LED Infrared
led_infrared
The LED Infrared integration lets you control lights with any infrared emitter that has been previously configured in Home Assistant. It can also receive commands from a remote when you have an infrared receiver set up, allowing you to use the remote to trigger automations in Home Assistant.
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 |
|---|---|---|
light | Light | |
button | Button (as a switch) |
What people report
Generic IR LED light remotes are supported with assumed state.
- Works2
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Generic 10-key LED candle remote | Works Local | Added Aug 2026; assumed stateSaved copyProposed change Adds support for generic 10-key LED candle remotes ## Type of change <!-- What type of change does your PR introduce to Home Assistant? NOTE: Please, check only 1! box! If your PR requires multiple boxes to be checked, you'll most likely need to s Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | PR #178041 · 2026-08 | |
| Generic 40-key and 44-key LED IR remotes | Works Local | Added July 2026; assumed stateSaved copyProposed change Adds support for 2 more remotes: <img width="454" height="1000" alt="71mJ2d+ZtLL _AC_UF894,1000_QL80_FMwebp_" src Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | PR #176566 · 2026-07 |
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
Assumed state
Sends commands but can’t read the device’s state back, so Home Assistant assumes it worked.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 111 (0.02%) |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Platinum |
| Added in | Home Assistant 2026.8 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @tr4nt0r |
Limitations from the docs
- The integration uses assumed state, meaning Home Assistant cannot read the actual state of the light (for example, whether it is on or off, or what the current brightness is).
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.
