NexBlue
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The NexBlue integration connects NexBlue EV chargers to Home Assistant through the NexBlue cloud service. It provides charger status, charging measurements, energy consumption, and diagnostic information.
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 | |
binary_sensor | Sensor (motion, contact, leak, smoke…) |
What people report
NexBlue EV chargers are supported through the NexBlue cloud.
- Works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NexBlue EV charger | Works Cloud | Cloud polling; offline chargers become unavailableSaved copyProposed change Adds the initial cloud-polling integration for NexBlue EV chargers. The integration uses the published nexblue-api Python library and provides a configuration flow for NexBlue end-user credentials. It discovers chargers available to the account and exposes read-only charger telemetry, including charging state, power, session and lifetime energy, electrical measurements, and selected diagnostic values. This initial PR intentionally provides read-only `sensor` and `binary_sens Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | PR #178132 · 2026-08 |
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.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 23 |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Bronze |
| Added in | Home Assistant 2026.9 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @nexblue-maintainer |
Limitations from the docs
- The integration requires an internet connection between Home Assistant and the NexBlue cloud service.
- A charger that is offline remains visible, but its entities become unavailable until the charger can be reached again.
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.
