Hello everyone, and Happy New Year 2025!

I hope you had an excellent 2024.

For Gladys, 2024 was a pivotal year, marked by personal changes that allowed Gladys to develop to its full potential!

Indeed, I moved into an apartment fully automated with Gladys. It has become a real showcase of the work we've done and allowed me to record dozens of tutorials on smart home technology.

What happened in 2024?​

Hello everyone!

Today, I’m excited to introduce Gladys Assistant 4.48, a version where artificial intelligence is even more deeply integrated into Gladys to make your home smarter and more responsive.

Since January 2023, you could already ask ChatGPT questions through Gladys.

That was a good start, but I want to take it further! What if AI could be proactive and make decisions for you?

Imagine the possibilities​

Hi everyone,

Today is a big day: I’m releasing a major version of Gladys that will drastically improve the Gladys experience and keep us at the cutting edge of data storage technology.

Imagine...

➡️ Your Gladys database shrinking from 47 GB to 1.5 GB...
➡️ Your charts displaying instantly, even over long periods of data...
➡️ Your Gladys Plus backups becoming lighter and faster...

Well, we did it!

The Technology: DuckDB​

DuckDB is an OLAP database system that, like SQLite, stores data in a single file.

Hi everyone!

Today I'm releasing Gladys Assistant 4.40, an update to Gladys that brings a much-requested feature: the ability to use Gladys with an existing Zigbee2mqtt instance.

Using Gladys with an existing Zigbee2mqtt instance​

From now on, when you configure Zigbee2mqtt in Gladys, Gladys will offer you 2 choices:

Hi everyone!

I've been wanting to tell you about this project for so long, so here it is at last 😁

For those who missed the launch, the replay is available on YouTube (in French):

Order your training now (French only for now): formation.gladysassistant.com

I'm buying an apartment​

The first news of this launch is that I'm buying an apartment in the south of France: my first main residence!

Obviously, I'm going to connect this apartment entirely with Gladys and make it a real showcase for what's possible in home automation in 2024 😎

I'm going to push the cursors to the max on all subjects: lighting, presence detection, security, music, etc....

The aim of this apartment is also to turn it into a real laboratory for home automation experiments.

This will allow me to be at the forefront in terms of Gladys use, and to be able to test all the new features at home.

I'll show you my personal setup​

For the moment, the apartment is empty.

Happy New Year to all 🙌

I hope 2024 will be a year full of good things for you: health, family, projects!

Like every year, I take stock of the previous year and present my plans for the new year.

If you prefer this review on video, I've made a YouTube live which is available for replay here (in french only).

What happened in 2023?​

Hi everyone!

2 weeks ago, I was live on Youtube for a live coding session that lasted over 7 hours!!!

In this live, I developed from start to finish a Sonos integration for Gladys.

The live coding was in French, if you are interested, the live replay is available here on YouTube.

Today, I'm happy to release Gladys Assistant 4.32, which includes this Sonos integration 😁

Sonos integration in Gladys​

Now you can connect your Sonos speakers to Gladys.

Hello everyone,

At the end of October I presented Gladys Assistant 4.30, a version that brought a complete alarm to Gladys!

Today I'm releasing Gladys Assistant 4.31, a version that brings a lot of new features and fixes following your feedback on the alarm mode 🎉🎉

Tag filtering in scenes​

Many of you have been asking for a mechanism to filter the increasing number of scenes in your instances, and @Lokkye has done just that!

Hi everyone!

Gladys Assistant 4.30 has just been released, and it's a hell of a version!!! 🥳

The main feature is the complete management of an Alarm mode that allows you to set up a complete home security system.

You've got to admit, it does make you want to 😎

An alarm in Gladys​

Gladys can now replace a complete alarm system by managing the various states of any good alarm system:

Hi everyone!

Another Gladys update with lots of new features 🥳

Integrations with Mitsubishi air conditioners​

It's now possible to connect your Mitsubishi air conditioners (connected via MELCloud) to Gladys!

Thanks to @Lokkye for the development 🙌

Full screen mode for Gladys tablets​

If you're using Gladys on a touchscreen tablet somewhere in your home, it's likely that you'll want to display the Gladys dashboard full-screen, without the option of navigating away from that screen.

This is now possible, thanks to a parameter to be added to the URL:

?fullscreen=force

To enable better use of "tablet on the wall" type devices, the duration of connection sessions has been increased to 1 year.

(Sessions can still be revoked in Gladys settings at any time).

Set room temperature/humidity widget limits​

It's now possible to define at what limit the colors of the "Temperature/Humidity" widgets change.

A bedroom doesn't necessarily have the same limits as a bathroom, or a terrarium!

When editing a dashboard, you can now define customized thresholds:

Thanks @Lokkye for this development 🙌

Camera images expire​

From now on, expired camera images will no longer be displayed on the dashboard:

Tuya roller shutter management​

The Tuya integration was released this summer, and a new type of device has just been added: roller shutters.

Thanks @Lokkye for this development 🙌

Lots of fixes​

• In MQTT, NextCloud Talk and Tasmota integration, password fields will no longer be automatically filled in by browsers (to avoid auto-fill bugs) (#1881)
• On the dashboard, some devices no longer have value expiration dates (smoke detector, water leak detector, button, and text)
• Improved translations in OpenWeather integration (#1897)
• In scenes, in the "Control a device" action, binary devices are initialized to 0 by default instead of "empty value" (#1901)
• In MQTT integration, an error message is added when a device is created with the same external ID as an existing device (#1902)
• Better validation of "string" states (#1894)

Full CHANGELOG available here.

How to upgrade?​

If you installed Gladys with the official Raspberry Pi OS image, your instance will update automatically in the coming hours. It can take up to 24 hours, don't panic.

If you installed Gladys with Docker, make sure you are using Watchtower. See the documentation.

With Watchtower, Gladys will update automatically.

Support us​

If you want to support us, there are many ways:

• Answer posts on the forum, give your feedback.
• Help us improve the documentation.
• Develop new features/integrations on Gladys, we are 100% open-source.
• Subscribe to Gladys Plus, at -40% right now!!