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Device tracker in Home Assistant

device_tracker part of Home Assistant since 0.7

Quality: Internal

Device tracker is an official Home Assistant integration for Presence detection.

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
15,194 (2.2 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Presence detection
Maintained by
@home-assistant/core

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) ♥ 607 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Automatic Gate ⛩️ ♥ 40 · Import · Forum
  • Automation ZEN32 and ZEN35 Scene and State (Z-Wave JS)(v2026.9.0) ♥ 37 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Person: Status Update ♥ 32 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Zone Presence of People & Devices ♥ 24 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Tesla controlled charge rate based on power sensor ♥ 17 · Import · Forum

All blueprints for it

Known issues and fixes

2 open issues and 4 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Device tracker in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.8.0.

Open

  • open Reported problem #179252 since August 15, 2026 · 0 reactions · 11 comments · #179252
  • open Reported problem #180274 since August 26, 2026 · 0 reactions · 1 comment · #180274

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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