Local-drive storage and backups - Settings > System > Storage accepts an internal or USB drive as a Local disk, for backups, media or shared files. The disk must already be formatted.[^3] - Home Assistant identifies the disk by its file system identifier, so it keeps working after a restart or a device-name change. A repair appears if the disk is disconnected.[^3] - Restoring a backup no longer makes a temporary copy of the whole backup first. A new sensor reports the size of the last successful automatic backup.[^3] ## Sources [^1]: Home Assistant 2026.11: A lot in store! — stable release, November 4, 2026. https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/11/04/release-202611/ (manufacturer, checked 2026-11-05) [^2]: 2026.11 Beta: A lot in store! (Home Assistant release notes; URL dated 2026-10-28, page byline November 4, 2026). https://rc.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/10/28/release-202611/ (manufacturer, checked 2026-11-01) [^3]: Home Assistant 2026.11 beta release notes: official October 28, 2026 GitHub snapshot. https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant.io/blob/51a83b94112154084b70a13101500512469bc7c0/source/_posts/2026-11-04-release-202611.markdown (manufacturer, checked 2026-11-06)