Besides a regular webapp and a Mac app, which uses the same endpoints as the webapp, Home Assistant also provides mobile apps. In this post, I want to describe its advantages over the former. I'll use iOS to do this: Samsung's French partner to recycle used mobiles tricked me once, and I moved away from Samsung. I decided to buy Apple for better integration since I've had Mac computers for the last few years.
Installing and configuring
The companion app is readily available at the .
Once installed, you must configure at least one Home Assistant server. At this point, you should get the same UI as the web app. The app's power lies in its widgets, though.
Widgets
Some iOS applications allow you
However, pressing the widget does nothing but a slight haptic feedback. We need to bind the action to an automation object. I explained automations when we migrated away from the Hue bridge in the
Originally published at A Java Geek on January 12nd, 2025
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