Sky Q
RogerSelwyn/Home_Assistant_SkyQ_MediaPlayer · vv3.0.3
Home Assistant SkyQ Media player component
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 |
|---|---|---|
media_player | TV, receiver or media switches | Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
sensor | Sensor (temperature, humidity, air quality…) |
2 reports below say how a device from this integration behaves in the Home app.
What people report
Sky Q boxes work as local media players; exposing one to HomeKit as a TV device class caused pairing and source-sync problems.
- Works1
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sky Q set-top box (receiver class) | Works Local | Partly in Home As TV, sources fell out of sync after 15-20 seconds | Switching device class from tv to receiver fixed source sync, released v2.4.7Saved copyIf you are up for it, please edit const.py and change DEVICE_CLASS from 'tv' to 'receiver'. The restart Home Assistant. If that works for you, then I'll make the change and release. I don't use Homekit outbound (I do use Homekit Controller for Nest via Hoobs), so I haven't checked if the paired other end of HK is seeing the right thing. Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #36 · 2020-11 |
| Sky Q set-top box | Partly works Local | Broken in Home Pairing as TV fails 'out of compliance'; works as switches | Pairing fails when device class is tv; maintainer says STB is not a TVSaved copyGiven the SkyQ box isn't a TV, it is a decoder/STB, I wouldn't necessarily expect that it could ever be compliant to a TV spec. For instance in your configuration, there is no volume control entity setup, so therefore it will not offer volume capability to the HA HomeKit integration, for it to offer that to Apple. I'll try and find out what the TV spec is for HomeKit, and see whether it is feasible to make it compliant. Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #64 · 2021-10 |
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
Local polling
Talks to the device on your network, asking it for updates every so often.
Found automatically over
- SSDP/UPnP
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 1,200 (0.17%) |
|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 112 |
| Latest version | v3.0.3 (2026-10-15) |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @rogerselwyn |
| License | MIT |
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.
