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Sensors are gathering information about states and conditions.
Home Assistant currently supports a wide range of sensors. They are able to display information which are provides by Home Assistant directly, are gathered from web services, and, of course, physical devices.
{% linkable_title Device Class %}
The way these sensors are displayed in the frontend can be modified in the customize section. The following device classes are supported for sensors:
- None: Generic sensor. This is the default and doesn't need to be set.
- battery: Percentage of battery that is left.
- humidity: Percentage of humidity in the air.
- illuminance: The current light level in lx or lm.
- signal_strength: Signal strength in dB or dBm.
- temperature: Temperature in °C or °F.
- power: Power in W or kW.
- pressure: Pressure in hPa or mbar.
- timestamp: Datetime object or timestamp string.
Example of various device class icons for sensors.