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Expand Up @@ -371,6 +371,31 @@ The following integrations are currently supported:
| switch | Switch | Represented as a switch by default but can be changed by using `type` within `entity_config`. |
| water_heater | WaterHeater | All `water_heater` devices. |

## iOS Remote Widget

Entities exposed as `TelevisionMediaPlayer` are controllable within the Apple Remote widget in
Control Center. Play, pause, volume up and volume down should work out of the box depending on the `supported_features`
of the entity. However, if your television can be controlled in other ways outside of the `media_player` entity, (i.e.
service calls to an IR blaster), it is possible to build an automation to take advantage of these events.

When a key is pressed within the Control Center Remote widget, the event `homekit_tv_remote_key_pressed` will be fired.
The key name will be available in the event data in the `key_name` field:

```yaml
automation:
trigger:
platform: event
event_type: homekit_tv_remote_key_pressed
event_data:
key_name: arrow_right

# Send the arrow right key via a broadlink IR blaster
action:
service: broadlink.send
host: 192.168.1.55
packet: XXXXXXXX
```

## Troubleshooting

### Deleting the `.homekit.state` file
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