Yale Smart Living
yale_smart_alarm
The Yale Smart Living integration provides connectivity with the Yale Smart Alarm systems and Smart Hub through Yale's API.
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 | |
lock | Lock | Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
alarm_control_panel | Security system | |
binary_sensor | Sensor (contact) | |
sensor | Sensor (temperature) | |
button | Button (as a switch) | |
select | Mode picker (as switches) |
What people report
Yale Smart Living alarms work through the Yale cloud. Auth broke in 2024.9 and a maintainer fixed it.
- Works1
- Partly works1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale Smart Living alarm | Works Cloud | Auth failure in 2024.9 fixed by maintainerSaved copyThe problem After upgrading to 2024.9.0b5 I am unable to authenticate Yale Smart Alarm. `2024-09-04 14:55:55.053 DEBUG (MainThread) [yalesmartalarmclient.auth] Attempting authorization 2024-09-04 14:55:55.105 DEBUG (MainThread) [yalesmartalarmclient.auth] Unknown Error: Caught blocking call to putrequest with args ( , 'POST', '/yapi/o/token/') inside the event loop by integration 'yale_smart_alarm' at homeassistant/components/yale_smart_alarm/coordinator.py, line 39: self.yale = YaleSmartAlarmClient(. (offender: /usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/urllib3/connection.py, line 219: return … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #125230 · 2024-09 | |
| Yale Smart Alarm | Partly works Cloud | Integrates without fees but smart functions are cloud dependentSaved copyI installed a Yale smarts alarm. This integrates into home assistant and doesn’t have any fees. My home assistant install is pretty stable but for something as important as security I wanted something I could count on 100%. The downside is that it is cloud dependant (for the smart functions) and you need a second set of sensors but again I didn’t want to fuck around with the house alarm. Ask yourself how often an automation has failed to run for whatever reason, do you want that to happen with your house alarm. Excerpt saved from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-23. | Reddit comment · 2022-09 |
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
Cloud polling
Goes through the maker’s cloud, asking it for updates every so often. Needs the internet and an account.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 566 (0.08%) |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.78 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @gjohansson-ST |
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.
