Xbox in Home Assistant
xbox
part of Home Assistant since 0.117
Xbox is an official Home Assistant integration for Binary sensor, Gaming, Media player, Media source and Remote. 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
- Hub – several devices through one gateway or account
- Quality scale
- Platinum – The highest level: fully typed, efficient and maintained to every rule of the project.
- Installations
- 20,581 (2.9 % of the installations that share statistics)
- Categories
- Binary sensor, Gaming, Media player, Media source, Remote
- Provides
- Binary sensor, Diagnostics, Image, Media player, Remote, Sensor
- Found automatically via
- Network discovery (DHCP), Network discovery (SSDP)
- Maintained by
- @tr4nt0r
- Python packages
python-xbox==0.4.0
Setup
- Home Assistant can find this integration on its own: if it is suggested under Settings → Devices & services, confirm it there.
- In Home Assistant open Settings → Devices & services.
- Click "Add integration" and search for Xbox.
- 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 Xbox App to Harmony Activity Enhancer – Enhances Harmony activities using Xbox app and remote. Needs Harmony, Xbox, a remote, and media player.
- Automation Xbox Achievement Unlocked – Triggers automation when an Xbox achievement is unlocked using a sensor and Xbox integration.
- Automation Contextual Pico Media Remote
Known issues and fixes
0 open issues and 15 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Xbox in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.10.1.
Fixed
- fixed in 2026.10.1 Bug fix #185506
- fixed in 2026.9.4 Bug fix #182686
- fixed in 2026.9.0 Bug fix #181045
- fixed in 2026.2.3 Bug fix #163122
- fixed in 2026.1.0 Bug fix #160015
- fixed in 2025.12.3 Bug fix #158780
- fixed in 2025.12.2 Bug fix #158162
- fixed in 2025.12.1 Bug fix #157945
- fixed in 2025.11.2 Bug fix #156419
Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of October 27, 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