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Camera API changes

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Robert Resch
Robert Resch

With Home Assistant 2024.11 we added WebRTC for most cameras. To add support for it we needed to refactor and improve the camera entity. Today we would like to announce that with the upcoming Home Assistant release 2024.12 the following methods are deprecated and will be removed with Home Assistant version 2025.6:

  • The property frontend_stream_type will be removed. As of 2024.11 Home assistant will identify the frontend stream type by checking if the camera entity implements the native WebRTC methods (#130932). Card developers can use the new websocket command camera/capabilities to get the frontend stream types.

  • The method async_handle_web_rtc_offer will be removed. Please use async_handle_async_webrtc_offer and the async WebRTC signaling approach (#131285).

  • The method async_register_rtsp_to_web_rtc_provider has been deprecated. Please use async_register_webrtc_provider, which offers more flexibility and supports the async WebRTC signaling approach (#131462).

More information about the replacements can be found in the camera entity documentation.