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    Home Assistant Labs

    Where users can turn on preview features: new features that work, but whose design can still change based on feedback.

    In code
    labs"preview_features" in manifest.json
    In the UI
    Labs
    Also
    Labs, preview feature, preview features

    Integrations declare their preview features under preview_features in their manifest. Users find them under Settings > System > Labs, where every preview feature is off until they turn it on.

    Labs is not the same as a beta. A beta tests the stability of the next release. A preview feature is already stable, and Labs is where its direction is shaped. See Labs preview features.

    Related terms

    • IntegrationA package of code that connects Home Assistant to a device, service, or protocol, or adds a feature like automations.
    • ManifestThe `manifest.json` file of an integration: its domain, name, integration owners, requirements, and how it can be discovered.
    • BetaA test version of the next release, published a week before it, so people can find problems before everyone updates.