# ESPHome 2025.10.0: Z-Wave Proxy and Arduino as an IDF component

DevFeed: [ESPHome 2025.10.0: Z-Wave Proxy and Arduino as an IDF component](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/esphome-2025-10-0-z-wave-proxy-and-arduino-as-an-idf-component-16702.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://esphome.io/blog/2025/10/15/esphome-2025-10/>)

Author: Jesse Hills

Published: 2025-10-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [ESPHome - Smart Home Made Simple - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/esphome-smart-home-made-simple-blog.md>)

Topics: [ESP32](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/esp32.md>), [ESP-IDF](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/esp-idf.md>), [Home Assistant](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/home-assistant.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>), [Ethernet](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ethernet.md>), [Low Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/low-latency.md>)

Tags: [2025](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2025.md>), [api-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api-security.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [bridge](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bridge.md>), [communication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/communication.md>), [connectivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/connectivity.md>), [esp-idf](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/esp-idf.md>), [esp-idf-component](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/esp-idf-component.md>), [esp32](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/esp32.md>), [ethernet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ethernet.md>), [framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/framework.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [home-assistant](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/home-assistant.md>), [latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/latency.md>), [low-latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/low-latency.md>), [memory](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/memory.md>), [network](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network.md>), [new-features](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/new-features.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/releases.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

ESPHome 2025.10.0 adds a Z-Wave Proxy for connecting Z-Wave hardware to Z-Wave JS over Wi-Fi or Ethernet, changes ESP32 Arduino builds to use Arduino as an ESP-IDF component, and introduces a unified SPI ePaper component. The release also includes OTA and API security hardening, memory optimizations, API improvements, and new temperature sensor components.

## Source excerpt

ESPHome 2025.10.0 adds the Z-Wave Proxy component, rebuilds ESP32 Arduino builds on top of ESP-IDF, introduces a unified SPI ePaper component, and hardens OTA and API security.