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ha_release: 0.27
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This tracker discovers new devices on boot and in regular intervals and tracks bluetooth low-energy devices periodically based on interval_seconds value. It is not required to pair the devices with each other!
<p class='note warning'>
We have received <a href='https://github.com/home-assistant/home-assistant/issues/4442'>numerous reports</a> that this integration will have a big impact on the performance of the server.
</p>
This tracker discovers new devices on boot and in regular intervals and tracks bluetooth low-energy devices periodically based on interval_seconds value. It is not required to pair the devices with each other.
Devices discovered are stored with 'BLE_' as the prefix for device mac addresses in `known_devices.yaml`.
This platform requires pybluez to be installed. On Debian based installs, run `sudo apt install bluetooth libbluetooth-dev pkg-config libboost-python-dev libboost-thread-dev libglib2.0-dev python-dev`
This platform requires pybluez to be installed. On Debian based installs, run
```bash
$ sudo apt install bluetooth libbluetooth-dev pkg-config libboost-python-dev libboost-thread-dev libglib2.0-dev python-dev
```
Before you get started with this platform, please note that:
- This platform is incompatible with Windows
- This platform requires root privileges
- Don't use on a Raspberry Pi. It will become unusable slow when using this platform.
To use the Bluetooth tracker in your installation, add the following to your `configuration.yaml` file: