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Switch in Home Assistant
switch
part of Home Assistant since 0.7
Quality: Internal
Switch is an official Home Assistant integration for Switch.
Facts about this integration
- Compatible with Home Assistant
- yes, official integration
- Setup
- in configuration.yaml
- Kind
- Entity type
- Quality scale
- Internal – Part of Home Assistant itself, not rated separately.
- Installations
- 33,696 (4.7 % of the installations that share statistics)
- Categories
- Switch
- Provides
- Light
- Maintained by
- @home-assistant/core
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 – Switches lights based on sensor inputs, schedules, and user-defined switches. Requires binary sensors, lights, and input booleans.
- Automation Cover Control Automation (CCA) – Controls covers using input texts, selects, and sensors. Integrates with calendars and weather data for automated cover adjustments.
- Automation NSPanel Configuration – Configures NSPanel devices with ESPhome, using weather and sensor data to trigger light notifications and controls.
- Automation Bathroom Humidity Exhaust Fan – Activates bathroom exhaust fan based on humidity sensor readings and user-defined switches.
- Automation Smart Light – Automates lights using sensors, switches, and scenes, with input booleans for manual control.
- Automation Monitor the state of an appliance - by leofabri
Known issues and fixes
1 open issues and 1 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Switch in the Home Assistant issue tracker.
Open
- open Reported problem #185415
Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of October 26, 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