Bad news: Home Assistant Yellow is not ready yet and won’t be shipping until later this year. We’re fixing that by creating Home Assistant Yellow, a device with Home Assistant pre-installed. Home Assistant is easy in day-to-day use, and we’ve been spending a lot of time streamlining this experience.ĭue to the global chip shortage and supply chain issues, it’s currently very difficult to get a device that runs Home Assistant. It can function fully without an internet connection. Home Assistant is a home automation platform with a focus on privacy and local control.