github homebridge-plugins/homebridge-eufy v5.0.0-beta.28

pre-releaseone hour ago

Caution

READ THIS BEFORE UPDATING

This is not an update to the plugin you already have. It is a new plugin that replaces it.

1. Check your Homebridge and Node versions first

You need Homebridge 2 and Node.js 24.5.0 or newer. On anything older this plugin simply will
not start.

2. Your current cameras and sensors will not carry over

The new plugin creates its own accessories in the Home app. The ones you have now stay behind as
"not responding" and you delete them yourself.

3. You will have to redo your rooms, names and automations

Once. Any automation using a eufy camera, sensor, lock or light will need to be pointed at the new
accessory. Take a screenshot of your automations before you start.

4. Your existing eufy settings are not reused

You set the plugin up again from scratch: log in, and configure it in the Homebridge UI.

5. Back up before you touch anything

In the Homebridge UI: Backup / Restore → Download Backup.

6. If your home depends on this working, wait a little

Version 4.7.2 still works today and is not going anywhere. Try this beta somewhere a camera going
dark is annoying rather than a problem.

But read the next point before deciding to stay on it.

7. Version 4.x is no longer being worked on

All maintenance from here goes to 5.x only. No fixes, no new devices, no eufy changes followed on
4.x — it is frozen at 4.7.2 and stays installable, nothing more. If eufy changes something on their
side that breaks 4.x, it will not be repaired.

So staying on 4.x is fine for now, and it is not a long-term plan.

Fixed

  • One base station not answering at start no longer shows a "check network" warning for your whole account. Only the cameras behind that station report it.
  • A snapshot from a base station that cannot be reached now says so, with the same advice as live view.
  • Changing the HomeBase mode no longer leaves a false error in the log about 20 seconds later.
  • A dual camera behind a HomeBase keeps its split view when motion starts, instead of switching to picture-in-picture.

Please test

  • Motion from eufyCam 3 behind a HomeBase 3: if you were affected, tell us whether motion now reaches Home (#1114).

Still open

  • No streaming from an S1 Pro base (#1089).
  • Some standalone doorbells never connect, so no live view or snapshot (#1124, #1141).
  • On some setups the Home app never shows the live view, though snapshots work (#1140).
  • No live sound on some indoor cameras (#1149, #1150).
  • The HomeBase siren is not in HomeKit yet (#1129).

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