App analysis · 17.10.2026
Home Assistant
io.homeassistant.companion.android · version 2026.8.3-full
In short
SDKs found: 3. Companies: 2, of which outside the EEA — 2. Sensitive permissions: 21 — all code inside the app, including embedded SDKs, can use them.
What is inside — embedded SDKs
- Firebase Cloud Messaging — Google LLC, United States outside EEA push notifications
- Google Firebase Analytics — Google LLC, United States outside EEA analytics
- Sentry — Functional Software Inc., United States outside EEA crash reporting
Sensitive permissions (21)
- background location —
android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION - approximate location —
android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION - precise location —
android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION - make phone calls —
android.permission.CALL_PHONE - camera —
android.permission.CAMERA - foreground service: microphone —
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE - microphone —
android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO - write files on the device —
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - physical activity recognition —
android.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION - physical activity recognition —
com.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION - scan for nearby Bluetooth devices —
android.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCAN - NFC: reading cards, documents and tags —
android.permission.NFC - usage statistics of other apps —
android.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS - list of all installed apps —
android.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES - distance travelled —
android.permission.health.READ_DISTANCE - phone data (carrier, call state) —
android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE - steps —
android.permission.health.READ_STEPS - calories burned —
android.permission.health.READ_TOTAL_CALORIES_BURNED - biometrics (fingerprint, face) —
android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC - fingerprint —
android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT - draw over other apps —
android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
All manifest permissions (74)
android.permission.ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATIONandroid.permission.ACCESS_LOCAL_NETWORKandroid.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATEandroid.permission.ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICYandroid.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATEandroid.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITIONandroid.permission.BLUETOOTHandroid.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMINandroid.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADVERTISEandroid.permission.BLUETOOTH_CONNECTandroid.permission.BLUETOOTH_SCANandroid.permission.CALL_PHONEandroid.permission.CAMERAandroid.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_MULTICAST_STATEandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICEandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNCandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATIONandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONEandroid.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_REMOTE_MESSAGINGandroid.permission.INTERNETandroid.permission.MANAGE_ASSISTANT_AUDIOandroid.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGSandroid.permission.NFCandroid.permission.PACKAGE_USAGE_STATSandroid.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONSandroid.permission.POST_PROMOTED_NOTIFICATIONSandroid.permission.QUERY_ALL_PACKAGESandroid.permission.READ_PHONE_STATEandroid.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETEDandroid.permission.RECORD_AUDIOandroid.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONSandroid.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARMandroid.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOWandroid.permission.USE_BIOMETRICandroid.permission.USE_FINGERPRINTandroid.permission.VIBRATEandroid.permission.WAKE_LOCKandroid.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGEandroid.permission.WRITE_SETTINGSandroid.permission.health.READ_ACTIVE_CALORIES_BURNEDandroid.permission.health.READ_BASAL_BODY_TEMPERATUREandroid.permission.health.READ_BASAL_METABOLIC_RATEandroid.permission.health.READ_BLOOD_GLUCOSEandroid.permission.health.READ_BLOOD_PRESSUREandroid.permission.health.READ_BODY_FATandroid.permission.health.READ_BODY_TEMPERATUREandroid.permission.health.READ_BODY_WATER_MASSandroid.permission.health.READ_BONE_MASSandroid.permission.health.READ_DISTANCEandroid.permission.health.READ_ELEVATION_GAINEDandroid.permission.health.READ_FLOORS_CLIMBEDandroid.permission.health.READ_HEALTH_DATA_IN_BACKGROUNDandroid.permission.health.READ_HEART_RATEandroid.permission.health.READ_HEART_RATE_VARIABILITYandroid.permission.health.READ_HEIGHTandroid.permission.health.READ_HYDRATIONandroid.permission.health.READ_LEAN_BODY_MASSandroid.permission.health.READ_OXYGEN_SATURATIONandroid.permission.health.READ_RESPIRATORY_RATEandroid.permission.health.READ_RESTING_HEART_RATEandroid.permission.health.READ_SLEEPandroid.permission.health.READ_STEPSandroid.permission.health.READ_TOTAL_CALORIES_BURNEDandroid.permission.health.READ_VO2_MAXandroid.permission.health.READ_WEIGHTcom.android.alarm.permission.SET_ALARMcom.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVEcom.google.android.gms.permission.ACTIVITY_RECOGNITIONcom.google.android.gms.permission.CAR_FUELcom.google.android.gms.permission.CAR_MILEAGEcom.google.android.gms.permission.CAR_SPEEDio.homeassistant.companion.android.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Limits of the analysis
The analysis shows code inside the app file, not data transfers: an SDK being present means a transfer is possible, not that it happens. The country is where the company owning the SDK is registered, not where its servers are. Some code may have been renamed at build time, so the SDK list is a lower bound.
The legal assessment is made by the competent supervisory authority.
Evidence
io.homeassistant.companion.android · version 2026.8.3-full (code 24000)f11f7c5094bb57b0dd228cac9e10489fdfc5083598959fc0fed0d1cb4e573d3111194ba809b42ddf0e1a7dec6842a59c7ff1119c5482e95febffd5c6014daa5a13c27d15ac2eThe same file (same SHA-256) with the same library version gives the same result — check it on the APK check page. Licence CC BY 4.0, source — gdpru.eu; report errors to contact@gdpru.eu.