OldPhoneKiosk
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iPhone · iPad · Kindle · Home Assistant

The smart-home screen you already own.

OldPhoneKiosk gives a retired phone, tablet or e-reader a second life as a calm room display. Home Assistant stays the brain; each surface only shows what its room needs.

Install from HACS See how it works
Local network · Live
Hallway

iPhone

Wall console

Bedroom

Today

Kitchen

iPad

Counter display

Live control surface

One Home Assistant brain. Many room surfaces.

The page should feel like the product: a local command layer that routes real home events to the screen that can handle them best.

LAN-only · device secrets · no cloud account
❯oldphonekiosk.route(today, room, surface)
  1. 06:40
    alarm.dismissed

    Bedroom wakes quietly.

  2. 07:05
    motion.kitchen

    Calendar and tasks move to the counter.

  3. 18:04
    doorbell.ring

    Camera overlays the hallway panel.

Hallway

iPhone

Front door · live

camera + intercom

Kitchen

iPad

Family board

calendar · tasks · photos

Bedroom

Kindle

Quiet e-ink

signed URL actions

01

Room-specific by design.

The hallway is not the kitchen and a Kindle is not an iPad. Every display gets a job it can actually do well.

02

Local by default.

No OldPhoneKiosk account, no analytics SDKs. Home Assistant owns the data and the configuration on your own network.

03

A Kindle is just a URL.

Create the display in Home Assistant, then open the returned local address in the Kindle browser. Nothing to pair.

From drawer to wall

Three old devices, one second life.

Nothing new to buy. A retired phone, tablet and e-reader leave the junk drawer, take a wall or a counter, and start answering to Home Assistant.

  1. 01 In the drawer

    Retired, not useless

    An old iPhone, an iPad and a Kindle sit forgotten with good screens and working batteries.

  2. 02 On the wall

    Given a surface

    Each device takes the room that suits it — a hallway console, a kitchen display, a bedroom page.

  3. 03 In Home Assistant

    Answering to one brain

    Every surface registers as a device on your local network, driven by the automations you already run.

Walk the house

Pick a room. See what its surface shows.

The same Home Assistant underneath, three very different jobs. Choose a room and watch the surface, the event that woke it and the state it settles on.

Hallway
Front door
DoorbellLive
Porch lightOn
Last motion2m ago
Front doorUnlocked
Hallway

iPhone console

Home Assistant

Doorbell rings — the panel opens the camera and two-way intercom, then settles back to the dashboard.

Camera and intercom only run on capable iOS devices.

One event, the right surface

Watch a day fan out across the house.

Home Assistant fires the event; OldPhoneKiosk decides which surface reacts and how the room reads it. Same brain, three very different screens.

The house wakes one surface at a time.

  1. 06:40
    Home Assistant

    Alarm dismissed

    Bedroom Kindle Today at home
    Bedroom

    The e-ink page refreshes with the day's calendar and tasks — no glare, no ping.

  2. 07:05
    Home Assistant

    Motion in the kitchen

    Kitchen iPad Family calendar
    Kitchen

    The counter wakes to the school run, breakfast tasks and today's weather.

  3. 07:30
    Home Assistant

    Front door unlocked

    Hallway iPhone Doorbell camera
    Hallway

    The hallway glances at who is leaving, then settles back to the dashboard.

The brain

Home Assistant

The integration, device registry and services that put your home in control of every screen.

  • HACS integration & device registry
  • Services to switch any screen
  • Runs on your local network
How Home Assistant drives itThe quiet screen

Kindle

An e-ink home display created in Home Assistant, opened from one local URL, with optional safe action links.

  • No pairing on the Kindle
  • Calendar, tasks, state and Done links
  • Safe toggles for selected lights/switches
See the Kindle displayThe rich surface

iPhone & iPad

A retired iPhone or iPad becomes a wall or counter console with camera and intercom.

  • Local pairing, no admin token
  • Camera & intercom overlays
  • Room-specific screen modes
Explore the iOS console

Local-first & private

Your home stays on your network.

OldPhoneKiosk is built to sit quietly on a shelf, not to phone home. Home Assistant remains the single source of truth.

No cloud account The kiosk never creates an OldPhoneKiosk account.
No analytics SDKs No advertising or tracking SDKs are bundled.
Secrets stay local Per-device secret lives in the iOS Keychain, tokens on your server.
Home Assistant owns data Entities, photos and calendars stay in your setup.

Install

Three steps to a calmer wall.

Add the integration, connect a display, and decide what each room is allowed to show.

  1. 1

    Install via HACS

    Add the OldPhoneKiosk integration to Home Assistant and restart.

  2. 2

    Add a display

    Pair an iPhone or iPad locally, or create a Kindle web display and copy its URL.

  3. 3

    Assign a room

    Choose the screens each surface may show, from full dashboard to calm e-ink actions.

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