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Kidde smart smoke detectors

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Not workingCloud

1 report: 1 says it doesn’t work.

Reported on r/homeassistant.

What people report

IntegrationIn Home AssistantIn Apple HomeWhat they saidSource
Not namedNot working CloudAnnounce WiFi connection lost at night despite quiet hours; avoid
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Do NOT get kidde smart detectors. Our ISP does overnight maintenance, which causes the connection to drop. Every smoke alarm promptly chirps and announces WIFI CONNECTION LOST. Even though it's 1 AM, quiet hours 10-6 are set in the kidde app, and every one is set not to announce connection lost. Right as everyone finally falls back asleep they chirp again WI-FI CONNECTED. So I've blocked them all at my router, which means that they now have a blazingly bright red/blue LED flash every minute. Next project is hard resetting them and never setting up Wi-Fi, in hopes the strobe light goes away. …

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

Reddit comment · 2026-02

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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

BrandKidde
CategorySensors