2026.08.0 Camera Streaming — Yes, really Valetudo 2026.08.0 I've put an em dash there as a jumpscare. If you didn't notice, I have bad news for you. You might've previously been exposed to AI writing without you even noticing. (These release notes are quite inline-video-heavy, so for the best experience, I recommend reading them on github .) Duststreaming Why (only) now? So while this always was a…
2026.07.0 Map annotations, carpeted rooms and updated moderation Valetudo 2026.07.0 I've been using some downtime to clean up my shelf, which is basically the entirety of this release. Map Annotations Map annotations are the generic concept to house any kind of "there is something on the map the robot needs to be aware of, which might not be reliably auto-determined". For example, depending on…
2026.05.0 Some stuff you may find useful, lots of prose Valetudo 2026.05.0 The last release notes opened with A surprising amount of relevant things has happened since the last release. Unsurprisingly, for Valetudo features, that momentum was not kept up. But still, a lot of things happened. A lot of stuff always happens. MQTT / Interfacing with Home Assistant The meat of this release is in here.…
2026.02.0 Features, Robots, Maintenance and everything in-between Valetudo 2026.02.0 A surprising amount of relevant things has happened since the last release. I'm not sure how, given the comparatively short time frame. But it did, so here's me talking about it. Features As said, a ton of stuff happened, but first, let's focus on what you as a user will see. Dock Components On robots that support…
2025.08.0 3000 words of meta and 1 new vendor Valetudo 2025.8.0 Welcome back to another issue of my personal blog the Valetudo release notes. This one is particularly chunky. Defending Valetudo Kicking things off with something meta, over two months ago, I found myself struggling very hard to continue building Valetudo due to a handful of people trying their very best to get me to struggle to…
2025.10.1 Iterating on and due to the new vendor Valetudo 2025.10.1 After the last release notes, which have been more of a devlog/manifesto, this one returns to a slightly more technical focus. That said, things aren't over or resolved, so if you haven't read the 2025.08.0 release notes yet, I highly recommend you do: Valetudo 2025.08.0 So many new capabilities As I wrote in the last release…
2025.11.0 Refactoring, bugfixes, new Robots Valetudo 2025.11.0 Holistic is the word I'd pick to describe all the different things that I did as part of this release. Midea Midea is still moving along. I am buying new robots, taking them apart, try to root them and through that, improve the rooting process. This was already successful. We now have a much more user-friendly way of rooting. This is…
2025.12.0 Midea root goes public, more Robots, Carpets Valetudo 2025.12.0 It appears that time has advanced. Not sure when that happened. Once you're done reading these release notes, consider shutting off your device and spending the end of the year with people that matter to you. Merry Christmas, and, of course, a Happy New Year Midea Public Root After more than 6 months of work, my Christmas…
2026.01.0 Starting fresh into the next demi-decade Valetudo 2026.01.0 Kicking off 2026, Valetudo now comes with improved visuals. Don't worry, it's not YouTube. You can stop screaming. The soul is still here. I'm just iterating. A new font Most central to this is the new choice of font. Replacing the default material Roboto, Valetudo now uses IBM Plex Sans. I really like that font. It is mostly…
2025.10.0 Iterating on and due to the new vendor Valetudo 2025.10.0 After the last release notes, which have been more of a devlog/manifesto, this one returns to a slightly more technical focus. That said, things aren't over or resolved, so if you haven't read the 2025.08.0 release notes yet, I highly recommend you do: Valetudo 2025.08.0 So many new capabilities As I wrote in the last release…