Netio
netio
The Netio integration allows you to control and monitor NETIO smart power sockets, power strips, and power distribution units (PDUs). The device outputs are exposed as switch entities in Home Assistant.
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 |
What people report
Older NETIO-230x devices only work via deprecated YAML Telnet, with removal planned for 2027.3.
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koukaam NETIO-230x | Partly works Local | Works via deprecated YAML Telnet; no JSON M2M API; removal in 2027.3Saved copyThe problem The new Netio integration only speaks the JSON M2M API. The older Koukaam NETIO-230x devices do not implement that API, and there will be no firmware update that adds it. Their only remaining path into Home Assistant is the deprecated YAML configuration on the Telnet (KSHELL) API, which is scheduled for removal in Home Assistant 2027.3.0. I run a large number of these devices. They work. They switch power reliably, they are already installed, and they are not broken. After 2027.3 they simply stop being controllable from Home Assistant, because the one protocol they still speak is … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #183538 · 2026-09 |
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.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 18 |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Legacy |
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.24 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @agners |
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.
