Apple TV Integration exposes useless buttons in Homekit Bridge Integration

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The problem

Is there anyway to exclude the 2 non functioning buttons exposed by adding the media player entity for the apple tv to homekit? only one of these actually turns the apple tv on and off. Visually this creates unwanted clutter. Is there anyway to exclude these? Or to make a standalone entity for the power switch?

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

2024.3.3

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

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What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

Apple TV, HomeKit Bridge

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/apple_tv

Diagnostics information

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Example YAML snippet

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Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

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Additional information

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[diegocjorge]

Once you’ve set up your Apple TV as a HomeKit hub, it’s automatically integrated into the Home app. What would be the need or benefit of adding it again via the HomeKit Bridge?

[aescolastico]

Once you’ve set up your Apple TV as a HomeKit hub, it’s automatically integrated into the Home app. What would be the need or benefit of adding it again via the HomeKit Bridge?

for use in automations. that apple native integration doesnt allow you to turn off the apple tv via homekit scenes or automations. only via siri. its a known limitation.

[diegocjorge]

Once you’ve set up your Apple TV as a HomeKit hub, it’s automatically integrated into the Home app. What would be the need or benefit of adding it again via the HomeKit Bridge?

for use in automations. that apple native integration doesnt allow you to turn off the apple tv via homekit scenes or automations. only via siri. its a known limitation.

Oh, I see.

So, whether they’re on or off doesn’t make a difference, correct? In that case, you could consolidate them and the "Living TV" button into one switch within the Home app. As long as "Living TV" is on the group stays on, just don't leave any of the useless buttons on with the "Living TV" off.

While this doesn’t resolve the problem, it does help to reduce unnecessary clutter.

[aescolastico]

Once you’ve set up your Apple TV as a HomeKit hub, it’s automatically integrated into the Home app. What would be the need or benefit of adding it again via the HomeKit Bridge?

for use in automations. that apple native integration doesnt allow you to turn off the apple tv via homekit scenes or automations. only via siri. its a known limitation.

Oh, I see.

So, whether they’re on or off doesn’t make a difference, correct? In that case, you could consolidate them and the "Living TV" button into one switch within the Home app. As long as "Living TV" is on the group stays on, just don't leave any of the useless buttons on with the "Living TV" off.

While this doesn’t resolve the problem, it does help to reduce unnecessary clutter.

it already defaults to a group of 3 buttons. i make them seperate tiles so that you can activate the button without opening the device. as they appear by default (grouped) pressing on the switch just opens a popup. so that just has the effect of barely tucking the clutter under the rug and also reduces convenience.