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Google Maps in Home Assistant
google_maps
part of Home Assistant since 0.67
Cloud, polling
Quality: Not rated
Google Maps is an official Home Assistant integration for Presence detection. 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 configuration.yaml
- Kind
- Integration
- Quality scale
- Not rated – Older than the quality scale and not rated against it yet – that says nothing about whether it works.
- Installations
- 323
- Categories
- Presence detection
- Provides
- Device tracker
- Python packages
locationsharinglib==5.0.1
Setup
- This integration is set up in configuration.yaml, not in the user interface.
- The documentation lists the exact entries; restart Home Assistant after adding them.
Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration