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layout: page
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title: "Adding devices to Home Assistant"
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description: "Steps to help you get your devices in Home Assistant."
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date: 2015-09-19 09:40
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sidebar: false
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comments: false
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sharing: true
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footer: true
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---
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Home Assistant will be able to automatically discover and configure any Google Chromecasts, Netgear
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routers, Belkin WeMo switches, Philips Hue bridges and Sonos speakers in your network if you have
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[the discovery component]({{site_root}}/components/discovery.html) enabled (which is by default).
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See the [components overview page](/components/) to find installation instructions for your devices
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and services.
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To get the most out of automation, it is useful to setup the following things:
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* [Presence Detection](/components/#presence)
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* [Notification service](/components/#notify-service)
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If you can't find support for your favorite device or service,
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[consider adding support](/developers/add_new_platform.html)
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### {% linkable_title Grouping devices %}
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Once you get a bunch of devices set up, it is time to organize them. This can be done using groups.
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Each group exists of a name and a list of entity IDs. Entity IDs can be retrieved from the web interface
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by using the Set State page in the Developer Tools (icon in the middle).
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```yaml
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# Example configuration.yaml entry
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group:
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living_room: light.table_lamp, switch.ac
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bedroom:
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- light.bedroom
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- media_player.nexus_player
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```
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### {% linkable_title Customizing devices and services %}
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By default, all of your devices will be visible and have a default icon determined by their domain.
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You may find it desireable to customize the look and feel of your front page by altering some
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of these parameters. This can be done by adding the following config to the `homeassistant:` section.
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```yaml
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# Example configuration.yaml entry
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homeassistant:
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# Add this to your existing configuration
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customize:
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some.entity_id:
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hidden: true
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entity_picture: http://placehold.it/200x200
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friendly_name: My better name
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```
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###[Next step: Setting up automation »](/getting-started/automation.html)
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