On 27 October the Home Assistant team added Everything Smart Home to its Works with Home Assistant program. The certified devices are the company's three mmWave presence sensors: the Everything Presence Lite, One and Pro. All three run ESPHome and work without a cloud account.

Who is behind it

Everything Smart Home started as a YouTube channel that Lewis Barclay, based in the UK, launched in 2020. He is known for monthly recaps of Home Assistant releases. In 2022 the channel was one of the first members of the Home Assistant Creator Network, and the same year Lewis and his father Dave, an electrical engineer, opened a shop called Everything Smart Technology. The Everything Presence range came out of Lewis wanting sensors with features he couldn't find elsewhere. The sensor code is public on GitHub, and users send in fixes and features there.

The three sensors

A PIR motion sensor stops seeing you once you sit still. These sensors use mmWave radar, which the Home Assistant post says picks up movement as small as breathing. The One and Pro add PIR, so they also react the moment someone walks in. All three also work as Bluetooth proxies for Home Assistant.

  • Everything Presence Lite is the cheaper model. It tracks up to three people across four zones that you define yourself.
  • Everything Presence One combines mmWave, PIR, temperature, humidity and light sensing in one device.
  • Everything Presence Pro has two radars, one for long-range static presence and one for tracking several people, plus PIR and a light sensor. It is the newest model and the only one with wired Ethernet and 802.3af PoE, so one cable carries power and data and it can go in a ceiling like an access point or a camera.

All three carry the Made for ESPHome badge. That means ESPHome runs on them out of the box, you can control them fully without opening the case or soldering, and the code is published.

What certification means here

The Home Assistant team tested the sensors for local control, privacy and long-term support, and Everything Smart Home committed to firmware updates for all three. Testing was done over Wi-Fi. The post says another setup, such as a wired Pro, is not a problem, but Wi-Fi is how the team certifies devices. Remote access is optional and goes through Home Assistant Link, the new name for Home Assistant Cloud.

This is the second Works with Home Assistant partner announced in October, after LEDVANCE. The team says more Everything Smart Home devices may be added later, but it didn't name any.