Person in Home Assistant
person
part of Home Assistant since 0.88
The Person integration connects Home Assistant with presence detection, calculating user locations based on device data. It is typically used to track who is home, automate routines, and trigger notifications.
Typical uses
- Track family members' presence
- Automate home routines
- Trigger notifications on arrival/departure
- Integrate with smart devices
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 configuration.yaml
- Kind
- Part of Home Assistant itself
- Quality scale
- Internal – Part of Home Assistant itself, not rated separately.
- Installations
- 539,532 (78.9 % of the installations that share statistics)
- Categories
- Presence detection
Setup
- Nothing to install: this is part of Home Assistant and available as soon as it is running.
Blueprints that use this integration
- Automation Sensor Light
- Automation NSPanel Configuration
- Automation Frigate Notifications (0.14.0.3l)
- Automation Zone Notification Extended
- Automation Holiday & Away Lighting
- Automation Automatic Gate ⛩️
Known issues and fixes
0 open issues and 3 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Person in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.6.1.
Fixed
- fixed in 2026.6.1 The person's zone information was not updating correctly when they were in the home zone.
Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of September 13, 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.