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ollo69/ha-smartthinq-sensors
HomeAssistant custom integration for SmartThinQ LG devices
A Home Assistant custom integration for controlling LG ThinQ smart appliances — washers, dryers, ACs, fridges, and more. It reverse-engineers LG's unofficial API to expose device state and controls as HA entities. For anyone with LG appliances who wants real automations beyond what the official app offers.
The device coverage is genuinely wide — 14 device types with per-model attribute mapping, not just on/off. The wideq abstraction layer is well-separated from the HA plumbing, making it easier to add new device types without touching integration boilerplate. HACS support means zero-friction install for the target audience. The polling interval is now configurable, which matters because LG actively blocks abusive callers — the maintainer shipped a real fix rather than pretending the problem doesn't exist.
LG is actively rate-limiting and blocking this API, and the README says outright they may tighten restrictions further — you're building automations on a foundation that the vendor is trying to remove. Social login accounts simply don't work, which will silently bite a large fraction of new users before they read the fine print. The attribute list is self-admittedly model-specific and incomplete ('values may differ for yours'), meaning you might get half your sensor data depending on which LG washer you own. The test suite covers only config flow; there's no testing of device parsing logic, so model-specific regressions ship silently.