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Eve Room sensor

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Partly worksApple Home issuesLocal

2 reports: 2 say it partly works.

Reported on r/homeassistant with homekit_controller, HomeKit Device.

What people report

IntegrationIn Home AssistantIn Apple HomeWhat they saidSource
homekit_controllerPartly works LocalPartly in Home
Air quality almost always shows Poor from VOC mapping
Works via HomeKit Controller; VOC to air quality mapping fixed
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The problem I have an Eve Room integrated using the HomeKit Controller and HomeKit integration, which exposes a `volatile_organic_compound_density` sensor. In HomeKit, Air Quality is almost always reported as `poor`. This does not correspond to the "star scale" shown on the Eve Room. It also does not correspond to the Air Quality sensor in Home Assistant, which is reported as an Integer. I believe this is because of the mapping defined by `density_to_air_quality_voc` for HomeKit. …

Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23.

Issue #87662 · 2023-02
HomeKit DevicePartly works LocalHomeKit over Thread, not Matter; joins HA only when removed from Apple Home
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You're absolutely right, i was mixed up in that statement. Matter/Thread are very confusing. All of the Eve Room sensors are still using Homekit over Thread and aren't updatable to Matter yet.

Excerpt saved from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-23.

Reddit comment · 2025-07

Each row is one report from a GitHub thread, an integration’s docs, or r/homeassistant. Check the date and the linked source before you buy.

In ReReHome

Once Home Assistant’s HomeKit Bridge shares it, this device reaches Apple Home as a HomeKit accessory behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls it like any other.

Identifiers

BrandEve
ModelRoom
CategorySensors

Also reported as

  • Eve Room