# 2026.6: Pick a card, any card

DevFeed: [2026.6: Pick a card, any card](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/2026-6-pick-a-card-any-card-16684.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/06/03/release-20266/>)

Author: Franck Nijhof

Published: 2026-06-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Home Assistant](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/home-assistant.md>)

Topics: [Home Assistant](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/home-assistant.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dashboards.md>), [Automation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/automation.md>), [dialog](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dialog.md>), [Matter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/matter.md>)

Tags: [2026](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2026.md>), [apps](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apps.md>), [automation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/automation.md>), [core](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/core.md>), [custom-dashboard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/custom-dashboard.md>), [dialog](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dialog.md>), [features](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/features.md>), [integrations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/integrations.md>), [matter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/matter.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [release-notes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release-notes.md>)

## AI overview

Home Assistant 2026.6 introduces a new card picker that recommends dashboard cards based on the device or entity users want to display, with live previews using their data. The release also adds zone triggers and conditions, live condition-test indicators, target counts, step notes, new tile card features, improved smart-lock support, a friendlier Apps page, and additional community integrations.

## Source excerpt

Home Assistant 2026.6! 🎉 I'm going to put my hand up right away: ✋ I am not a dashboard person. Not because I don't like them; I love seeing what you all build. But designing a beautiful one is a kind of visual creativity I just don't have. That's a big part of why I love the built-in Home dashboard so much, it does the designing for me. But when I do build a custom dashboard, I usually stare at that "add a card" dialog for way too long, picking cards almost at random just to see if they look good with the data I have. So you can imagine my excitement for my personal favorite of this release: the new card picker. Instead of asking "which card type do I want?", it now asks "which thing in your home do you want to show?", and then suggests cards that actually make sense for it, with live previews using your own data. For someone like me, that's not just easier; it's genuinely inspiring. It nudges me towards combinations I would not have thought of on my own. 💡 This fits into a bigger direction I keep getting more excited about: Home Assistant getting better at starting from the thing you want to do, instead of asking you to first learn the building blocks. The same idea is what makes purpose-specific triggers and conditions in Home Assistant Labs feel so right, and this release brings them a big step closer to graduating out of Labs with brand new zone triggers and conditions. 📍 A close second favorite for me this release is everything happening around that in the automation editor: live test indicators on your conditions, target counts on every device, area, floor, and label, and proper notes you can attach to any step. Individually they are small quality-of-life touches; together, they make building automations feel a whole lot more transparent. ✨ And there is plenty more to love in this release: new tile card features, Z-Wave smart locks catching up with their Matter siblings, a friendlier Apps page, and another big batch of new integrations from our community. 🚀 E