Group in Home Assistant
group
part of Home Assistant since pre 0.7
The Group integration allows users to combine multiple entities into a single logical entity, enabling unified control and monitoring. It is commonly used to simplify automation and device management by grouping related devices or sensors.
Typical uses
- Combine lights for scenes
- Control multiple switches together
- Monitor sensor states collectively
- Organize devices into logical collections
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
- 175,489 (24.5 % of the installations that share statistics)
- Categories
- Binary sensor, Button, Cover, Event, Fan, Helper, Light, Lock, Media player, Notifications, Organization, Sensor, Switch, Valve
- Provides
- Binary sensor, Button, Cover, Event, Fan, Light, Lock, Media player, Notifications, Sensor, Switch, Valve
- Maintained by
- @home-assistant/core
Setup
- In Home Assistant open Settings → Devices & services.
- Click "Add integration" and search for Group.
- 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.
Blueprints that use this integration
- Automation Frigate Notifications (0.14.0.3l) – Sends Telegram notifications via Frigate when motion is detected, using camera and device tracker entities.
- Automation Color Loop – Cycles light colors in groups based on input boolean states, using light entities and scripts for color transitions.
- Automation [Occupancy] Auto Room Occupancy – Detects room occupancy via binary sensors, adjusting media player and input boolean settings automatically.
- Automation HVAC Pause V1.7.2 – Switches HVAC modes using climate entities and binary sensors, pausing when needed. Requires climate control and sensor integration.
- Automation Automatisation of heat controll – Adjusts heating based on sensors and user input, requiring climate, sensor, and notify services.
- Automation Automatic air conditioner for winter and summer, monitoring presence, window status, water level and time slot.
Known issues and fixes
11 open issues and 7 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Group in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.10.2.
Open
- open Notifications sent to groups through the user interface do not work as expected.
- open Light groups do not apply translations for effects correctly.
- open Sensor groups incorrectly report that helper sensors are missing their device class even when it is set.
- open The alert integration fails to send the first notification when targeting a group.
- open Groups of lights do not respect the individual limits of the lights in the group.
- open Volume control for media player groups does not work due to an incorrect data type.
- open Group helper entities start in an unavailable state.
- open Sum sensor groups include non-numeric values when they should be ignored.
Fixed
- fixed in 2026.10.2 Group sensors no longer crash when the group has no members.
- fixed in 2025.12.0 Group notifications now work correctly even when a title is missing.
Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of October 25, 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
The description was written by a language model from the facts listed here, not taken from the documentation.