Thinking Cleaner
thinkingcleaner
There is currently support for the following device types within 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 |
|---|---|---|
switch | Switch or outlet |
What people report
ThinkingCleaner Roomba add-on depended on a cloud service that failed, causing devices to lose connection.
- Not working1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ThinkingCleaner Roomba 600-series faceplate | Not working Cloud | Cloud outage broke discovery and devices lost IPsSaved copyThe problem Discovey Old Roombas (6XX ) doesn't work because the cloud (https://thinkingsync.com/ ) reports errors. ## Environment - Home Assistant Core release with the issue: - Last working Home Assistant Core release (if known): - Operating environment (OS/Container/Supervised/Core): - Integration causing this issue: pythinkingcleaner - Link to integration documentation on our website: ## Problem-relevant `configuration.yaml` [code] ## Traceback/Error logs [code] ## Additional information I tried to modify the file: … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #38994 · 2020-08 |
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
Local polling
Talks to the device on your network, asking it for updates every so often.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 1 |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Legacy |
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.18 |
| Set up in the UI | No, YAML |
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.
