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Control Govee devices from Home Assistant using a Govee Home account, the Developer API, and supported local connections.

Description from Kosztyk/govee_native

Shows in Vulpo

Light card, Quick Toggle card, Climate card, Fan card, Apple Watch, Control Center, Climate Live Activity.

Supports

  • Uses the vendor's cloudNeeds an internet connection and an account with the vendor.
  • From the MarketplaceInstalled through the Marketplace, formerly HACS.
  • Actively maintainedIts author released or pushed a change in the last six months.

Provides

  • Lights
  • Climate
  • Humidifiers
  • Fans
  • Switches
  • Sensors

Setting it up

Install it from the Marketplace and restart Home Assistant, then add it under Settings, Devices and services.

Govee Native — Android account

  • Govee Home account email
  • Govee account password
  • Optional Govee Developer API key

Verify Govee Home account

  • Email verification code

Also asked when signing in again.

Reconnect Govee Home account

  • Govee account password
  • Developer API key (optional)

After setup

  • Cloud polling interval (seconds)
  • Use private AWS IoT MQTT (Govee app account)
  • Read Android app catalogs
  • Enable local LAN control
  • Enable official Developer API events
  • Allow advanced private-app write methods (experimental)
  • Enable direct Bluetooth control (H6199 / H1270)
  • Prefer Bluetooth before LAN and cloud
  • Set a Bluetooth address for a supported light
  • H6199 firmware protocol profile
  • Developer API read budget per day (control keeps a reserve)
  • Configure segment controls for devices
  • Light
  • Bluetooth MAC address (AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF)
  • Devices
  • Segment controls

Texts from the code of Kosztyk/govee_native.

Troubleshooting

  • DiagnosticsDownloads a diagnostics file to attach to a bug report.

From the README

Control Govee devices from Home Assistant using a Govee Home account, the Developer API, and supported local connections.

This is a community custom integration. It discovers the capabilities available for your devices and creates the matching Home Assistant controls and sensors. You can use those entities in dashboards, scenes, scripts and automations.

From the README of Kosztyk/govee_native, MIT License. Shortened.

Information

Installs
65 sharing analytics
GitHub stars
1
Connection
Uses the vendor's cloud
Upkeep
Updated in the last 6 months
Version
v0.5.2,
Category
Lighting, LED strips and controllers
Kind
Marketplace integration
Brand
Govee
Needs
Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older)
Domain
govee_native

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