SwitchBee
switchbee
SwitchBee, is an innovation company making smart homes more accessible and affordable to any household environment.
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 | |
switch | Switch or outlet | |
cover | Blind | |
climate | Thermostat | |
button | Button (as a switch) |
What people report
SwitchBee smart home systems are supported.
- Works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SwitchBee smart home | Works | Supported brands added 2022Saved copyBreaking change ## Proposed change <!-- Describe the big picture of your changes here to communicate to the maintainers why we should accept this pull request. If it fixes a bug or resolves Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | PR #79595 · 2022-10 |
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 push
Talks to the device on your network, and the device tells Home Assistant the moment something changes.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 16 |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 2022.10 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @jafar-atili |
Brands that work through it
Home Assistant lists these brands as supported by SwitchBee.
- BSwitch
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.
