# openHAB 2.4 Release

DevFeed: [openHAB 2.4 Release](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/openhab-2-4-release-16718.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://openhab.org/blog/2018-12-17-openhab-2-4-release.html>)

Published: 2018-12-16T23:57:45Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [openHAB](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/openhab.md>)

Topics: [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [voice ai](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/voice-ai.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Raspberry Pi](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/raspberry-pi.md>)

Tags: [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/configuration.md>), [feature](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/feature.md>), [linux](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux.md>), [raspberry-pi](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/raspberry-pi.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [release-notes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release-notes.md>), [speech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/speech.md>), [text-to-speech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/text-to-speech.md>), [ui](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ui.md>)

## AI overview

The openHAB 2.4 release introduces 34 new add-ons and updates the core runtime and existing add-ons. It highlights Profiles for reducing configuration complexity, new text-to-speech options including Google Cloud TTS and Pico TTS, and other improvements.

## Source excerpt

As for the past few years, the openHAB maintainers have decided to do a new release just in time for the holiday season, which is the busiest time of the year in our community. So what could be more welcome than a brand new stable release?