Everything Smart Home joins Works with Home Assistant with ESPHome-based presence sensors

Everything Smart Home, a UK-based family business founded by Home Assistant community member Lewis Barclay and his father Dave, has joined the Works with Home Assistant program with its Everything Presence sensor line. The Lite, One, and Pro models all run ESPHome firmware out of the box, communicate directly with Home Assistant over local network without cloud dependency, and carry the Made for ESPHome badge guaranteeing open-source code availability and case-free configurability.

The certification covers three tiers: the budget-friendly Lite with single mmWave radar and four-zone tracking; the mid-range One combining mmWave, PIR, temperature, humidity, and light sensing; and the Pro with dual mmWave radars, PIR, light sensing, and 802.3af PoE plus Ethernet for ceiling-mount professional installations. All three function as Bluetooth proxies to extend Home Assistant's wireless range.

ESPHome architecture and sensor capabilities

• ESPHome firmware stack: All three sensors run ESPHome natively, enabling direct local network communication with Home Assistant without cloud intermediaries or proprietary bridges.
• mmWave radar core: Each sensor uses millimeter-wave radar capable of detecting sub-breathing-level motion, addressing PIR-only sensors' failure mode with stationary occupants.
• Hybrid sensing in One and Pro: The mid-tier and professional models pair mmWave with traditional PIR for immediate walk-in response while maintaining presence detection during stillness.
• Pro networking: The Everything Presence Pro adds 802.3af Power over Ethernet alongside standard Ethernet, enabling single-cable ceiling-mount deployment with wired reliability.
• Bluetooth proxy function: All three certified devices extend Home Assistant's Bluetooth coverage area by acting as distributed proxy nodes.

Why it matters

This certification reinforces ESPHome as a viable foundation for commercial open-hardware products, demonstrating that community-born projects can graduate to supported ecosystem partners while maintaining source code availability. For Home Assistant users, the expansion of locally-controlled, code-auditable sensor options reduces dependency on cloud-tethered alternatives and provides professional-grade installation paths through PoE support.