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Blink in Home Assistant

blink part of Home Assistant since 0.40

Cloud, polling Set up in the user interface

Blink is an official Home Assistant integration for Alarm, Binary sensor, Camera, Hub, Sensor and Switch. Works through the manufacturer’s cloud and asks for changes at regular intervals – it depends on the internet connection and the service.

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Connection
Cloud, polling – Works through the manufacturer’s cloud and asks for changes at regular intervals – it depends on the internet connection and the service.
Setup
in the user interface
Kind
Hub – several devices through one gateway or account
Installations
9,158 (1.3 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Alarm, Binary sensor, Camera, Hub, Sensor, Switch
Provides
Alarm control panel, Binary sensor, Camera, Diagnostics, Sensor, Switch
Found automatically via
Network discovery (DHCP)
Maintained by
@fronzbot
Python packages
blinkpy==0.25.9

Setup

  1. Home Assistant can find this integration on its own: if it is suggested under Settings → Devices & services, confirm it there.
  2. In Home Assistant open Settings → Devices & services.
  3. Click "Add integration" and search for Blink.
  4. 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 4 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Blink in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.6.4.

Open

  • open Reported problem #176836 since July 19, 2026 · 35 reactions · 119 comments · #176836
  • open Reported problem #174170 since June 18, 2026 · 20 reactions · 52 comments · #174170
  • open Reported problem #176708 since July 17, 2026 · 15 reactions · 91 comments · #176708
  • open Reported problem #177284 since July 26, 2026 · 12 reactions · 16 comments · #177284
  • open Reported problem #150259 since August 8, 2025 · 0 reactions · 10 comments · #150259
  • open Reported problem #177746 since July 31, 2026 · 0 reactions · 7 comments · #177746
  • open Reported problem #182148 since September 14, 2026 · 0 reactions · 2 comments · #182148

Fixed

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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