Samsung Infrared
samsung_infrared
The Samsung Infrared integration lets you control a Samsung TV or air conditioner using any infrared transmitter previously configured 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 |
|---|---|---|
climate | Thermostat | |
media_player | TV | Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
button | Button (as a switch) |
What people report
Samsung TVs and ACs are controlled by infrared with assumed state only.
- Partly works2
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung air conditioners (Samsung AC 0292 IR protocol) | Partly works | AC support added 2026.6; assumed state, swing always offSaved copyBreaking change ## Proposed change This PR updates the `Samsung Infrared` integration to include support for `air conditioners`. Merging the PR that introduced protocol support into [infrared-protoc Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | PR #173692 · 2026-06 | |
| Samsung TVs (standard IR protocol) | Partly works | Assumed state; step-only volumeSaved copySupported devices: Samsung TVs that can be controlled via the standard Samsung infrared protocol.; Samsung air conditioners that use the Samsung AC 0292 infrared protocol.. Limitations: The integration uses assumed state, meaning Home Assistant cannot read the actual state of the device (for example, whether the TV is on or off, or the AC's current room temperature). For the media player, volume control is step-based only; there is no way to set an absolute volume level. For the climate entity, swing mode is not currently configurable through the UI and is always sent as off. Excerpt saved from home-assistant.io on 2026-10-23. | Docs |
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
Assumed state
Sends commands but can’t read the device’s state back, so Home Assistant assumes it worked.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 359 (0.05%) |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Bronze |
| Added in | Home Assistant 2026.6 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @lmaertin |
Devices listed in its documentation
- Samsung TVs that can be controlled via the standard Samsung infrared protocol.
- Samsung air conditioners that use the Samsung AC 0292 infrared protocol.
Limitations from the docs
- The integration uses assumed state, meaning Home Assistant cannot read the actual state of the device (for example, whether the TV is on or off, or the AC's current room temperature).
- For the media player, volume control is step-based only; there is no way to set an absolute volume level.
- For the climate entity, swing mode is not currently configurable through the UI and is always sent as off.
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.
