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Zone in Home Assistant

zone part of Home Assistant since 0.69

Quality: Internal

The Zone integration allows users to define geographic areas within Home Assistant, enabling presence detection based on device locations. It is commonly used to trigger automations when entities enter or leave specified zones.

Typical uses

  • Presence detection
  • Geofencing
  • Automation triggers
  • Location-based device control

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Setup
in configuration.yaml
Kind
Part of Home Assistant itself
Quality scale
Internal – Part of Home Assistant itself, not rated separately.
Installations
138,314 (19.3 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Organization, Presence detection
Maintained by
@home-assistant/core

Setup

  1. 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. ♥ 1,709 · 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 Notifications & Announcements ♥ 114 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Zone Notification Extended – Triggers notifications based on person entering zone. Requires person and zone entities. ♥ 105 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Holiday & Away Lighting – Adjusts holiday lighting based on presence, zones, and sensors, using light entities. ♥ 64 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Automatic Gate ⛩️ – Automates gate operations using switches, covers, and device tracking, sending notifications and logs via mobile app integration. ♥ 40 · Import · Forum

All blueprints for it

Known issues and fixes

1 open issues and 0 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Zone in the Home Assistant issue tracker.

Open

  • open Reported problem #179016 since August 12, 2026 · 0 reactions · 3 comments · #179016

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
The description was written by a language model from the facts listed here, not taken from the documentation.

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