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Android Debug Bridge in Home Assistant

androidtv part of Home Assistant since 0.7.6

Local, polling Set up in the user interface

Android Debug Bridge is an official Home Assistant integration for Media player and Remote. Talks to the device on your own network and asks for changes at regular intervals.

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Connection
Local, polling – Talks to the device on your own network and asks for changes at regular intervals.
Setup
in the user interface
Kind
Single device
Installations
15,121 (2.2 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Media player, Remote
Provides
Diagnostics, Media player, Remote
Maintained by
@JeffLIrion, @ollo69
Python packages
adb-shell[async]==0.4.4, androidtv[async]==0.0.75

Setup

  1. In Home Assistant open Settings → Devices & services.
  2. Click "Add integration" and search for Android Debug Bridge.
  3. Follow the dialog – it asks for everything the integration needs.

Add to my Home Assistant

The link goes through my.home-assistant.io and opens the setup dialog in your own instance – no address of ours is involved.

Known issues and fixes

7 open issues and 1 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Android Debug Bridge in the Home Assistant issue tracker.

Open

  • open Reported problem #148359 since July 7, 2025 · 15 reactions · 80 comments · #148359
  • open Reported problem #114420 since March 29, 2024 · 8 reactions · 32 comments · #114420
  • open Reported problem #166559 since March 26, 2026 · 0 reactions · 8 comments · #166559
  • open Reported problem #173425 since June 10, 2026 · 0 reactions · 2 comments · #173425
  • open Reported problem #182094 since September 13, 2026 · 0 reactions · 1 comment · #182094
  • open Reported problem #180130 since August 25, 2026 · 0 reactions · 1 comment · #180130
  • open Reported problem #179801 since August 22, 2026 · 0 reactions · 1 comment · #179801

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of September 15, 2026. The sentences are written by a language model from the titles of the issues; the reports themselves are on GitHub.

Check a specific device for known problems in the product check →

Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration

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