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Camera in Home Assistant

camera part of Home Assistant since 0.7

Quality: Internal

Camera is an official Home Assistant integration for Camera and Media source.

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Setup
in configuration.yaml
Kind
Entity type
Quality scale
Internal – Part of Home Assistant itself, not rated separately.
Installations
15,753 (2.2 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Camera, Media source
Provides
Diagnostics
Maintained by
@home-assistant/core
Python packages
PyTurboJPEG==1.8.3

Setup

  1. Nothing to install: this is part of Home Assistant and available as soon as it is running.

Blueprints that use this integration

  • Automation Frigate Notifications (0.14.0.3l) – Sends Telegram notifications via Frigate when motion is detected, using camera and device tracker entities. ♥ 608 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Send a camera snapshot when motion is detected – Sends camera snapshots to mobile devices when motion is detected via binary sensors. ♥ 219 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Camera - Send & Save Camera snapshot with custom triggers and with Conditions – Sends and saves camera snapshots with custom triggers, using camera entities and ip-camera-viewer. ♥ 101 · Import · Forum
  • Automation AI Event Summary (v1.6.0) – Summarizes AI events with camera integration and llmvision service. ♥ 66 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Camera Snapshot, AI & Notification on Motion – Takes camera snapshots, runs AI tasks, and notifies via mobile app on motion detection. ♥ 53 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Doorbell - Notify Google and send camera snapshot to app – Triggers Google notifications and sends camera snapshots via app when a doorbell is pressed. ♥ 22 · Import · Forum

All blueprints for it

Known issues and fixes

2 open issues and 10 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Camera in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.10.0.

Open

  • open Reported problem #179100 since August 13, 2026 · 0 reactions · 20 comments · #179100
  • open Reported problem #161685 since January 27, 2026 · 0 reactions · 7 comments · #161685

Fixed

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of October 27, 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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