What's new
Full ESPHome 2026.7.0 release guide. Native ESP-IDF and nRF Connect SDK toolchains are now the default build backend. The new reference walks the change with an upgrade checklist, a breaking-change table, and a "what did not change" section so upgrades do not surprise you.
New device support with ready-to-flash configs. The QMI8658 IMU, Divoom Pixoo 64 LED matrix, IT8951 e-paper (M5Paper), and new touch controllers, plus a Modbus meter recipe and an animated, auto-rotating LVGL screen.
Security recipes. Opt-in NVS encryption, OTA downgrade protection, and the new provisioning window for products that ship unconfigured, wired into a single hardened-node example.