Tile
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The Tile integration allows Home Assistant to use Tile® Bluetooth trackers. The official Tile mobile app handles the actual tracking of Tile devices using the mobile device's Bluetooth and GPS.
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 |
|---|---|---|
binary_sensor | Sensor (motion, contact, leak, smoke…) | |
device_tracker | Presence (as an occupancy sensor) |
What people report
Tile trackers work via cloud, but timestamp attributes are shifted by the local UTC offset.
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tile Bluetooth trackers | Partly works Cloud | Last timestamp attributes shifted by local timezone offsetSaved copyThe problem The Tile device tracker's `last_timestamp` and `last_lost_timestamp` attributes are shifted by the local UTC offset. With the time zone set to America/Chicago, a location fix at 16:31:20 UTC shows as `last_timestamp: 2026-09-27T21:31:20.996000+00:00` (5 hours late in CDT, 6 in CST). `last_lost_timestamp` shows `1970-01-01T05:59:59.999000+00:00`: one millisecond before the epoch, shifted by the CST offset. pytile 2024.12.0 returns both as naive datetimes holding UTC (`pytile/tile.py`, `_save_timestamps`): [code] `homeassistant/components/tile/device_tracker.py` passes them to … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #183352 · 2026-09 |
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) | 4,074 (0.57%) |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.58 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @bachya |
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.
