Install HAOS on iHost can now be done easily and officially!

[omaramin-2000]

I would like to inform that the feature of installing HAOS on iHost by inserting SD Card simply was just released, and no more need to open the iHost to flash firmware. This can be done easily now via the ewelink cube Web UI... Full tutorial: https://sonoff.tech/product-review/tutorial/sonoff-ihost-from-ewelink-to-home-assistant-the-ultimate-local-smart-home-hub/#12

Official HAOS: https://github.com/iHost-Open-Source-Project/ha-operating-system

[Hedda]

FYI, the Rockchip RV1126 and RV1109 that the Sonoff iHost uses are based on Cortex-A7 is a 32-bit ARM CPU (armv7 == ARM architecture v7-A instruction set) so it will not be supported at all by the upstream Home Assistant team going forward, so suggest post a deprecating warning/announcement in the readme with a recommendation to migrate to newer/different hardware. See:

• https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/05/22/deprecating-core-and-supervised-installation-methods-and-32-bit-systems/

PS: Off-topic but if want a similar challange then maybe instead check out Dusun “DSGW-210-HA” appliance which at least uses a 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 CPU:

• https://community.home-assistant.io/t/dusun-dsgw-210-ha-zigbee-thread-z-wave-and-ble-gateway-appliance-pre-installed-with-home-assistant/593416