Mitsubishi Electric
Mitsubishi air conditioner via Siri/HomeKit
Air Conditioners and Heaters · Climate
Partly worksApple Home issues
1 report: 1 says it partly works.
Reported with 1 integration: ECHONET Lite.
What people report
| Integration | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECHONET Lite | Partly works | Partly in Home Power on ignores previous mode; Siri 'cool' or 'heat' commands work | Auto mode fixed for HomeKit; power-on does not restore previous modeSaved copyHi Ledfoot. After some digging around this behaviour is inherent in the HomeKit integration and there isn't really anything I can do at my end to fix this up. I can certainly validate the behaviour exists when using Siri/HomeKit as confirmed by yourself but when I debugged the event bus I could see that the HomeKit Integration was explicitly setting the mode to 'heat_cool' when I asked Siri to "Turn on the Air Conditioner" Basically the HomeKit Thermostat class appears to only have four states: 'off', 'heat', 'cool' and 'auto'. So when you use Siri to 'switch the Air Conditioner on', … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #5 · 2019-12 |
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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 | Mitsubishi Electric |
|---|---|
| Category | Air Conditioners and Heaters |