Security & safety
Album Slideshow Camera
eyalgal/album_slideshow · vv1.16.0
HACSCloud polling
A Home Assistant integration for highly customizable photo slideshows from Immich, iCloud Photos, Google Photos, Synology Photos, local media, and more.
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 | |
camera | Camera | Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
sensor | Sensor (temperature, humidity, air quality…) | |
button | Button (as a switch) | |
select | Mode picker (as switches) |
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) | 600 (0.08%) |
|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 47 |
| Latest version | v1.16.0 (2026-10-22) |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @eyalgal |
| License | MIT |
Limitations from the README
- Videos play only from Immich, and only in the Album Slideshow card; other sources show still images.
- Metadata varies by source. See provider capabilities and the EXIF privacy settings.
- HEIC/HEIF support depends on the codecs available in your Home Assistant installation.
- See Google Photos limits, including the scraper fallback and cached albums.
- See Immich requirements and legacy iCloud troubleshooting.
- Renaming a local file or reimporting an asset can change its identity. See photo identity and exclusions.
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.
Sources
- Documentation: https://github.com/eyalgal/album_slideshow
- Source code: https://github.com/eyalgal/album_slideshow
- Issues: https://github.com/eyalgal/album_slideshow/issues
- HACS: https://hacs.xyz
