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1 report: 1 says it partly works.

Reported with 1 integration: Google Nest.

What people report

IntegrationIn Home AssistantIn Apple HomeWhat they saidSource
Google NestPartly works CloudFamously bad HA integration; delayed events
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Well first of all, stop just throwing hardware at the issue. Figure out where the delay is coming from with the Nest doorbell (Nest is an interesting choice, famously bad integration with HA), is it from the Google side, then not much you'll be able to do, or is on the HA side. Same thing with the door sensor, you need to figure out where the inconsistency is coming from. Is the door sensor directly connected to HA or through an Aqara hub? If the former, how's the signal quality, are there any Zigbee errors around the time of the state change? Do you see the state change reflected at the …

Excerpt saved from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-23.

Reddit comment · 2026-07

Each row is one report from a GitHub thread, an integration’s docs, or r/homeassistant. Check the date and the linked source before you buy.

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.

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BrandGoogle Nest
CategoryDoorbells