Change device type of a switch in Home Assistant
switch_as_x
part of Home Assistant since 2022.4
Change device type of a switch is an official Home Assistant integration for Cover, Fan, Helper, Light, Lock, Siren, Switch and Valve. Works on data Home Assistant already has, without a device of its own.
Facts about this integration
- Compatible with Home Assistant
- yes, official integration
- Connection
- Calculated – Works on data Home Assistant already has, without a device of its own.
- Setup
- in the user interface
- Kind
- Helper
- Quality scale
- Internal – Part of Home Assistant itself, not rated separately.
- Installations
- 103,348 (15.1 % of the installations that share statistics)
- Provides
- Cover, Fan, Light, Lock, Siren, Valve
- Maintained by
- @home-assistant/core
Setup
- In Home Assistant open Settings → Devices & services.
- Click "Add integration" and search for Change device type of a switch.
- Follow the dialog – it asks for everything the integration needs.
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
1 open issues and 1 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Change device type of a switch in the Home Assistant issue tracker.
Open
- open Reported problem #180630
Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of September 13, 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