# Value of Home Assistant with Homey **URL:** \ **Category:** Devices\ **Tags:** homey-pro, homey-bridge\ **Created:** [November 18, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/value-of-home-assistant-with-homey/95020 "2023-11-18T18:58:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dan\_Melideo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dan_melideo/32/58183_2.png) [@Dan\_Melideo](https://community.homey.app/u/Dan_Melideo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/value-of-home-assistant-with-homey/95020/1 "2023-11-18T18:58:05Z")
About a year ago I ordered a Homey Bridge and trial access with the intent to connect it with Home Assistant as many of my devices were not listed within Homey Apps. I was unable to connect HA with assistance from support and that of others. I stopped trying, but still have a desire to overcome this hurdle. I do have Nabu Casa external access as well (for integration clarity). My ultimate goal is to use the simplified and probably more robust Homey Flow for automations. I have two questions: 1. Does HA enhance the capability of Homey? Example: ability to use/integrate devices not yet recognized in the App store? 2. Has the integration of HA become easier with the new Homey Pro? Thank you Dan ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 1:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/value-of-home-assistant-with-homey/95020/2 "2023-11-19T01:18:40Z")
All in here. But you just never responded, Dan… > [@Enabling Home Assistant on Homey Bridge](https://community.homey.app/t/enabling-home-assistant-on-homey-bridge/77858/2): > > Make sure you use the same IP address as your remote connection to your HA system It’s in HA Companion app server settings: On Homey: Very likely you should use https:// Hit “http://” to pick https:// Now enter the remote IP address from HA: Adjust the port number if applicable How to ebable HA remote access: (Curious what support advised you wink ) ---
**Author:** ![JB2K](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jb2k/32/134070_2.png) [@JB2K](https://community.homey.app/u/JB2K)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 9:30am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/value-of-home-assistant-with-homey/95020/3 "2023-11-19T09:30:52Z")
- Homey bridge only has the official Home Assistant App and that is trash so the bridge is trash - Homey Pro can use the community plugin that actually works so you should use that ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Melideo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dan_melideo/32/58183_2.png) [@Dan\_Melideo](https://community.homey.app/u/Dan_Melideo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/value-of-home-assistant-with-homey/95020/4 "2023-11-19T18:23:40Z")
Thank you Peter. Apologies, would guess you responded as I had to take a pause. I did try what you illustrated without success, Received similar feedback from Homey support as well. My trial with the Bridge was to test with HA and ability to find/use devices not supported by Homey at this time. Now that Homey Pro has been released, I am more interested in understanding ability and value of using HA with Homey and possibly not use HA if the majority of my devices are recognized. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Melideo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dan_melideo/32/58183_2.png) [@Dan\_Melideo](https://community.homey.app/u/Dan_Melideo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/value-of-home-assistant-with-homey/95020/5 "2023-11-19T18:26:18Z")
Thank you JB2K, if you use both, have you found that connecting to HA is of value with Homey Pro and more importantly, does the ability to connect with HA give you the ability to connect to devices on HA but not yet supported directly with Homey Pro? ---
**Author:** ![JB2K](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jb2k/32/134070_2.png) [@JB2K](https://community.homey.app/u/JB2K)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/value-of-home-assistant-with-homey/95020/6 "2023-11-19T19:48:04Z")
I have around 100 devices connected trough Home Assistant and only use the Home Assistant app for connecting to devices. Tesla, Hue, LG, Sonos etc… ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Melideo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dan_melideo/32/58183_2.png) [@Dan\_Melideo](https://community.homey.app/u/Dan_Melideo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/value-of-home-assistant-with-homey/95020/7 "2023-11-19T20:20:22Z")
Thank you. Does this mean you can access non-Homey supported devices and use the Flow process for them? Appreciate the feedback. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/value-of-home-assistant-with-homey/95020/8 "2023-11-20T00:32:54Z")
Exactly. You can add non-Homey supported HA devices to Homey, like any other device. And use it in flows like any other device. This is possible while the Home Assistant Community app ‘converts’ the installed devices into Homey supported devices / capabilities. ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Melideo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dan_melideo/32/58183_2.png) [@Dan\_Melideo](https://community.homey.app/u/Dan_Melideo)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/value-of-home-assistant-with-homey/95020/9 "2023-11-20T14:31:33Z")
Thank you Peter and JB2K, based on your timely and clear feedback, I ordered a Homey Pro last night. Can’t wait. Thanks again. ---
**Author:** ![RonnyW](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ronnyw/32/10879_2.png) [@RonnyW](https://community.homey.app/u/RonnyW)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2023, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/value-of-home-assistant-with-homey/95020/10 "2023-11-20T19:54:06Z")
For further questions about the HomeAssistant Community app, just use this thread: > [@\[APP\]\[Pro\] Home Assistant - Community App](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-home-assistant-community-app/71477): > > Home Assistant - Community App [[large]](https://homey.app/a/io.home-assistant.community/) Happy with this app? Thank you for supporting community app development with a small donation via PayPal (send to friends). [[btn\_donate\_LG1] ](https://paypal.me/winklerronny) This Homey app adds support for many devices, scripts & scenes of your Home Assistant installation. Currently the following device types are supported: Switches Buttons Lights Sensors and Binary Sensors Media Players Climate Presence Scenes Scripts Compound (combined & customizable devi… Start with adding your first device and follow the pair instructions (set the URL and HA token). Then select a device you want to add. For advanxed settings add the "Custom device and add your HA entities one by one. This way you can group HA entities into one device. So have a good start with your Homey… and btw. The Homey Pro supports much more apps and devices than the bridge. Don’t forget to search the app store 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Melideo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dan_melideo/32/58183_2.png) [@Dan\_Melideo](https://community.homey.app/u/Dan_Melideo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/value-of-home-assistant-with-homey/95020/11 "2023-12-09T22:32:48Z")
Thank you Ronny, I am on my journey ---
**Author:** ![Dan\_Melideo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dan_melideo/32/58183_2.png) [@Dan\_Melideo](https://community.homey.app/u/Dan_Melideo)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/value-of-home-assistant-with-homey/95020/12 "2023-12-09T22:36:23Z")
Hello, just following up, because of your responses, I did purchase a Homey Pro and am very happy so far. Slowly adding devices with a few glitches but very nice so far. Waited a year after unsuccessfully trying to use a Homey Bridge as a proof of concept. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![Jurek\_Chlebowski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jurek_chlebowski/32/111461_2.png) [@Jurek\_Chlebowski](https://community.homey.app/u/Jurek_Chlebowski)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/value-of-home-assistant-with-homey/95020/13 "2024-08-30T14:31:26Z")
My question is slightly reversed. Can you use Homey as main gate and HA for devices not supported by Homey and add Homey devices/flows to HA in order to create HA dashboard? I searched thru the web but nothing particular answering this question… TIA J. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/value-of-home-assistant-with-homey/95020/14 "2024-08-30T14:34:55Z")
This is, imho, exactly what you’re looking for: > [@\[TUTORIAL\]\[PRO\] How to integrate Home Assistant with Homey Pro and v.v](https://community.homey.app/t/tutorial-pro-how-to-integrate-home-assistant-with-homey/92641): > > → Nederlandstalige versie → [klik hier](https://community.homey.app/t/tutorial-pro-home-assistant-integreren-met-homey/77587) → Tutorial with examples of setting up HA from scratch, extended with zwave as example → [click me](https://community.homey.app/t/honeywell-t6-pro-zwave-help/114693/5) It is not very easy to connect Home Assistant (or HA) with Homey Pro when you are new to it, hence this comprehensive guide. You can make it work! (At least I hope so grin ) When I forgot something, or something is wrong: feel free to point it out. By default, all Homey devices are available @ HA after a successful connection using MQTT; BUT you ne… ---
**Author:** ![Jurek\_Chlebowski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jurek_chlebowski/32/111461_2.png) [@Jurek\_Chlebowski](https://community.homey.app/u/Jurek_Chlebowski)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/value-of-home-assistant-with-homey/95020/15 "2024-08-30T15:41:16Z")
Hi Peter, You are incredible. It is like google/wikipedia/reddit/etc all in one person… You are really inspiring and get me to give it a second try. Many thanks. Have loads of work/learning in front of me. Best, J. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/value-of-home-assistant-with-homey/95020/16 "2024-08-30T17:12:04Z")
Thanks, you’re too kind. I use [duckduckgo.com](http://duckduckgo.com) searches often 😉 I hope the tutorial gets you going! ---
**Author:** ![Jurek\_Chlebowski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jurek_chlebowski/32/111461_2.png) [@Jurek\_Chlebowski](https://community.homey.app/u/Jurek_Chlebowski)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/value-of-home-assistant-with-homey/95020/17 "2024-08-30T17:17:17Z")
Will get to it asa my new HA green comes. Thanks again, I will try not bother you but in case of impossible struggle will try to reach out… 🙂 Have a great we. Best J. ---
**Author:** ![Jurek\_Chlebowski](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jurek_chlebowski/32/111461_2.png) [@Jurek\_Chlebowski](https://community.homey.app/u/Jurek_Chlebowski)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/value-of-home-assistant-with-homey/95020/18 "2024-10-05T16:53:07Z")
Hi Peter, just wanted to thank you again for thie tutorial and your kind help. Thanks to the link btw HP and HA my automations and basically everyrthing I needed to achieve has been acomplished… Now I just work on improvements and try to limit myself from buying unnecessary hrdwr that I still could put in my place 😂 Many thanks again!!! Cheers J.