Twinkly
twinkly
The Twinkly integration allows you to control Twinkly LED string from 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 |
|---|---|---|
light | Light | |
select | Mode picker (as switches) |
What people report
Twinkly lights are controlled over the LAN; some AWW and Gen2 strings failed to turn on in late 2022 firmware.
- Not working1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twinkly AWW 400 (TWS250SPP2, TWS400SPP, TWS400GOP) | Not working | light.turn_on has no effect on firmware 2.8.15; brightness workaround; closed staleSaved copyThe problem Just as in https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/43913 and https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/60144, the Twinkly integration is currently unable to turn on lights (Twinkly AWW 400, firmware 3.0.7). In order to turn on the lights I need to use the brightness, because the on command doesn't work. Looking at the code I think the problem is on these lines in [code] : [code] Turning off works as expected. ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? 2022.11.3 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? _No response_ ### What type of … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #82874 · 2022-11 |
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
- DHCP
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 5,479 (0.77%) |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 2020.12 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @dr1rrb, @Robbie1221, @Olen |
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.
