# Home Assistant 2026.9.0b6

- Product: Home Assistant (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/home-assistant)
- Vendor: Open Home Foundation
- Date: 2026-09-01
- Version: 2026.9.0b6
- Original notes: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/releases/tag/2026.9.0b6
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/home-assistant/releases/2026.9.0b6
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **added** — Add map tiles integration to proxy the OpenStreetMap base map
- **fixed** — Close the Firestore clients when the Vistapool auth is done
- **fixed** — Restore Husqvarna Automower work area sensors and gate by WorkAreaType
- **added** — Add miele washing machine program for towels
- **changed** — Add clarity to the STT Labs title
- **changed** — Suggest hours as unit of measurement for Google Health sleep duration sensors
- **fixed** — Revert images functionality in Home Connect
- **changed** — Keep the config directory out of sys.path in the container
- **fixed** — Fix collection_image unavailable handling
- **fixed** — Fix Music Assistant shared player icons
- **fixed** — Fix light color mode in microbees
- **added** — Add more miele dishwasher codes
- **changed** — Bump hdfury to 1.6.1
- **changed** — Update frontend to 20260826.2

- Add map tiles integration to proxy the OpenStreetMap base map (@bramkragten - #180441)
- Close the Firestore clients when the Vistapool auth is done (@fdebrus - #180866)
- Restore Husqvarna Automower work area sensors and gate by WorkAreaTyp… (@Thomas55555 - #180868)
- Add miele washing machine program for towels (@astrandb - #180916)
- Add clarity to the STT Labs title (@shayredmond - #180927)
- Suggest hours as unit of measurement for Google Health sleep duration sensors (@allenporter - #180929)
- Revert images functionality in Home Connect (@Diegorro98 - #180933)
- Keep the config directory out of sys.path in the container (@frenck - #180967)
- Fix collection_image unavailable handling (@karwosts - #180973)
- Fix Music Assistant shared player icons (@meiser79 - #180979)
- Fix light color mode in microbees (@emontnemery - #180982)
- Add more miele dishwasher codes (@astrandb - #180986)
- Bump hdfury to 1.6.1 (@glenndehaan - #180990)
- Update frontend to 20260826.2 (@bramkragten - #180994)