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Mobile App in Home Assistant

mobile_app part of Home Assistant since 0.89

Local, push Set up in the user interface Quality: Internal

Connects Home Assistant with the mobile app to track device presence, send notifications, and monitor app activity. It uses local and push connections for real-time updates and is configured through the user interface.

Typical uses

  • Track device presence
  • receive push notifications
  • monitor app activity
  • enable remote access

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Connection
Local, push – Talks to the device on your own network and is told about every change straight away.
Setup
in the user interface
Kind
Single device
Quality scale
Internal – Part of Home Assistant itself, not rated separately.
Installations
488,993 (68.2 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Other
Provides
Binary sensor, Device tracker, Notifications, Sensor
Maintained by
@home-assistant/core
Python packages
PyNaCl==1.6.2

Setup

  1. In Home Assistant open Settings → Devices & services.
  2. Click "Add integration" and search for Mobile App.
  3. 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.

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. ♥ 608 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Low Battery Notifications & Actions – Notifies users of low battery via mobile app, allowing input text and button actions to manage device status. ♥ 513 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Appliance Notifications & Actions – Tracks appliance status with sensors and sends mobile app notifications, enabling input number and select adjustments. ♥ 488 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Frigate Notification (0.10.0) – Sends mobile app notifications via Frigate when motion is detected, using camera and device tracker data. ♥ 239 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Send a camera snapshot when motion is detected – Sends camera snapshots to mobile devices when motion is detected via binary sensors. ♥ 219 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Calendar Notifications & Actions – Sends calendar notifications and actions via mobile app, using calendar entities and notify service for reminders and alerts. ♥ 214 · Import · Forum

All blueprints for it

Known issues and fixes

15 open issues and 9 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Mobile App in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.5.0.

Open

  • open After updating to the latest version, the Android Companion app opens a web browser instead of launching the app directly. since September 5, 2026 · 11 reactions · 21 comments · #181396
  • open Reported problem #181441 since September 6, 2026 · 2 reactions · 8 comments · #181441
  • open Notifications intended for the Mobile App are not being delivered to the device. since May 8, 2026 · 0 reactions · 23 comments · #170126
  • open The Mobile App incorrectly identifies a Mac Studio as an iPad. Affects: Mac Studio since June 24, 2025 · 0 reactions · 12 comments · #147433
  • open The Mobile App's sensor for active notifications exceeds the maximum allowed data size. since September 24, 2026 · 0 reactions · 6 comments · #183029
  • open A delayed confirmation of a local push notification can permanently disconnect the device from push notifications. since July 13, 2026 · 0 reactions · 3 comments · #176371
  • open The Mobile App's 'Total Calories' sensor shows values that do not consistently increase over time. since September 17, 2026 · 0 reactions · 2 comments · #182500
  • open Reported problem #172429 since May 28, 2026 · 0 reactions · 2 comments · #172429

Fixed

  • fixed in 2026.5.0 Notifications from older notification actions in the Mobile App were not being properly recorded. Fix #169749 · Issue #169703
  • fixed in 2026.3.0 Sending notifications to devices that are not connected was not handled correctly. Fix #161855 · Issue #155484
  • fixed in 2026.1.0 The Mobile App did not check if a device was connected before registering a cloudhook URL. Fix #160284 · Issue #159726
  • fixed in 2025.11.3 The setup process for cloudhook URLs in the Mobile App had issues that prevented proper registration. Fix #156940
  • fixed in 2025.11.2 The Mobile App did not properly clean up callback registrations when reloading the integration. Fix #156028

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.

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