Switchmate SimplySmart Home
switchmate
The Switchmate SimplySmart Home integration allows you to control Switchmate devices.
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
Switchmate BLE switches stopped working for several users after HA's Bluetooth stack changes in early 2023; issue closed as not planned.
- Not working1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switchmate SimplySmart switch | Not working Local | Shows unavailable after 2023.1 Bluetooth changes; component needs updateSaved copyThe problem The Switchmate integration appears to need an update as I'm receiving errors such as: [code] And of course, the integration not working and the device showing up as unavailable. This Reddit thread has someone that apparently got it working and also made a new library for it: https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/wuf06e/using_switchmate_with_home_assistant/ https://github.com/MReschenberg/switchmateble It looks like there's been other issues that have been either marked resolved or marked stale in #76839 #77813 and #78004 And looking at the HA integration docs, it appears … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #85113 · 2023-01 |
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) | 30 |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Legacy |
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.78 |
| Set up in the UI | No, YAML |
| Maintainers | @danielhiversen, @qiz-li |
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.
