Use camera of iPad/iPhone as home assistant camera

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I think it would be a nice feature if we could take a snapshot using the iPad/iPhone's camera which is running the companion app. So we can have automations and actions, like taking a snapshot when someone is disabling the alarm panel

[ZachNagengast]

I would second this, and add that the iphone can be used as a sensor for many things that would be great to have access to e.g. barometer, ambient light, proximity, etc.

[Raphencoder]

Any news regarding this topic ?

[martinljor]

Any news about this?

[ZachNagengast]

I started down this path a little while back and didn't complete the process, might be a good time to revisit but here is the mockup I made

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[sommattlier]

This would be a powerful feature when paired with Frigate. Plus, it would save me from purchasing and installing conspicuous and unsightly camera hardware around my house. What would be the path to getting this implemented in HA? There are surely lots of users with wall-mounted iPads that would utilize this capability.

[ZachNagengast]

It would be cool, this is just a mockup. The hard part is setting up the local rtsp server on the device itself, it would need something like this to work https://github.com/OpenWatch/H264-RTSP-Server-iOS or https://github.com/irons163/H264-RTSP-Server-iOS.