Home Assistant

Name: Home Assistant
Rating: 4.7 (3830 reviews)
Author: Nabu Casa, Inc

Open Source Home Automation

Free

3.8K Ratings
Age Rating

4+
Years
Category

Lifestyle
Developer

Nabu Casa, Inc
Language

EN
+ 30 More
Size

253.4
MB

The Home Assistant Companion app allows you to access your Home Assistant instance on the go. Home Assistant is the smart home solution focused on privacy, choice, and sustainability. It runs locally in your home via a device like the Home Assistant Green or Raspberry Pi. This app connects to all the most powerful features of Home Assistant, - One app to control the whole home - Home Assistant is compatible with the biggest brands in the smart home, connecting to thousands of smart devices and services. - Discover automatically and quickly configure new devices - such as Philips Hue, Sonos, and IKEA Tradfri. - Automate everything - Make all the devices in your home work in harmony - have your lights dim when you start watching a movie, or turn off your heat when you’re away from home. - Keep your home’s data in the home - use it privately to see past trends and averages. - Connect to open standards with hardware add-ons - including Z-Wave, Zigbee, Matter, Thread, and Bluetooth. - Connect anywhere - If you would like to access this app while away from home, the most secure and simple way to get started is Home Assistant Cloud. The app unlocks your smartphone or tablet as a home automation tool. - Securely share your location, using it to automate heating, security, and so much more. - Get notifications on what's happening in your home, from detecting leaks to doors left open, you have full control over what it tells you. - Carplay functionality lets you open a garage or disable the security system from the dash of your car. - Build your own widgets to control any device in your home with a tap. - Integrate Home Assistant's functionality into Shortcuts, for example have your phone’s morning alarm turn on the coffee machine. - Apple Watch compatibility can show your home's temperature on a watch face or quickly activate devices. - Text or talk to your local voice assistant on your device. - Mac compatibility allows you to control your home from your desktop, but also to share data to build automation, like having your streaming lights turn on when your camera is active. Join the over 1 million users and empower your home with better privacy, choice and sustainability. Compatible with: Airthings, Amazon Alexa, Amcrest, Apple HomeKit, Apple TV, ASUSWRT, August, Belink WeMo, Bluetooth, Bose SoundTouch, Broadlink, BTHome, deCONZ, Denon, Devolo, DLNA, Ecobee, Ecovacs, Ecowitt, Elgato, EZVIZ, Fritz, Fully Kiosk, GoodWe, Govee, Growatt, Hikvision, Hive, Home Connect, Homematic, HomeWizard, Honeywell, iCloud, IFTTT, IKEA Tradfri, Insteon, Jellyfin, LG Smart TVs, LIFX, Logitech Harmony, Lutron Caseta, Magic Home, Matter, MotionEye, MQTT, MusicCast, Nanoleaf, Netatmo, Nuki, OctoPrint, ONVIF, Opower, Overkiz, OwnTracks, Panasonic Viera, Philips Hue, Pi-hole, Plex, Reolink, Ring, Roborock, Roku, Samsung TVs, Sense, Sensiba, Shelly, SmartThings, SolarEdge, Sonarr, Sonos, Sony Bravia, Spotify, Steam, SwitchBot, Synology, Tado, Tasmota, Tesla Wall, Thread, Tile, TP-Link Smart Home, Tuya, UniFi, UPnP, Verisure, Vizio, Wallbox, WebRTC, WiZ, WLED, Xbox, Xiaomi BLE, Yale, Yeelight, YoLink, Z-Wave, Zigbe

Ratings & Reviews

4.7

out of 5

3.8K Ratings

Home Assistant is a total life changer!!!
04/11/2024
techsction
Amazing!!! I’ve been in IT since 2007. So naturally I’m all about tech. I was turned on to Home Assistant by a couple of colleagues while working doing a lot of migration work due to an unfortunate acquisition. I started hard core from the get go. Deployed to my hypervisor environment and adopted a ton of Zwave, Zigbee and wireless later on Bluetooth devices. Just an amazing technology!!! Thanks to the developers and the many that have been a part of building and supporting such an amazing set of tools. I’ve found ways that this can help so many things… Thank you for all of your hard work!!!!
Home Assistant is a total life changer!!!
04/11/2024
techsction

Amazing!!! I’ve been in IT since 2007. So naturally I’m all about tech. I was turned on to Home Assistant by a couple of colleagues while working doing a lot of migration work due to an unfortunate acquisition. I started hard core from the get go. Deployed to my hypervisor environment and adopted a ton of Zwave, Zigbee and wireless later on Bluetooth devices. Just an amazing technology!!! Thanks to the developers and the many that have been a part of building and supporting such an amazing set of tools. I’ve found ways that this can help so many things… Thank you for all of your hard work!!!!
It’s cool if you can use it
04/13/2023
Zan2004
I had my hopes up after hours of research of looking for a way to integrate all my ecosystems and condense it into one system but the setup is really costly confusing and not very practical for the average run of the mill Joe I I understand this is the “companion” of the whole system but still was hoping it would allow me to develop a basic system then maybe in the future upgrade to a more expansive and intricate system. Getting support is like walking into a room full of aliens everyone judging on your language and computer programming knowledge little to no advice or anything for the average consumer to set it up I got as far as getting a ip for my system but due to no eithernet on my pc I couldn’t fully complete it to be able to build it if you have the money to spend and knowledge and dedication to provide to computer programming and data processing ect this app is neat for that but it’s not that user friendly with people who don’t have any to limited knowledge of computer programming. I really would like an interface that’s simple and can be easy to pickup by your average Joe. I initially became invested in this company after wanting to make my ecosystem one collective whole but fell short on ability, knowledge and cost. Granted the tools for service are provided in the online community but it’s still very confusing and often involves modifying safety on ur devices so until they make an interface as simple as plug and play im unable to use it which is disheartening after hours of research and EVERYONE in the smarthome builder community raving about this it’s just to complicated and wish it was more simple and affordable for everyone.
It’s cool if you can use it
04/13/2023
Zan2004

I had my hopes up after hours of research of looking for a way to integrate all my ecosystems and condense it into one system but the setup is really costly confusing and not very practical for the average run of the mill Joe I I understand this is the “companion” of the whole system but still was hoping it would allow me to develop a basic system then maybe in the future upgrade to a more expansive and intricate system. Getting support is like walking into a room full of aliens everyone judging on your language and computer programming knowledge little to no advice or anything for the average consumer to set it up I got as far as getting a ip for my system but due to no eithernet on my pc I couldn’t fully complete it to be able to build it if you have the money to spend and knowledge and dedication to provide to computer programming and data processing ect this app is neat for that but it’s not that user friendly with people who don’t have any to limited knowledge of computer programming. I really would like an interface that’s simple and can be easy to pickup by your average Joe. I initially became invested in this company after wanting to make my ecosystem one collective whole but fell short on ability, knowledge and cost. Granted the tools for service are provided in the online community but it’s still very confusing and often involves modifying safety on ur devices so until they make an interface as simple as plug and play im unable to use it which is disheartening after hours of research and EVERYONE in the smarthome builder community raving about this it’s just to complicated and wish it was more simple and affordable for everyone.
Waste of time
01/31/2023
Pdoff0808
I have to restart the server (raspberry pi 3 / 4) every few hours. I started with a raspberry pi 3, thought that it may be outdated, then bought a raspberry pi 4 and set up the OS on that. That was still no better. Each time I set it up it works fine for a few hours and then it’s nowhere to be found on my IOS app. I have to go unplug the server each time to reboot it only forward to work for a few more hours. The same thing happens on my laptop and my LG tablet. I thought this was supposed to eliminate apps, instead I have to keep all the original apps as well as this useless app that only works when it wants to. Reddit and Discord hasn’t been any help so far as allMy questions get skipped over and I never get a response. I feel like I have wasted countless hours trying to set up a miracle app that everyone swore would be my end all solution, when Alexa already worked 100 times better, and only took seconds to set up. At least now I have two raspberry pi’s that are free. The original one I plan on using as a server for my outside security system like I did before. The other, who knows, maybe I’ll finally emulator I’ve always wanted. All I know is I am done with Home Assistant.
Waste of time
01/31/2023
Pdoff0808

I have to restart the server (raspberry pi 3 / 4) every few hours. I started with a raspberry pi 3, thought that it may be outdated, then bought a raspberry pi 4 and set up the OS on that. That was still no better. Each time I set it up it works fine for a few hours and then it’s nowhere to be found on my IOS app. I have to go unplug the server each time to reboot it only forward to work for a few more hours. The same thing happens on my laptop and my LG tablet. I thought this was supposed to eliminate apps, instead I have to keep all the original apps as well as this useless app that only works when it wants to. Reddit and Discord hasn’t been any help so far as allMy questions get skipped over and I never get a response. I feel like I have wasted countless hours trying to set up a miracle app that everyone swore would be my end all solution, when Alexa already worked 100 times better, and only took seconds to set up. At least now I have two raspberry pi’s that are free. The original one I plan on using as a server for my outside security system like I did before. The other, who knows, maybe I’ll finally emulator I’ve always wanted. All I know is I am done with Home Assistant.
Great app with a crucial flaw
Jun 22
grandgeezer
Great app (which basically hosts the web UI of HA), but it has an Achilles heal: if you start the ssh web terminal from the Home Assistant Supervisor, you have no way to exit it again. The left-arrow pointing to the “Advanced SSH & Web Terminal” add-on page doesn’t do anything. Seems you are in a tmux session, but killing it from a different session doesn’t undo the fact that the app thinks you should be in the ssh terminal and will return you to the new spawned tmux session.Badly explained, but tl;dr: don’t enter the ssh web terminal!Update: odd experience when I migrated HA onto new computer: my iphone connected immediately, my ipad refuses to connect — tried removing the server from the app, reinstall the app, deleting the access token for my ipad, no cigar. Oddly safari behaves the same, so clearly not an issue specific to the app.

Developer Response
Thanks for reporting the issue, in here I cannot help you, but if you reach out to our official support channels like discord or github I can help you out.
Great app with a crucial flaw
Jun 22
grandgeezer

Great app (which basically hosts the web UI of HA), but it has an Achilles heal: if you start the ssh web terminal from the Home Assistant Supervisor, you have no way to exit it again. The left-arrow pointing to the “Advanced SSH & Web Terminal” add-on page doesn’t do anything. Seems you are in a tmux session, but killing it from a different session doesn’t undo the fact that the app thinks you should be in the ssh terminal and will return you to the new spawned tmux session.Badly explained, but tl;dr: don’t enter the ssh web terminal!Update: odd experience when I migrated HA onto new computer: my iphone connected immediately, my ipad refuses to connect — tried removing the server from the app, reinstall the app, deleting the access token for my ipad, no cigar. Oddly safari behaves the same, so clearly not an issue specific to the app.
Developer Response Jun 25
Thanks for reporting the issue, in here I cannot help you, but if you reach out to our official support channels like discord or github I can help you out.

New - Energy widget: follow your energy dashboard from the Home Screen and Lock Screen - Calendar widget: see your upcoming Home Assistant calendar events at a glance - Redesigned Apple Watch app: control lights, covers, fans, climate, locks and vacuums, browse areas, and see sensors on your wrist - All-new Apple Watch complications, fully customizable and configurable directly on the watch (Labs) - Medium-size Assist widget with support for multiple pipelines - Climate and vacuum controls in CarPlay, and folders for Quick Access - Live Activities: follow timers and progress from Home Assistant on your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island. Special thanks to Ryan (@rwarner on GitHub) for starting this one. - Automatic server switching based on your location - Apple Health sensors: share health data with Home Assistant (Labs) - Sync Apple Reminders with your Home Assistant to-do lists (Labs) - Search your entities from Spotlight, and new App Intents for events and calendars - New app icon and refreshed launch experience Fixed - Many crashes and stability issues across iPhone, Apple Watch and Mac - Widgets and Assist audio now work on servers using mTLS client certificates - Deep links no longer ignored while another screen is open - Deleted servers no longer reappear Improved - Faster launch - Settings reorganized into clearer groups, now with search - Entity pickers with better search, filters and multiple selection - Better camera player with more reliable remote streaming - More reliable Apple Watch syncing and connectivity - The app now recovers automatically when your session expires

Version 2026.9.0 3d ago

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Seller: Nabu Casa, Inc
Size: 253.4 MB
Category: Lifestyle
Compatibility: Requires iOS 16.4 or later.

iPhone
Requires iOS 16.4 or later.

iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.4 or later.

Mac
Requires macOS 13.3 or later.

Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.

Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 9.0 or later.
Location: This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
Languages: English and 30 more

English, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malayalam, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Welsh
Age Rating: 4+

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Home Assistant is a total life changer!!!

It’s cool if you can use it

Waste of time

Great app with a crucial flaw

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Siri

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