PadSpan HA is coming out of alpha in March 2026

[gbroeckling]

Hey everyone,

PadSpan HA — room-level BLE presence tracking for Home Assistant — is coming out of alpha in March 2026.

This has been months of work building what I believe is the most comprehensive BLE presence UI for Home Assistant. The alpha is available now via HACS, and the March release will be the first beta.

What's in the alpha right now

• Room-level BLE tracking with 5-second updates (not just home/away)
• Upload floor plans and draw room boundary polygons right in the UI
• 3D multi-floor isometric maps with live object positions
• Walk-around calibration system — k-NN fingerprint matching + path-loss model fitting
• Follow mode — pick any tag, watch it move room to room with an animated map
• Email alerts when a tracked device changes rooms
• 21 dedicated views (Basic mode for simplicity, Advanced for power users)
• Full HA entities — area sensors, distance sensors, device trackers, binary sensors
• Works with ESPresense, Bermuda proxies, or any HA Bluetooth proxy
• Sample mode — explore every feature with synthetic data before plugging in hardware
• 11 languages (EN, ES, FR, DE, IT, PT, NL, ZH, JA, KO, RU)
• Standalone phone-friendly calibration panel for walk-around data collection
• Per-scanner signal quality metrics, WiFi SSID/IP display
• Built-in Training Hub with guided walkthroughs

Screenshots

3D Multi-Floor Tracking

Floor Plan Editor

Maps Library

Training Hub

What's coming for the beta

More details soon — but think tighter HA dashboard integration, automation blueprints, and some things I'm not ready to talk about yet.

Try the alpha now

1. HACS → Custom repositories → add gbroeckling/padspanHA (Integration)
2. Install PadSpan HA → Restart HA
3. Settings → Devices & Services → Add Integration → PadSpan HA

Feedback and bug reports welcome. Drop them here or open an issue.

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More coming in March.