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Partly worksApple Home issues

1 report: 1 says it partly works.

Reported on r/homeassistant with universal.

What people report

IntegrationIn Home AssistantIn Apple HomeWhat they saidSource
universalPartly worksPartly in Home
Control Center remote volume up/down send no events
Volume buttons give no HomeKit remote events
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The problem When I create media players and add them to homekit I can grab events from all of the buttons except the volume up/down buttons. Since no homekit events are sent by the volume buttons I cannot assign actions to them using automations. Other integrations work fine using all buttons of the control center remote, just not this one. This makes the volume up/down buttons useless in the control center remote with universal media players. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2024.7.3 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? n/a ### What type of …

Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23.

Issue #122627 · 2024-07

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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

BrandHome Assistant
CategoryTVs