How do you more or less double the number of Works with Home Assistant-certified devices available to our community? Have BEGA join the program! This German firm has spent more than 75 years designing a wide range of architectural lighting that sets the industry standard: and now they’re bringing that expertise to your smart home.
If you haven’t heard of BEGA before, you may have admired their work without realizing it. That’s because they produce the kind of beautifully engineered fixtures you see gracing the facades of fancy hotels, elegant public buildings, and stylish modern homes worldwide. They’re probably better known for this kind of work than for smart home tech, which is precisely what makes their joining the Works with Home Assistant program so exciting.
Because BEGA aren’t just dipping a toe in: they’re bringing what’s almost certainly the largest single addition of certified devices we’ve ever had in one go: enough to very nearly double the number of certified products in the program! And it’s not just the volume that impresses. BEGA Smart – their Zigbee-powered smart lighting system – is flexible, expandable, and designed to work entirely offline, with no internet connection required.
BEGA: putting the smart into smart home lighting.
"With BEGA Smart, we aim to combine high-quality architectural lighting with intelligent control. Integrating with Home Assistant allows us to bring our lighting solutions into an open and flexible smart home ecosystem that many of our customers already value. By doing so, we enhance comfort, safety, and energy efficiency while enabling new ways to experience light. We're excited to support the community and be part of this ecosystem."
- Heinrich Gantenbrink, Managing Partner at BEGABEGA’s premium positioning isn’t only about aesthetics. Their commitment to repairability also aligns well with the Open Home Foundation’s sustainability principles. Rather than treating a luminaire as a disposable unit, BEGA designs the majority of their components to be replaceable. Crack a glass panel? You can order that specific spare via their website’s search function and replace it, rather than throwing out the whole fixture.
This also makes BEGA an interesting choice if you’re thinking about illuminating your outdoor spaces. We have relatively few outdoor lighting options in the program, and BEGA fills that gap in style – just in time if you’re looking to get your garden or terrace ready for summer 😎.
We mentioned BEGA Smart runs on Zigbee, but if that’s new to you, here’s what it means. Zigbee is basically a short-range wireless communication standard: like Wi-Fi, but designed specifically for smart home devices. Unlike Wi-Fi however, it’s an open standard, so isn’t run by one specific company, and connects directly to Home Assistant without needing a router or internet connection. It’s also a mesh protocol, which means the more devices you add to your network, the stronger and more reliable it gets – handy for lighting that’s spread across your home and garden.
And on that subject, if you want to dim the patio lights from your sofa, or check they’re off while you’re away, Home Assistant Cloud can help – providing secure remote access wherever you are (your subscription helps fund the Works with Home Assistant program too!).
The path to enlightenment, with BEGA devices.
As with every Works with Home Assistant partner, our in-house team has thoroughly tested BEGA’s devices to make sure they meet our core requirements: local control, privacy, and long-term sustainability.
Because the list of certified BEGA devices is so long, we’ve included a condensed list below (there’s not enough room for them all here without subjecting you to a loooonnnnnng scroll! 😄). Bear in mind, when you browse BEGA’s website, look for devices marked as BEGA Smart. This tells you the item is Zigbee enabled and Works with Home Assistant certified. Worth knowing, since each luminaire also comes in other variants, such as DALI or non-smart versions, which are not certified under the program.
BEGA Smart covers a swathe of indoor and outdoor luminaires, with wall or ceiling mounted options, as well as freestanding garden path lighting to illuminate those balmy summer evenings.
For the full list of certified BEGA devices, see our filtered device list.
With BEGA on board, Home Assistant users have more choice than ever when it comes to quality lighting, inside and out. Ready to explore the full range? Head over to our certified device list to be illuminated about everything that’s been approved from BEGA and beyond. The future of your smart home is looking bright 💡.
If I have a device that is not listed under “Works with Home Assistant” does this mean it’s not supported?
No! It just means that it hasn’t gone through a testing schedule with our team or doesn’t fit the requirements of the program. It might function perfectly well but be added to the testing schedule later down the road, or it might work under a different connectivity type that we don’t currently test under the program.
OK, so what’s the point of the Works with program?
It highlights the devices we know work well with Home Assistant and the brands that make a long-term commitment to keeping support for these devices going. The certification agreement specifies that the devices must have the functionality you would expect within Home Assistant, operate locally without the need for cloud and that they will continue to do so long-term.
How were these devices tested?
All devices in this list were tested using a standard Home Assistant Green Hub with the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-2 and with our Zigbee integration (ZHA). If you have another hub/antenna setup/integration that’s not a problem, but we test against these as they are the most effective way for our team to certify within our ecosystem.
Will you be adding more BEGA devices to the program?
Why not! We’re thrilled to foster a close relationship with the team at BEGA to work together on any upcoming releases or add in further products that are not yet listed here.
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We're thrilled to announce that the 1.59 update for American Truck Simulator has officially been released and is now available on Steam!
First of all, we would like to thank everyone who took part in the Open Beta and reported any issues or provided general feedback on our forum. This makes it much easier for our team to fine-tune everything and helps ensure a smooth transition to the full update release.
We've been closely listening to feedback from our community, and one of the most common points raised in the new route advisor was that many players missed having quick access to information on vehicle damage and finances. While our teams are actively working on the next steps in our broader vision for a redesigned UI in this area, we didn't want to make you wait until that work is complete. Instead, we've prioritized implementing some of the most frequently requested improvements as soon as possible.
Based on that, we've implemented the Damage and Finances widgets. The widgets are designed to restore easy access to information about truck damage, plus trailer and cargo damage, if you are currently driving with a trailer and cargo, as well as your current bank balance, with an average profit over the last seven days displayed too.
These widgets can be turned on and off in the Widget Settings Menu, and if enabled, they will be displayed in the bottom-right corner above your GPS.
The Tow to Road feature was designed to improve the overall quality of life for players by reducing frustrating situations during gameplay. It will allow drivers to quickly recover if their truck overturns or gets stuck in a ditch or uneven terrain. It will also help prevent disruptions in multiplayer sessions, enabling players to continue with their convoy when they find themselves stuck, without the need to be towed to a service location, which could cause unnecessary delays.
So when you are in a difficult situation, you can simply find the new "Tow to Road" button under the Service menu (set to F7 by default). After paying a small fee for the towing service, you will be transported to your last safe location on the road. You can read more about this feature here.
The Skill Screen has received a visual rework while remaining in its original place within the interface. This update focuses on improving clarity and overall user experience without changing its core functionality.
You can now view both your current skill level and the next step in its progression. Tooltips also allow you to explore other ranks within each skill. Selecting a skill provides improved readability and clearer visual feedback, including a better indication of how many steps remain in that skill's progression path.
Each skill is represented as a clickable button, making it easy to access more detailed information. The redesign also improves navigation when using a controller.
We're continuing to refine the overall user experience with updates focused on readability, clarity, and smoother controller navigation.
The in-game news banner has received a visual refresh to better align with our newer UI style while improving readability. When hovering over a news item, a tooltip will now display a longer excerpt along with a clear call to action. Deactivated news items now feature a clearer status indicator, which also doubles as an activation button.
We're making navigation on the world map more intuitive for controller users. A new "undo last pin" feature has been added, along with remapped controls for adding, removing, setting avoid areas, and resetting pins.
Save handling has also been improved, with new saves now using the standard save icon instead of a black screenshot and overwriting clearly labeled as "Overwrite". Garage upgrade cutscenes can now be skipped more consistently using the (B) button, and the controller navigation has been further refined with improved D-pad accessibility across UI.
We’ve made some adjustments to traffic audio as part of this update. Sounds have been softened and rebalanced to better match real-world perception, with less emphasis on distant engine noise and more on the subtle “road hiss” of tires. Honking behavior has also been slightly randomized to reduce repetition. Overall, traffic should now feel less intrusive and better integrated into the ambient soundscape.
We’ve also made a few improvements to the Height Blend feature. Derived normal maps can now be enabled to help conserve GPU memory, and we’ve addressed several graphical issues to ensure more consistent, visually accurate results.
We've decided to temporarily disable the detour feature to focus on maintenance and further development. We've received numerous reports of Detours not functioning as intended, and the current system no longer meets our needs.
As a result, we'll be shutting down detours while we work on improving and upgrading the feature in the background to make it more stable and reliable. Please note that this change only affects detours - random road events will continue to be available in the game.
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The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the third service release of the OpenWrt 25.12 stable series.
Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector:
Download firmware images directly from our download servers:
Only the main changes are listed below. See the full changelog for details.
New devices supported in 25.12.3:
Device fixes:
erp_domain and fils_cache_id values generated by the ucode-based config script (#21768)bridge_isolate and network_vlan fields to the ucode schema (#22620)iface and other fields to the ucode station/vlan schema (#22165)set_fixed_freq-u option (skip default configuration) which was broken with apk-f (custom backup) when the path contains spacesDISKSEQ instead of MAJOR/MINOR for stable disk identification (MAJOR/MINOR are not sequential)devpath option for selecting cellular modems by USB device pathkmod-vsock and kmod-vsock-virtio for VM guests (vsock communication)Upgrading from 24.10 to 25.12 should be transparent on most devices, as most configuration data has either remained the same or will be translated correctly on first boot by the package init scripts.
For upgrades within the OpenWrt 25.12 stable series, Attended Sysupgrade is also supported, which allows preserving the installed packages.
Sysupgrade from 23.05 or earlier to 25.12 is not officially supported.
Cron log level was fixed in busybox. system.@system[0].cronloglevel should be set to 7 for normal logging. 7 is the default now. If this option is not set, the default is used and no manual action is needed. fc0c518
Bananapi BPI-R4: Interface eth1 was renamed to sfp-lan or lan4, and interface eth2 was renamed to sfp-wan to match the labels. You have to upgrade without saving the configuration. cd8dcfe
TP-Link RE355 v1, RE450 v1 and RE450 v2: The partition layout and block size changed in this release to fix configuration loss on sysupgrade. Users upgrading from OpenWrt 25.12.0 or earlier must use sysupgrade -F to force the upgrade. The image must not exceed 5.875 MB (6016 KiB).
Meraki MX60: Direct sysupgrade to 25.12.3 is not possible without manual preparation — meraki_loadaddr must be changed before upgrading, as the default value is insufficient to boot OpenWrt 25.12+. See the device wiki page for instructions.
eth1 to wan — check and update your network configuration after upgrading.cake_mq): throughput may be unexpectedly low on some configurations after the scheduler fixes in this release. #22344Full release notes and upgrade instructions are available at
https://openwrt.org/releases/25.12/notes-25.12.3
In particular, make sure to read the known issues before upgrading:
https://openwrt.org/releases/25.12/notes-25.12.3#known_issues
For a detailed list of all changes, refer to
https://openwrt.org/releases/25.12/changelog-25.12.3
To download the 25.12.3 images, navigate to:
https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/25.12.3/targets/
Use OpenWrt Firmware Selector to download:
https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org?version=25.12.3
As always, a big thank you goes to all our active package maintainers, testers, documenters and supporters.
Have fun!
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