Sensors

Along with providing location services, the companion app also adds several additional sensors to Home Assistant. If you don't want the device_tracker entity but still want sensors to update then just disable the entity in the entity registry to stop location updates and keep sensor updates.

The sensors provided by the companion app depend on which app you're using, see the lists below.

Multi-Server Support

If multiple servers are connected to the companion app, you can configure whether sensors are sent on a per-server basis. Currently the sensor settings will be common for all connected servers.

In Settings > Companion App, open the server's settings and change Sensors Sent setting under Privacy. Options available:

• All sends all enabled sensors.
• None does not send any sensors.

In Settings > Companion App, go to Manage Sensors and select the sensor you'd like to manage. Tap on the expand/collapse icon at the top of the screen to change settings for a specific server.

iOS & macOS Sensors

When Sensors Update

On iOS, sensors update in limited situations: when your location changes, periodically when the app is running in the foreground, when you pull-to-refresh the web view, in the background at a rate determined by iOS, and when performing an "Update Sensors" or via "Send Location" shortcut or push notification. When Local Push is enabled and available in 2022.6 or later, periodic updates will also be performed.

On macOS, sensors update in the same situations as above as well as immediately when some sensors change.

Sensor List

Sensor	Attributes	Description
sensor.battery_level	None	The current battery level of the device.
sensor.battery_state	Low Power Mode	The current charging state (either Charging, Not Charging, or Full) of the device.
sensor.bssid	None	The MAC address of the wireless access point your phone is connected to. When off Wi-Fi, this sensor will report Not Connected.
sensor.connection_type	iOS: Cellular Technology macOS: Name, Hardware Address	The current data connection being used by the device. On macOS, this requires app version 2021.2 or later.
binary_sensor.focus	None	Whether focus is currently enabled. Requires iOS-2021.10 or later, macOS 12 update later this year. Will not work if Home Assistant is in the "Allowed Notifications" list, see interruption level for more.
sensor.geocoded_location	See Below	Calculated address based on GPS data.
sensor.last_update_trigger	None	The cause of the last update of location and sensor data from the device to Home Assistant
sensor.ssid	None	The human-readable name of the Wi-Fi network the device is currently connected to. When off Wi-Fi, this sensor will report Not Connected.
sensor.storage	See Below	The amount of total and available storage on your device.

Specific Sensors

Sensor	Attributes	Description
sensor.activity	confidence, types	The current activity type as computed by iOS. Requires motion permissions to be enabled.
sensor.app_version	None	The current Home Assistant companion App for iOS app version.
sensor.average_active_pace	None	The averaged pace calculated by iOS from pedometer data. Units: meters per second, m/s
sensor.distance	None	The estimated distance walked by the user since midnight local time. Units: meters, m
sensor.floors_ascended	None	The approximate number of floors ascended by walking since midnight local time.
sensor.floors_descended	None	The approximate number of floors descended by walking. Since
sensor.location_permission	None	The current location permission that was selected by the user. The permission can be set via the location permission popup or modified in the iOS settings.
sensor.sim_1	See Below	Name of your cellular provider.
sensor.sim_2	See Below	Name of your cellular provider.
sensor.steps	None	The number of steps taken by the user.
sensor.watch_battery_level	None	The battery level of 1 paired Apple Watch. Requires any Home Assistant complication installed on your watch face.
sensor.watch_battery_state	None	The current charging state (either Charging, Not Charging, or Full) of 1 paired Apple Watch. Requires any Home Assistant complication installed on your watch face.

Specific Sensors

Sensor	Attributes	Description
binary_sensor.active	See Below	Whether the device is actively being used.
sensor.active_camera	All, Active	The name of the active camera, or Inactive if not in use.
sensor.active_audio_input	All, Active	The name of the active audio input (microphone), or Inactive if not in use.
sensor.active_audio_output	All, Active	Requires app version 2021.12 or later. The name of the active audio output (speaker), or Inactive if not in use.
sensor.frontmost_app	See Below	Requires app version 2021.2 or later. The name of the current frontmost app.
binary_sensor.camera_in_use	None	Whether a camera on the system is currently in use.
binary_sensor.audio_input_in_use	None	Whether an audio output (microphone) on the system is currently in use.
binary_sensor.audio_output_in_use	None	Requires app version 2021.12 or later. Whether an audio output (speaker) on the system is currently in use.
sensor.displays	Display IDs, Display Names	Requires app version 2021.2 or later. Number of displays connected to the device.
sensor.primary_display_id	None	Requires app version 2021.2 or later. ID of the current primary display, which is the display with the menu bar. In the form of a UUID, for example BE82E2E6-EA40-4963-93AD-A0BDC9D2F18F.
sensor.primary_display_name	None	Requires app version 2021.2 or later. Name of the current primary display, which is the display with the menu bar.

Attributes such as Cellular Technology can be accessed with a template such as:

{{ states.sensor.connection_type.attributes['Cellular Technology'] }}

Android Sensors

Each sensor below can be enabled by navigating to Settings > Companion App > Manage Sensors. By default, most are disabled with the exception of the battery_level, battery_state, charger_type and any that were given permission during onboarding. Once enabled the sensor will begin to send data to your Home Assistant server, if you chose to disable it later on the sensor will stop updating. Upon enabling a sensor the app will request for permissions, if required. If you do not see a sensor listed below then your device does not support it. Some of the sensors below offer custom settings for each of their own needs, read about each one to see what it offers. These settings can be found in the same location where you enable the sensor.

How Sensors Update

All sensors update during a periodic 15-minute interval and they will also update if other certain conditions are met. Read about each sensor below to understand how often to expect updates. During the 15-minute update interval a low priority foreground notification is temporarily created to prevent the Android system from halting the worker. This notification does not make a sound unless the user has installed a third-party app that intercepts notifications and decides to make a sound. If you are on Android 8.0+ you are free to minimize and/or turn off the notification channel for the SensorWorker.

You can change the frequency of sensor updates by navigating to Settings > Companion App > Sensor Update Frequency. You can select between Normal, Fast While Charging or Fast Always. Normal is the default mentioned in the previous paragraph. When set to Fast Always updates will come in every minute. When set to Fast While Charging updates will only come in every minute only while the device is charging, otherwise the default interval will be used. After changing this option you will need to restart the app.

Sensor List

Sensor	Attributes	Description
binary_sensor.doze	See Below	Whether or not the device is in doze mode.
binary_sensor.interactive	None	Whether or not the device is in an interactive state.
binary_sensor.nfc_state	None	Whether or not the device has its NFC sensor enabled.
binary_sensor.power_save	None	Whether or not the device is in power saving mode.
Activity Sensors	See Below	The current activity type, sleep confidence and sleep segment as computed by Google. Requires activity recognition permissions on supported devices.
binary_sensor.android_auto	See Below	A binary sensor to indicate if the device is connected to Android Auto.
Android OS Sensors	None	Several different sensors around the Android OS.
App Data Sensors	None	Sensors that show how much data was sent or received by the app.
App Importance Sensor	None	The current importance of the app to determine if its in the foreground or cached.
sensor.app_memory	See Below	Information about the memory that is available for the app.
App Usage Sensors	None	Sensors that represent how the app is treated based on its usage.
Audio Sensors	None	Several different sensors around different types of audio detection from the device.
Battery Sensors	None	Several different sensors around the state of the device\'s battery.
Bluetooth Sensors	See Below	Several different sensors about the state of bluetooth on the device. Sensors are also available for beacon transmitting and monitoring.
Car Sensors	See Below	Several different sensors about the state of the car.
sensor.current_time_zone	See Below	The current time zone the device is in.
sensor.current_version	None	The current installed version of the application.
Display Sensors	See Below	Several sensors about the state of the device\'s display.
Dynamic Color	RGB Color	The hexadecimal color value for the accent color used in the current device theme.
sensor.do_not_disturb	None	The state of do not disturb on the device.
sensor.geocoded_location	See Below	Calculated address based on GPS data.
Health Connect Sensors	Varies	Health and fitness data stored by other apps on your device in Health Connect.
binary_sensor.high_accuracy_mode	None	The state of high accuracy mode on the device.
sensor.high_accuracy_update_interval	None	The update interval for high accuracy mode on the device.
Keyguard Sensors	None	Sensors that represent various states about the device being locked or secured.
sensor.last_reboot	See Below	The timestamp of the device's last reboot.
sensor.last_update	None	The state will reflect the intent that caused the last update to get sent.
sensor.last_used_app	None	The last used application on the device.
sensor.light	None	The current level of illuminance the device detects.
Mobile Data Sensors	None	Several different sensors around the state of mobile data.
sensor.next_alarm	See Below	Date of the next scheduled alarm.
Notification Sensors	See Below	Details about the notifications on the device.
Phone Sensors	None	Sensors that represent different states of the phone modem.
sensor.pressure	None	The pressure reading from the device.
sensor.proximity	None	The current proximity reading from the device, certain devices will only show boolean value of near or far.
sensor.public_ip	None	The public IP address of the device as generated by ipify API.
sensor.sim_1	See Below	Name of your cellular provider.
sensor.sim_2	See Below	Name of your cellular provider.
sensor.steps	None	The number of steps taken from the user since the last device reboot. Requires activity recognition permissions on supported devices.
Storage Sensors	See Below	The amount of total and available internal & external storage on your Android device.
Traffic Stats Sensor	None	Amount of data transmitted and received from mobile and total device usage since last reboot.
WiFi Sensors	None	Several different sensors around the state of WiFi.
Work Profile	None	Whether or not the work profile is currently active on the device.

Active Sensor

sensor.active provides whether the device is currently being used, based on a few different inputs which are provided as attributes to be informative.

Attribute	Description
Idle	true when the machine is not any of the following attributes, but input devices haven't been used in a number of minutes.
Screensaver	true when the screensaver began playing to turn inactive
Locked	true when the device is showing the login screen
Screen Off	true when the screens have been turned off
Fast User Switched	true when switched to another user
Sleeping	true when the device is sleeping
Terminating	true when the app was quit available. Requires app version 2021.2 or later.

This sensor has a setting to decide the duration that is considered 'idle'.

Activity Sensors

sensor.activity provides the current motion activity as calculated by iOS along with the confidence of the calculations. Activities known by iOS and given by sensor.activity are:

• Stationary
• Walking
• Running
• Automotive
• Cycling

If iOS is unable to calculate an activity from motion data, Unknown will be given.

It is possible for multiple activities to be returned, such as Cycling and Stationary (if you are cycling but at a stop light), the state of the sensor is simply the first of these return by iOS (not necessarily the most likely). A complete list of calculated activities is given by the types attribute. See this post by @Mattt over at nshipster for a description of how different scenarios yield multiple activities.

The confidence attribute corresponds how accurate iOS believes the report of the current activity is. Possible values are:

• Low
• Medium
• High

This sensor is only available on the full flavor of the Android app that is found in the Google Play Store, it is not available for the minimal flavor. For android the user will have a different set of states to go by:

• in_vehicle
• on_bicycle
• on_foot
• running
• still
• tilting
• walking
• unknown

The attribute for the state will reflect the confidence rating from the Activity Recognition API. This sensor requires the Activity Recognition permission.

The Sleep Confidence and Sleep Segment sensors utilize the new Sleep API from Google services. Sleep Segment updates about once a day and Sleep Confidence will update about every 10 minutes. All data is provided by Google.

Android Auto

This sensor is used to determine if the device is connected to Android Auto. The attributes will return the specific type of connection.

Android OS Sensors

Several different sensors around the Android OS build. These sensors make use of android.os.Build.

Sensor	Description
android_os_version	Android OS release (e.g. 13).
android_os_security_patch	Android OS security patch (e.g. 2023-03-05). Only available as of Android 6 (Marshmallow).

App Data Sensors

These sensors will represent how much data was transmitted and received by the Home Assistant Android app, since the last device reboot. These sensors make use of the Traffic Stats API.

App Importance Sensor

This sensor will represent the state of the app to reflect if its in the foreground or service or any other state it can be. This sensor will update any time any other sensor has an update. See all of the Importance variables in ActivityManager to see what they mean.

Possible states are:

• cached
• cant_save_state
• foreground
• foreground_service
• gone
• not_running
• perceptible
• service
• top_sleeping
• visible

App Memory Sensor

This sensor will represent how much memory is being used by the application. The attributes will include how much memory is free and available for the application. This sensor makes use of the Runtime API.

App Usage Sensors

These sensors will represent how the Android system is treating the app based on its usage. There is one binary sensor app_inactive which will report whether or not the system currently considers the app to be inactive. The other sensor app_standby_bucket will reflect the current standby bucket that the Android system considers for the app. Standby buckets determine how much an app will be restricted from running background tasks such as jobs and alarms. Both of these sensors make use of the UsageStatsManager API.

Possible states for app_standby_bucket sensor (please refer to the API linked above for their definitions):

• active
• frequent
• rare
• restricted
• working_set
• never

Audio Sensors

These sensors use the AudioManager API to retrieve their state. Look at the table below to find out more about each sensor including how often they update.

Sensor	Description
audio_mode	The current audio mode of the device can be either: normal, ringing (identical to phone sensor), call_redirect, communication_redirect, in_call, in_communication or unknown. This sensor will update during the normal interval.
is_headphones	Boolean value if headsets or headphones are plugged in, will update as soon as the device detects the change.
is_mic_muted	Boolean value if the microphone is currently muted, Android 10+ will update as this value changes.
is_music_active	Boolean value if the device is actively playing music, this sensor will update during the normal interval.
is_speakerphone_on	Boolean value if the device speakerphone is enabled, Android 10+ will update as this value changes.
ringer_mode	The ringer mode on the device, possible values are normal, vibriate or silent. This sensor will update as soon as the ringer mode changes.
volume_level_*	The current device volume level for the given volume attributes: accessibility, alarm, call, dtmf, music, notification, ring, system. These sensors will update during the normal interval, or as soon as a change is detected.

Battery Sensors

The Battery State sensor (sensor.battery_state) provides information on the current status of the device\'s battery. The three possible values are Charging, Not Charging, or Full when the device is 100 % charged. The Battery Level sensor (sensor.battery_level) reports the current battery level of the device from 0–100 %. The charge level is reflected in the sensor icon. Additionally there is a "Low Power Mode" attribute that reports true or false depending on whether your iOS device is in Low Power Mode or not.

The battery sensors listed below describe the state of the battery for a few different data points. The sensor's icon reflects the charging status, and type of charging being used. The battery_state, charger_type and is_charging sensor will be updated when the device has a charger connected or disconnected. The battery_health, battery_level, battery_power and battery_temperature sensors will be updated any time any of the other sensors get an update as well as when the device reports low battery or when it has recovered from the low battery alert. All of these sensors make use of BatteryManager.

Sensor	Description
battery_health	The health of the battery
battery_level	The percentage of battery remaining
battery_power	The current wattage on the device
battery_state	The state of charging on the device
battery_temperature	The current battery temperature
charger_type	The type of charger being used on the device
is_charging	Whether or not the device is actively charging
remaining_charge_time	Computed remaining charge time in minutes. Returns unavailable if no time can be computed: either there is not enough current data to make a decision or the battery is currently discharging. Returns 0 if calculation is not complete but device is currently charging.

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The battery_power sensor converts the values returned by the device to amperes and volts. However, some devices do not follow Android documentation and may return values in a different unit, which results in the sensor being incorrect. For these devices you may need to adjust the sensor setting for 'Battery current divisor' to properly convert the current to amperes or 'Battery voltage divisor' to properly convert the voltage to volts.

Common values for the Battery current divisor: 1000000 (default, microamperes), 1000 (milliamperes), 1000000000 (nanoamperes)

Common values for the Battery voltage divisor: 1000 (default, millivolts), 1 (no conversion required, volts)

Bluetooth Sensors

This Bluetooth Connection state will be the total number of connected bluetooth devices. The sensor will update as soon as the bluetooth state of the device changes. This sensor makes use of Android's Bluetooth package.

Attribute	Description
Connected Paired Devices	The list of paired devices that are currently connected.
Connected Not Paired Devices	The list of devices that are connected but not paired.
Paired Devices	The list of devices that are paired.

There will also be a binary sensor for the bluetooth_state that will represent whether or not bluetooth is turned on for the device. This sensor will update anytime the state of bluetooth changes.

A BLE Transmitter sensor allows your device to transmit a BLE iBeacon. The iBeacon is capable of being detected by the iBeacon integration if your device sends the device name (see why here). If your device does not send its device name, it can still be detected if you explicitly allow the UUID via the iBeacon integration options. This sensor can also be useful in conjunction with projects like roomassistant and esp32-mqtt-room to allow room level tracking. The current transmitting ID (UUID-Major-Minor) is reported as an attribute that can be copied for use with these systems.

caution

This sensor can impact battery life, particularly if used wih Transmit Power set to High. The iBeacon is transmitted every second (low latency to save battery, but sufficient for room presence).

Settings are available to change the UUID, Major and Minor masks. These can be used to change the overall identifier, as well as to allow groups, e.g. family phone devices can have particular Major value which can be whitelisted in apps like roomassistant. These settings are validated: UUID should be the standard format, Major and Minor need to be within 0 and 65535.

There are also settings to alter:

• the Transmit power (between Ultra Low, Low, Medium and High)
• the Advertise mode (between Low Power (1Hz), Balanced (3Hz) and Low latency (10Hz))
• the Measured power at 1 meter (must be a negative number)
• whether Transmit is only enabled on Home Wifi Network SSIDs

A Transmit setting toggle will start or stop the BLE transmissions. This setting as well as most of the above settings can be changed via the notification command.

The Beacon Monitor shows scans for BLE iBeacons. The state of the sensor shows if the app is monitoring or not. All beacons in range and their distance are listed in the attributes. This sensor will update when there is a new distance measurement available.

Settings are available to change scan period and interval which can be useful to preserve battery life. The setting Filter Iterations and Filter RSSI Multiplier can be adjusted to archive more stable measurements. All of these settings will affect the responsiveness of the sensor. A UUID filter is also available, to limit the reported beacons to those matching (or not matching) a list of UUIDs.

A Monitor setting toggle will start or stop the scans - this setting can also be adjusted via the notification command.

When the app is actively scanning for beacons a notification will be shown to make background scanning more reliable. If you are on Android 8.0+ you are free to minimize and/or turn off the notification channel for the Beacon Monitor Scanning.

Car Sensors

The sensors listed below describe the state of the car for a few different data points. Currently this is only available for Android Auto. These sensors may not provide data depending on your phone and/or car software. If you see a state of unknown check the status attribute to see the reason for why it has no data.

caution

Note that you need to start the Home-Assistant app on your Android Auto screen each time that you connect the phone to the car to allow these sensors to work (once started, you can dismiss the app). If the app is not started the state will be unavailable.

To make things easier, you may want to use the car_ui parameter to show a notification on your car when you connect your phone.

Sensor	Description
car_battery	The percentage of battery remaining
car_charging_status	The charging status of the car (only for EVs). The state of the charging port is in the attributes
car_ev_connector	List of available EV connectors for the car
car_fuel	The percentage of fuel remaining
car_fuel_type	List of available fuel types for the car.
car_name	The name of the car. The manufacturer name and manufactured year are in the attributes
car_odometer	The value of the car odometer in meters
car_range_remaining	The range remaining for the car in meters
car_speed	The speed of the car in meters per second

Cellular Provider Sensor

The cellular provider sensor displays information about the user’s cellular service provider, such as its unique identifier and whether it allows VoIP calls on its network. sensor.sim_1 corresponds to the physical SIM card installed and sensor.sim_2 corresponds to the eSIM (this is only shown if the eSIM is enabled).

Android users will see these sensors update anytime the network has changed, which makes use of SubscriptionManager. These sensors require the Read Phone State permission.

Attribute	Description
Carrier Name	The name of the user’s home cellular service provider.
Current Radio Technology	only.
ISO Country Code	The ISO country code for the user’s cellular service provider.
Mobile Country Code	The mobile country code (MCC) for the user’s cellular service provider.
Mobile Network Code	The mobile network code for the user’s cellular service provider.
Carrier ID
Allows VoIP	Indicates if the carrier allows making VoIP calls on its network.
Is Opportunistic	An opportunistic subscription connects to a network that is limited in functionality and / or coverage.
Data Roaming	Is data roaming enabled for the device.

Connection Type Sensor

The following connection types are known by the companion app:

• Wi-Fi
• Cellular
• No Connection

A more specific description of the data connection can be found in the Cellular Technology attribute of the sensor (which only appears when on cellular). Possible values for this attribute are:

• 4G
• 3G
• 2G
• Cellular
• No Connection

If the connection type is not recognized, either Unknown or Unknown Technology will be returned.

For Android several different types of connection sensors are available and they will update when a network state change has been detected:

Sensor	Description
wifi_connection	The name of the current connected network
bssid	The mac address of the current connected network
frequency	The frequency band of the connected network
wifi_ip_address	The current IP address of the device on the network
link_speed	The current link speed of the device to the connected network
signal_strength	The signal strength of the device to the WiFi network
wifi_state	Whether or not WiFi is turned on for the device
transport_type	The transport type for the current network connection. An attribute will reflect if the current network is metered.
hotspot_state	Whether or not the device is currently broadcasting a WiFi hotspot. (Not available on Wear OS)
ip6_addresses	The ip6_addresses bound to the currently active network

The bssid sensor offers settings to let you rename the current mac address to help avoid the need for templates and secret usage in automations and the front end. This is generally useful if you have multiple access points and want an easy way to differentiate between them. These settings are turned off by default. These sensors require either Background Location or Fine Location permissions, depending on what version of Android you run.

Current Time Zone Sensor

This sensor will represent the current time zone the device is in. There are also a few attributes to help describe this time zone. Data is provided by the TimeZone API.

Attribute	Description
in_daylight_time	If the time zone is currently observing daylight time.
time_zone_id	The display name of the time zone.
time_zone_short	The short name of the time zone.
uses_daylight_time	If the current time zone observes daylight time.

Current Version Sensor

This sensor will represent the current installed version of the Android app.

Display Sensors

Screen Brightness Sensor

This sensor will report the screen brightness value as its state. An attribute also exists if the screen is currently using automatic brightness mode or not. This sensor makes use of the Settings.System API.

Screen Off Timeout Sensor

This sensor will report the screen off timeout value as its state, in milliseconds. This sensor makes use of the Settings.System API.

Screen Orientation Sensor

This sensor reports the screen's orientation, when the screen is on and the orientation changes this sensor will update immediately. This sensor uses the Orientation API.

Screen Rotation Sensor

This sensor reports the degrees of rotation relative to the device's "natural" orientation. This sensor will only update for following rotation angles: 0, 90, 180 & 270. This sensor uses the Rotation API.

Dynamic Color Sensor

Only available on devices with support for Material 3 Dynamic color.

This sensors state will be a hexadecimal color value for the accent color used in the current device theme. Dynamic color can either be derived from the wallpaper or chosen by the user. An attribute also exists for rgb_color in case you wanted to use this color in an automation for the light.turn_on service call. This sensor uses the Dynamic Colors API.

Do Not Disturb Sensor

6+ only
This sensor will represent the state of Do Not Disturb (DND) on the device. The functionality of DND depends on the version of Android. Possible state values are off, priority_only, total_silence, alarms_only, unavailable or unknown. Not all states will show up on all versions of Android, for example a Pixel 4 XL will only show off or priority_only. If you never used DND you may see unavailable until you change the setting on your device. This sensor will update as soon as the state of DND changes. This sensor uses the NotificationManager API which is only available on Android 6+ devices.

Doze Sensor

This sensor is only available on devices running Android 6.0+. The state will reflect whether or not the device is in doze mode. The state will update immediately upon a state change and data is provided by PowerManager. There is one attribute ignoring_battery_optimizations which will show true or false if the Companion app is ignoring battery optimizations. If you are curious about how the state actually changes you may test it by following these outlined steps.

Frontmost App Sensor

This sensor updates immediately when the frontmost app changes.

Attribute	Description
Bundle Identifier	The bundle identifier of the app. For example, io.home-assistant.example.
Is Hidden	Whether the application is hidden.
Launch Date	The date (in ISO 8601, RFC 3339 format) the app was launched. For example, 2021-01-06T22:17:30-08:00.
Owns Menu Bar	Whether the application "owns" the menu bar. For example, a menu-bar-only app will not change the contents of the menu bar, even when it is frontmost it is not necessarily as primary.

Geocoded Location Sensor

The geocoded location sensor provides a user-friendly description of a users current location coordinates, often containing the name of the place, its address, and other relevant information. This sensor reports many detailed attributes allowing you to create useful template sensors.

Geocoding is handled directly by iOS's MapKit and Core Location services. In Android geocoding is handled by the internal Geocoder.

Attribute	Description
Location	The latitude and longitude coordinates of the placemark.
Name	The name of the placemark. only and
Country	The name of the country associated with the placemark.
ISOCountryCode	The abbreviated country name.
TimeZone	The time zone associated with the placemark. only
AdministrativeArea	The state or province associated with the placemark.
SubAdministrativeArea	Additional administrative area information for the placemark.
PostalCode	The postal code associated with the placemark.
Locality	The city associated with the placemark.
SubLocality	Additional city-level information for the placemark.
Thoroughfare	The street address associated with the placemark.
SubThoroughfare	Additional street-level information for the placemark.
AreasOfInterest	The relevant areas of interest associated with the placemark. only
Ocean	The name of the ocean associated with the placemark. only
InlandWater	The name of the inland water body associated with the placemark. only
phone	The phone number for the placemark, if available.
premises	The premises for the placemark, if available.
url	The URL for the placemark, if available.

Android users will have a sensor setting for the minimum required accuracy, that defaults to 200m. Users may adjust this to fit their own needs if they find inaccurate reports or not enough reports. This sensor requires either Background Location or Fine Location permissions, depending on what version of Android you run. All attributes will be lowercase and all spaces are replaced with an underscore. The sensor will only send an update if it is accurate and recent. The sensor will also update with location updates if location tracking is enabled. A setting also exists to keep the sensor up to date with location updates, by default this is turned off.

and users will have a sensor setting for whether to use the name of an active Zone if present instead of the geocoded state, defaulting to not using it.

Health Connect Sensors

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These sensors are temporarily not available while awaiting approval by Google of Health Connect access for the Home Assistant Companion app

BETA • 9+, only when installed from the Play Store

note

On Android 13 or older, you need to install and set up the Health Connect app to use these sensors.

These sensors will reflect health and fitness data stored by other apps on your device in Health Connect. Unless otherwise noted, only the last 30 days of data is used.

Sensor	Unit	Description
health_connect_active_calories_burned	kilocalories	The last estimate for number of active calories burned, excluding basal metabolic rate (BMR).
health_connect_blood_glucose	milligrams per deciliter	The last recorded blood glucose reading.
health_connect_body_fat	percent	The last recorded body fat percentage.
health_connect_distance	meters	Total distance traveled since midnight.
health_connect_elevation_gained	meters	Total elevation gained since midnight.
health_connect_floors_climbed	floors	Total floors climbed since midnight.
health_connect_heart_rate	beats per minute	The last recorded heart rate.
health_connect_sleep_duration	minutes	The last recorded sleep duration.
health_connect_steps	steps	Total steps taken since midnight.
health_connect_total_calories_burned	kilocalories	Total amount of calories burned since midnight, including active & basal energy burned (BMR).
health_connect_weight	grams	The last recorded weight.

High Accuracy Mode

This sensors state will reflect if the device has high accuracy mode currently enabled or not. This sensor will update as soon as the state of high accuracy mode changes, the sensor will not appear until high accuracy mode is enabled for the first time.

High Accuracy Update Interval

This sensors state will reflect the update interval for the device in seconds for high accuracy mode. This sensor will update as soon as the value changes either manually or by the notification command.

Interactive Sensor

This sensors state will reflect if the device is in an interactive state. This is typically when the screen comes on and off but may vary from device to device. This sensor will update as soon state changes are detected, data is provided by PowerManager.

Using the History Stats Integration, it is possible to monitor both the daily screen time type: time as well as the amount of times the screen has been turned on that day type: count.

Keyguard Sensors

These sensors will reflect various states from the Keyguard Manager. You will be able to determine if the device is actively locked, has a password setup or even if the device requires a password to unlock. These sensors will update with the periodic sensor interval.

Last Reboot Sensor

This sensors state will be the date and time of the last reboot from the device in UTC format. The sensor will update during the normal sensor update interval. The state will be unavailable if the timestamp cannot be determined. This sensor uses the SystemClock and current System time to calculate the timestamp. This sensor offers a deadband setting, that defaults to 1 minute, to account for time calculation issues seen over certain carriers.

Attribute	Description
Local Time	The date and time of the last reboot in local time.
Time in Milliseconds	The time date and time of the last reboot in milliseconds.

Last Update Trigger Sensor

For android this sensors state will reflect the intent of the most recent update sent. Additionally the sensor offers settings to allow the user to receive app events from other Android apps that broadcast an intent. Users can register for as many intents as they like, an event will be sent to Home Assistant once the intent has been received. Once you save an intent be sure to restart the application to register for the intent.

If you notice an intent you registered for in settings is no longer being triggered by the app then you will need to add categories that the intent is expecting. You can add categories after the intent by editing the setting for the intent and adding a , followed by the category. If more than 1 category is required then you will need to add each category followed by a , until there are no more categories to add. For example if your intent requires 2 categories the format will be: intent,category1,category2. After saving the intent and category make sure to restart the application.

This sensor displays exactly what caused the last update of location and sensor data from the device to Home Assistant.

State	Description
Manual	A manual update is triggered when the user pulls to refresh.
Launch	Sensors are updated upon initial app launch.
Periodic	Updates periodically according to your settings in Configuration -> Companion App -> Sensors.
Significant Location Change	Triggers when there has been a significant change in the device’s location, such as 500 meters or more. See location for additional details.
Geographic Region Entered	Triggered when entering any user-specified Home Assistant zone (also known as geofencing).
Geographic Region Exited	Triggered when exiting any user-specified Home Assistant zone (also known as geofencing).
Push Notification	Requesting location updates via push notification.
Background Fetch	When the app refreshes sensor information in the background.
Siri	Location updates triggered via the Siri Shortcuts "Send Location" shortcut.
iBeacon Region Entered	Triggered when an iBeacon is seen that corresponds to a known zone.
Registration	Triggered once when the app is first connected to your Home Assistant instance.
Signaled	Triggered when the app detects a change, such as battery state changes, while running.

Last Used App Sensor

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The state of the sensor will always be the package name of the last used application to ensure it is always a unique value. The label of the application will be an attribute of the sensor, if it is known. This sensor updates during the normal sensor update interval and makes use of UsageStatsManager API.

Light Sensor

This sensor will reflect the current level of illuminance the device detects. The sensor updates during the normal sensor update interval or with the other sensor updates and makes use of Environment Sensors.

Mobile Data Sensors

Several different sensors around the state of mobile data. These sensors make use of Settings.Global and TelephonyManager to get the mobile data states.

Sensor	Description
mobile_data	Whether or not mobile data is turned on for the device.
mobile_data_roaming	Whether or not mobile data roaming is turned on for the device.

Next Alarm Sensor

This sensors state will be the date and time of the next alarm in UTC format. The sensor will update as soon as the next alarm is scheduled. The state will be unavailable when there is no next alarm. This sensor makes use of AlarmManager to get the next scheduled alarm which can be set by any app at any time. This sensor has settings that will let you create an allow list by selecting the packages you want to get alarm events from, just keep in mind the API is only able to get the next scheduled alarm. This setting is turned off by default.

Attribute	Description
Local Time	The date and time of the next alarm in local time.
Package	The package that scheduled the next alarm.
Time in Milliseconds	The time date and time of the next alarm in milliseconds.

NFC State Sensor

This sensors state will reflect if the device has its NFC sensor currently enabled or not. This sensor will update as soon state changes are detected. Data is provided by NfcAdapter.

Notification Sensors

Note: Sensors with Allow Lists will not appear as new entities in Home Assistant until one of the allowed apps receives a new notification.

Last Notification

This sensor will reflect the last notification posted on the device. This sensor requires a special permission that the app will take the user to so they can grant access to notifications. This sensors state will default to the text of the notification or if not available the posting package name. This sensor offers a setting for an Allow List to let the user select which packages they wish to get notification data from, notifications sent by Home Assistant are always ignored. You need to either create an allow list or enable the setting to "Disable Allow List Requirement". Keep in mind without an allow list this sensor has the potential to drain a lot of battery. We highly recommend creating an allow list over disabling this requirement. This can be very useful to integrate any app that sends a notification but does not offer direct integration (ex: food delivery apps or 2FA SMS codes). There are several attributes a user can expect to see, although not all attributes will contain data. This sensor makes use of the NotificationListenerService API. More details on each attribute can be found in the Notification Extras.

Last Removed Notification

This sensor is similar to Last Notification except that it will update when a notification has been removed from the device, either by the user or an application. You can expect to see similar attributes for this sensor, some of which are outlined below. This sensor requires the same permission as mentioned up above. This sensor also has an allow list that functions similar to Last Notification.

Active Notification Count

This sensor will reflect the total active notifications on the device. This count will include notifications that are persistent and/or silent. At times it may even include the Sensor Worker notification. This sensor will update whenever any of the other sensors have an update. This sensor requires the same permissions as mentioned in Last Notification. There is no allow list for this sensor.

Below you can find some details that can be given with some notifications. These will be provided as attributes unless you disable the corresponding sensor setting.

Attribute	Description
android.appInfo	App Info that contains the package name.
android.infoText	Text that is informative to the notification.
android.largeIcon	The large icon of the notification.
android.progress	The progress of the notification, if it has a progress bar.
android.progressIndeterminate	Whether or not the progress can be determined.
android.progressMax	The max position of the progress (ex: 100 for 100%).
android.reduced.images	If images on the notification were reduced.
android.remoteInputHistory	The most recent input for the notification.
android.showChronometer	If the chronometer is shown.
android.showWhen	If the notification should be shown at a specific time.
android.subText	The subtitle of the notification.
android.text	The text of the notification.
android.title	The title of the notification.
is_clearable	If the notification can be cleared.
is_ongoing	If the notification is persistent on the device.
package	The package that posted the notification.
post_time	The time the notification was posted on the device.
channel_id	The ID of the channel the notification posted to. This attribute is only available on Android 8+.
group_id	The ID of the group the notification posted to.
category	The category that the notification defined.

Media Session Sensor

This sensor requires notification permissions in order to be enabled and send data. The state will be the playback state of the primary media session. If no media sessions are active then the state will be unavailable. Attributes will include a total count of active sessions and media data from all active sessions separated by package name. This sensor will update during the normal sensor update interval. To get the most out of this sensor we recommend using Last Notification to hook into your media apps to send faster updates. This sensor uses the MediaController and MediaSessionManager APIs to get the data.

Pedometer Sensors

The pedometer sensors provide step-counting data from the device\'s built-in motion processor. They keep a tally of your daily on-foot activity, and reset at midnight. These sensors require motion permissions to be enabled.

Sensor	Description
sensor.steps	The number of steps taken by the user.
sensor.distance	The estimated distance (in meters) traveled by the user.
sensor.average_active_pace	The average pace of the user, measured in seconds per meter.
sensor.floors_ascended	The approximate number of floors ascended by walking.
sensor.floors_descended	The approximate number of floors descended by walking.

Android users will only have a sensor.steps entity which will represent the total number of steps taken since the last device reboot. A recommended approach to getting your daily step count is to use the Utility Meter integration with cycle: daily. This sensor will update during the normal sensor update interval and makes use of the Motion Sensor. This sensor requires the Activity Recognition permission.

Phone Sensors

Data Network Type Sensor

The radio technology (network type) provided by the SIM slot for data transmission. Data is provided by TelephonyManager.

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Not all 5G networks are created equally, therefore some networks may identify as LTE

Phone State Sensor

This sensor will only show up if a user explicitly grants the Phone permission for the app in your device\'s App Info screen. The only data tracked for this sensor are the following states: idle, ringing, offhook. This sensor will update anytime a phone state change is detected and makes use of TelephonyManager. This sensor requires the Read Phone State permission.

Signal Strengh Sensor

A sensor that represents the cellular signal strength in dBm provided by the SIM slot. Attributes will exist for signal quality and also Arbritary Strength Units. Due to power saving this data may not always be current. Data is provided by TelephonyManager.

Power Save Sensor

This sensor will show the state of power save mode on the device. Depending on the device this is usually a user configurable option to indicate when the device should enter a special power saving mode. The state will update as soon as a state change is detected and the sensor makes use of PowerManager.

Pressure Sensor

This sensor will show the current pressure reading from the device. This sensor will update during the normal sensor update interval and makes use of Environment Sensors.

Proximity Sensor

This sensor will show the current proximity reading from the device. This sensor will update during the normal sensor update interval. Not all devices report an actual reading so those devices will show either near or far depending if the sensors maximum range is 5. This sensor makes use of Position Sensors.

Public IP Sensor

This sensor uses the ipify API in order to determine the device\'s public IP address. This sensor will update during the normal sensor update interval.

Storage Sensor

This sensor displays information on the device storage. The file sizes reported are in Base-10.

Attribute	Description
Available	The amount of available storage remaining on your device.
Available (Important)	The volume’s available capacity in bytes for storing important resources.
Available (Opportunistic)	The volume’s available capacity in bytes for storing nonessential resources.
Total	The total storage capacity of your device.

For Android the behavior is slightly different due to the differences in the 2 operating systems. The state will be the same as iOS where we show the percentage of free space, the attributes will not be identical. These sensors will update during the normal sensor update interval, calculations are done with the help of StatFs.

sensor.internal_storage

Attribute	Description
Free internal storage	The amount of free internal storage space remaining on your device.
Total internal storage	The total internal storage capacity of your device.

sensor.external_storage

Attribute	Description
Free external storage	The amount of free external storage remaining on your SD card, for devices without a SD card it will reflect No SD Card.
Total external storage	The total external storage of your SD card, for devices without a SD card it will reflect No SD Card.

Traffic Stats Sensor

These sensors will show the total data transmitted and received by the device. There are both total and mobile sensors to use and the statistics reset on device reboot. These sensors use the Traffic Stats API.

Work Profile Sensor

This sensor will be on if the device's work profile has been enabled, otherwise it will be off. This sensor makes use of the Device Policy Manager API.