# Home Assistant Core 2026.11.0b3 introduces extensive connectivity metadata

> **Key takeaway:** Home Assistant adds comprehensive connectivity metadata for dozens of protocols to improve integration discovery and management.

**Published:** 2026-11-02T16:53:20+00:00 
**Source:** Home Assistant Smart Home Releases 
**Category:** foss-apps 
**Canonical URL:** https://fosswire.org/news/home-assistant-core-2026110b3-introduces-extensive-connectiv.html 

## Summary
Home Assistant Core has released the 2026.11.0b3 pre-release, which introduces a significant architectural update regarding how integrations report their connection methods. The release adds specific connectivity metadata for a wide array of protocols, including Zigbee, Z-Wave, Matter, MQTT, and Bluetooth, among many others.

Beyond the metadata expansion, this beta version includes various bug fixes for hardware integrations such as Flic Buttons, Panasonic Viera TVs, and Airthings BLE devices. It also updates several core dependencies, including zeroconf, aioesphomeapi, and aioswitcher, to ensure better stability and compatibility within the smart home ecosystem.

## Connectivity metadata and integration improvements
- **Protocol Metadata:** The release implements a massive expansion of connectivity metadata, allowing integrations to explicitly declare support for protocols such as DALI, EnOcean, HomeKit, KNX, LoRaWAN, Modbus, and Radio Frequency.
- **Integration Refinement:** New metadata support includes handling integrations that utilize multiple connection types simultaneously and identifying local network connectivity capabilities.
- **Dependency Updates:** Key library bumps include zeroconf to 0.152.0, aioesphomeapi to 46.25.0, and kaco-serial to 1.0.3 to improve underlying communication stability.
- **Bug Fixes:** Technical corrections address issues like blocking jsonschema loads in MCP tool calls, fixing Matter battery time sensor discovery when values are null, and resolving Sofar reload loops.

## Why it matters
The addition of granular connectivity metadata allows for better automated discovery and more intelligent UI representations of smart home devices. For developers and system administrators, this standardization simplifies the process of managing complex heterogeneous networks involving diverse protocols like Zigbee, Matter, and Modbus.