SwitchBot
SwitchBot IR air conditioner
Air Conditioners and Heaters · Climate
Partly worksApple Home issuesCloud
2 reports: 2 say it partly works.
Reported with 2 integrations: SwitchBot Remote IR, SwitchBot Cloud.
What people report
| Integration | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SwitchBot Remote IR | Partly works Cloud | Partly in Home Climate shows in Home; current temperature missing without a sensor | Works as DIY device; actual room temperature sensor not yet supportedSaved copyYou can do it via official switchbot integration. Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #2 · 2023-07 |
| SwitchBot Cloud | Partly works Cloud | Partly in Home Temperature shows default 21.0 when AC is off | Current temperature is null for IR appliances; state inferred from commandsSaved copyThe problem I have an AC controlled by a SwitchBot hub via IR. I'm new to Home Assistant. When I added this hub to Apple Home via the HomeKit bridge integration, the temperature displayed on the AC's widget consistently showed 21.0 degrees Celsius when the air conditioner turned off. I checked the information in the developer tools. In the attributes of the AC’s `climate` entity, the value for `current_temperature` is `null`, while the default value for `CHAR_CURRENT_TEMPERATURE` is `21.0`. So, the error displayed in Apple Home is because the `climate` created by switchbot_cloud is missing … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #166797 · 2026-03 |
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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 | SwitchBot |
|---|---|
| Category | Air Conditioners and Heaters |