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The Imou integration connects to the Imou Open Platform using your App ID and App secret. Devices linked to your platform account are discovered automatically.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
switch | Switch or outlet | |
camera | Camera | Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
alarm_control_panel | Security system | |
binary_sensor | Sensor (contact) | |
sensor | Sensor (humidity, temperature) | |
button | Button (as a switch) | |
select | Mode picker (as switches) |
What people report
Imou cameras, hubs and gateways run through the Imou cloud and gained more switches and an alarm panel in 2026. Shared devices can have limited permissions.
- Works3
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IMOU cameras | Works | Good value; vehicle, human and pet detection used with HASaved copyI've been using IMOU's camera with Home Assistant, and the overall experience has been very good. What attracts me most about this camera is that it has a high cost performance ratio, and the price is affordable but the function is very comprehensive. Especially the vehicle, human and pet detection functions that you care about, it performs quite well. In actual use, I found that it can accurately distinguish whether people or pets are in the activity area, the false alarm rate is very low, it will not push reminders frequently at the slightest sign of trouble, the intelligent filtering is … Excerpt saved from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-23. | Reddit comment · 2025-03 | |
| Imou cameras (pet detection, siren, white light switches) | Works Cloud | Extra cloud switches exposed when device reports themSaved copyProposed change Expose additional Imou cloud switch capabilities when a device reports them: pet detection, flip image, wide dynamic range, smart tracking, prompt sound, and alarm-linked siren or white light. Device-setting switches use `EntityCategory.CONFIG`. Privacy mode and the plug relay stay primary controls without a config category. This does not add HA-only switches (record on alarm, notify on alarm); those depend on a later options/webhook follow-up. ## Type of change - [ ] Dependency upgrade - [ ] Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue) - [ ] New integration (thank you!) … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | PR #182469 · 2026-09 | |
| Imou gateways and hubs (alarm panel) | Works Cloud | Arming entity for home, away and disarm modesSaved copyBreaking change ## Proposed change Adds an Arming alarm control panel entity for supported Imou gateways and hubs when the cloud API reports home, away, and disarm modes. Commands use `async_set_alarm_mode`; failures surface as translated repair-style exceptions via the existing Imou command wrapper. ## Type of change - [ ] Dependency upgrade - [ ] Bugfix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue) - [ ] New integration (thank you!) - [x] New feature (which adds functionality to an existing integration) - [ ] Deprecation (breaking change to Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | PR #182481 · 2026-09 | |
| Imou camera shared from another account | Partly works Cloud | Shared devices have limited cloud permissions and log errorsSaved copyThe problem It seems that the integration keep checking info also for disable camera available in the account. IE the 'Camera xxxx' in the log is a disable device, and it's a camera shared with my account from another one. I guess the integration should skip disabled devices, and also should let user define the interval of checking cloud, in order to keep credits, as done by the previous custom integration https://github.com/Imou-OpenPlatform/Imou-Home-Assistant (also, what's the relationship between this two integrations? ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2026.10.0 … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #185629 · 2026-10 |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Cloud polling
Goes through the maker’s cloud, asking it for updates every so often. Needs the internet and an account.
Found automatically over
- DHCP
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 495 (0.07%) |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Silver |
| Added in | Home Assistant 2026.7 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @Imou-OpenPlatform |
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
