Home Assistant users lack full controls for smart appliances
Home Assistant users report that some smart appliances are unsupported or expose only basic controls, leaving settings such as modes, speed, lights, sensors, or start and pause unavailable. The requests are especially concentrated around SwitchBot air purifiers, with additional model-specific gaps for fans, dehumidifiers, hot tubs, and vacuums. Users fall back to vendor apps, limited Matter or Bluetooth support, and community-built integrations or automations.
For home Assistant users with smart appliances. Mentioned from Jan 2025 to Mar 2026 on product forums.
13 different people described this problem in 7 separate discussions.
- Indie fit
- 5.0/10
- Pain
- 5.0/10
- Frequency
- 9.5/10
- Willingness to pay
- 0.0/10
- Momentum
- 5.0/10
- Who pays
- Consumers
- Competition
- Medium
- Build difficulty
- Medium
What people said
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I have both, and I’m not able to see them in Home Assistant, nor control the mode, fan speed, light, or other attributes. I can’t get their detected PM2.5 levels either
Very disappointing. The Switchbot app can do everything, Home Assistant via Bluetooth can only turn it on or off
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