From 17bf533ed7955c3dca702b9a1282b7f3d54ac5b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 13:44:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] simplify

---
 esphome/core/config.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/core/config.py b/esphome/core/config.py
index 74b2d0daa4..a232746e19 100644
--- a/esphome/core/config.py
+++ b/esphome/core/config.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Area = cg.esphome_ns.class_("Area")
 VALID_INCLUDE_EXTS = {".h", ".hpp", ".tcc", ".ino", ".cpp", ".c"}
 
 
-def validate_area_config(value):
+def validate_area_config(value: dict | str) -> dict[str, str | core.ID]:
     """Convert legacy string area to structured format."""
     if isinstance(value, str):
         # Legacy string format - convert to structured format