eQ-3 Bluetooth Smart Thermostats
eq3btsmart
The eQ-3 Bluetooth Smart Thermostats integration allows you to integrate eQ-3 Bluetooth Smart Thermostats.
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 | |
climate | Thermostat | |
binary_sensor | Sensor (contact) | |
sensor | Sensor (temperature) |
What people report
eQ-3 Bluetooth thermostats work locally via adapters or ESPHome proxies, but users report mass disconnects after HA 2025.7 that were never resolved.
- Not working1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| eQ-3 Bluetooth Smart radiator thermostat | Not working Local | Frequent disconnects via ESPHome proxies since 2025.7; closed stale, not plannedSaved copyThe problem I am using the eq3btsmart for more than one year now (since HA release 2024.5) without bigger issues. I am controlling 15 TRVs via ESPHome BT proxy (in total 6 ESP32 with esp-idf platform). Since release 2025.7 I am getting regular disconnects. After (latest) 3-4 hours the first TRV devices are disconnected, after 6-8 more than 50% are disconnected and within 24 hours nearly all are gone. Rebooting HA will bring all devices back again until they are disconnected again after certain time. This behavior can be reproduced with HA 2025.7+. It is not related to alternative ESPHome … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #148270 · 2025-07 |
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
- Bluetooth
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 221 (0.03%) |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 2024.5 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @eulemitkeule, @dbuezas |
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.
