“What the Heck?!” 2026: Everyone at home gets a say

November 2026 TL;DR All of November is the Month of “What the Heck?!” Tell us what makes Home Assistant hard, confusing, or annoying for you in the WTH category on our forum .

The short version

• Everyone is welcome, and this year we’d love to hear from new and non-technical users, and people living in homes where someone else set it all up.
• Ask the people you live with how they feel about it!
• I work on Home Assistant all day, for a living.

What happened

And still, my own home has moments where the people I live with look at me and go: “What the heck?!” My most recent one? For the longest time, your own profile picture in Home Assistant wasn’t actually yours to change.

Why it matters

Only an administrator could do it, tucked away in the settings.

Summary by Nerd News Network. Read the full article at Home Assistant Blog via the links above and below.