# Quick update: May 2026

DevFeed: [Quick update: May 2026](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/quick-update-may-2026-34893.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://pine64.org/2026/05/18/may_2026_quick/>)

Author: LoRa Left-handed operational Radio authority; Obviously

Published: 2026-05-18T00:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Community blog on PINE64](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/community-blog-on-pine64.md>)

Topics: [Home Assistant](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/home-assistant.md>), [lora](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/lora.md>), [Matter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/matter.md>), [Pinephone](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pinephone.md>), [zigbee](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/zigbee.md>), [Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kernel.md>), [Pinephone-Pro](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pinephone-pro.md>), [USB](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/usb.md>), [Crystal](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/crystal.md>), [Dongle](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dongle.md>)

Tags: [2026](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/2026.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [crystal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/crystal.md>), [dongle](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dongle.md>), [eol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/eol.md>), [home-assistant](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/home-assistant.md>), [kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kernel.md>), [lcd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lcd.md>), [pinedio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pinedio.md>), [pinephone](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pinephone.md>), [pinephone-pro](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pinephone-pro.md>), [pinetime](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pinetime.md>), [pinevoice](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pinevoice.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [table](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/table.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>), [usb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/usb.md>), [zigbee](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zigbee.md>)

## AI overview

Pine64's May 2026 update covers the PineVoice Home Assistant speaker, PineTime and PineTime Pro hardware, PineDio USB LoRa development, and recent PineTab2, PinePhone, PinePhone Pro, and PineTab-V software updates. It also reports instability in the PineDio adapter caused by an overheating crystal oscillator.

## Source excerpt

Table of contents Whats been going on recently? PineVoice PineTime/PineTime Pro LoRa? (Left-handed operational Radio authority, obviously) Important recent community updates: Do you have something to share? Contact Community PineStore Whats been going on recently? Hello everyone, we wanted to do a quick update on what's been happening recently. Life has been pretty busy but there's lots of nice things happening in the background that we'd like to share. PineVoice The PineVoice Home Assistant speaker (formally PineVox) is in its final stages. Production begins. Further on this, there will be limited bundle with this device which will include a PineVoice, Zigbee dongle, power supply and two matter modules. Pair it with a SBC of choice and run your Home Assistant instance locally! PineTime/PineTime Pro The current PineTime LCD is EOL and a new one is replacing it, though it is essentially the same display. These will be shipping in the next PineTime batch. New PineTime Pro samples have been received by developers. Shiny! LoRa? (Left-handed operational Radio authority, obviously) The PineDio USB LoRa Adapter is at the focus of a new effort to begin progress on potential new LoRa devices. MeshCore is the current protocol target for the USB LoRa Adapter along with help from the pyMC_core library project. The current problem with the device is that the crystal oscillator is heating up too much and can cause clock frequency drifting instability. In a nutshell that means your messages come out garbled. This may eventually be fixed with a TXCO (Temperature-Compensated Crystal Oscillator) to maintain a stable clock frequency. Important recent community updates: DanctNIX PineTab2 updates (including factory image) Adam Piggz: PinePhone, PinePhone Pro, PineTab2 all updated to kernel 7.0, and improved USB config. Zypper ref and dup to update. machaddr@mastodon.sdf.org: with their new Gentoo PineTab-V image Do you have something to share? Do you have news to share with the communit