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Home Assistant OS is the operating system image that runs Home Assistant on dedicated hardware, and this tag collects WindowsForum.com discussion about installing, updating, and troubleshooting it. Coverage includes the 2026.8 release, which moved new Home Assistant OS installations to the standard HTTP port 80 instead of the familiar :8123 suffix, so a fresh setup can be reached from a Windows PC on the same network at a plain local address. That change reflects a broader theme here: making local, self-hosted smart-home control less technical while keeping the setup accessible from Windows desktops and browsers.
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    Home Assistant 2026.8 Makes Local Setup Less Technical

    Home Assistant 2026.8 makes a deliberately small-looking change with outsized symbolic value: new Home Assistant OS installations now use the standard HTTP port, 80, rather than asking people to remember and type :8123 after a local address. A new setup can therefore open at a conventional local...
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