Generic
Fan entities with preset modes
Fans · Climate
Partly worksApple Home issues
1 report: 1 says it partly works.
Reported on r/homeassistant.
What people report
| Integration | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not named | Partly works | Partly in Home Preset modes appear as extra unnamed switches cluttering the fan | Maintainers did not change; users still botheredSaved copyThe problem I added a fan to Apple Home app and found the bridge grouped a few non-descriptive switches with the fan. Upon researching, I realized this is a feature added in #45962 by @bdraco to expose all available present modes from the fan to HomeKit. (Aside: I didn't dig deeper into why the names of the switches are non-descriptive; it seems that the code did try to make them descriptive.) While I value @bdraco's contribution and respect his code ownership, this doesn't feel like a proper default behavior. The switches clutter the views in the Home app, and they are impossible to remove … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #132024 · 2024-12 |
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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
| Brand | Generic |
|---|---|
| Category | Fans |