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FRITZ!SmartHome in Home Assistant

fritzbox part of Home Assistant since 0.68

Local, polling Set up in the user interface

FRITZ!SmartHome is an official Home Assistant integration for Binary sensor, Button, Climate, Light, Sensor and Switch. 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
Hub – several devices through one gateway or account
Installations
35,728 (5.2 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Binary sensor, Button, Climate, Light, Sensor, Switch
Provides
Binary sensor, Button, Climate, Cover, Diagnostics, Light, Sensor, Switch
Found automatically via
Network discovery (SSDP)
Maintained by
@mib1185, @flabbamann
Python packages
pyfritzhome==0.6.20

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 FRITZ!SmartHome.
  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

5 open issues and 5 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for FRITZ!SmartHome in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.2.2.

Open

  • open Reported problem #155003 since October 22, 2025 · 6 reactions · 44 comments · #155003
  • open Reported problem #165904 since March 18, 2026 · 1 reaction · 17 comments · #165904
  • open Reported problem #178345 since August 6, 2026 · 0 reactions · 9 comments · #178345
  • open Reported problem #182103 since September 13, 2026 · 0 reactions · 6 comments · #182103
  • open Reported problem #172871 since June 2, 2026 · 0 reactions · 2 comments · #172871

Fixed

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of September 14, 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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