ESPHome
ESPHome RGBW light strip
Lights · Lighting
Partly worksApple Home issuesLocal
1 report: 1 says it partly works.
Reported with 1 integration: ESPHome.
What people report
| Integration | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESPHome | Partly works Local | Partly in Home White channel not controllable from colour wheel; temperature tab works | HomeKit supports only HS or colour temp, not RGBWSaved copyThe problem After updating to 2022.2.0, I can't seem to control the white channel of an ESPHome light via HomeKit. My use case is an RGBW LED strip connected via ESPHome, and as the strip has separate white and RGB chips, it looks weird if both are illuminated at the same time. Hence, separate RGB and White colour modes make the most sense for the light. Achieving these separate colour modes in ESPHome is done via the `color_interlock: true` option, however I wasn't previously using this as it didn't allow me to control the white channel via HomeKit, so I left it in the combined RGBW mode. … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #65529 · 2022-02 |
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In ReReHome
Once Home Assistant’s HomeKit Bridge shares it, this device reaches Apple Home as a HomeKit accessory behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls it like any other.
Identifiers
| Brand | ESPHome |
|---|---|
| Category | Lights |
