# Home Assistant 2026.9.0b7

- Product: Home Assistant (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/home-assistant)
- Vendor: Open Home Foundation
- Date: 2026-09-02
- Version: 2026.9.0b7
- Original notes: https://github.com/home-assistant/core/releases/tag/2026.9.0b7
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/home-assistant/releases/2026.9.0b7
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **fixed** — Use iter_chunked for STT audio stream to prevent LineTooLong
- **changed** — Bump brother to 6.1.2
- **changed** — Drop the DC claim from the Fronius MPPT energy sensor
- **fixed** — Fix AdGuard Home device identifiers
- **added** — Add SmartThings dry comfort AC preset mode
- **fixed** — Fix offline devices being removed in Xbox integration
- **changed** — Bump ZHA to 2.2.1
- **changed** — Update frontend to 20260826.3

- Use iter_chunked for STT audio stream to prevent LineTooLong (@GiacomoSaccaggi - #180831)
- Bump brother to 6.1.2 (@bieniu - #180998)
- Drop the DC claim from the Fronius MPPT energy sensor (@farmio - #181016)
- Fix AdGuard Home device identifiers (@frenck - #181027)
- Add SmartThings dry comfort AC preset mode (@frenck - #181029)
- Fix offline devices being removed in Xbox integration (@tr4nt0r - #181045)
- Bump ZHA to 2.2.1 (@TheJulianJES - #181051)
- Update frontend to 20260826.3 (@bramkragten - #181067)