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Google Photos in Home Assistant
google_photos
part of Home Assistant since 2024.10
Cloud, polling
Set up in the user interface
Google Photos is an official Home Assistant integration for Media source. 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 the user interface
- Kind
- Online service
- Installations
- 819 (0.1 % of the installations that share statistics)
- Categories
- Media source
- Maintained by
- @allenporter
- Python packages
google-photos-library-api==0.12.1
Setup
- In Home Assistant open Settings → Devices & services.
- Click "Add integration" and search for Google Photos.
- 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.
Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration