Besen
besen
The Besen integration connects Home Assistant to Besen EV chargers over Bluetooth Low Energy.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
switch | Switch or outlet | |
sensor | Sensor (temperature) | |
select | Mode picker (as switches) |
What people report
Besen BS20 chargers work, with later releases covering extra hardware variants such as a single-phase model; LAN control is in an open PR.
- Works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Besen BS20 EV charging station | Works | Bluetooth-based; 0.4.2 adds additional hardware variants including single-phaseSaved copyProposed change Update `besen` from 0.4.0 to 0.4.2 to extend compatibility to additional BS20 hardware variants, including a single-phase model. Although these chargers share the BS20 model name, their Bluetooth interfaces can have different capabilities. The updated library selects a usable notif Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | PR #180886 · 2026-08 |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Local push
Talks to the device on your network, and the device tells Home Assistant the moment something changes.
Found automatically over
- Bluetooth
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 17 |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Platinum |
| Added in | Home Assistant 2026.9 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @moryoav |
Devices listed in its documentation
- Besen BS20 EV Charging Station
Limitations from the docs
- Changing charger settings such as language, LCD brightness, or device name.
- Reporting Bluetooth signal strength as an entity.
- Wi-Fi provisioning.
- Password reset.
- Device reset.
- Charging history download.
- Firmware updates through Home Assistant.
- Safety-certified load balancing.
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
