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QM8L Series

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The TCL QM8L (2026) is TCL's mainstream SQD-Mini LED flagship and the model we specify most often from the brand. It runs Google TV, so Home Assistant pairs with it locally through androidtv_remote and gets power, volume, app launch, and D-pad control as a media_player and remote, with no TCL account in the path.

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Protocols
Roles it can fill
Local control via androidtv_remote (local push): pair once with the on-screen code and the set exposes a media_player plus a remote entity for power, volume, app launch, and key presses. Google TV sleeps its network stack, so wire the TV to Ethernet and enable network standby during commissioning if you want reliable power-on; Wake-on-LAN is the fallback. The ADB-based androidtv integration can be added alongside for richer playback state, but it needs developer options enabled and the on-screen key prompt accepted, and it is the more fragile of the two.

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Setup and troubleshooting

Guides written for this device: connecting it to Home Assistant and fixing it when it stops responding.

Recipes using this device

Recipes that can use it

These recipes are built around other hardware, and pick this device up as an optional extra.

Security · v1.0.0

Door or Window Left Open Alert

Installs a Home Assistant automation that watches your door and window sensors and pushes a notification to your phone when one is left open past a grace period while nobody is home. Add lights and it flashes the room, add a speaker and it announces the warning out loud.

Energy · v1.0.0

High Energy Usage Alert

Installs a Home Assistant automation that watches your whole-home power draw and warns you when it stays high for longer than it should, so a heater or a forgotten appliance does not run all day unnoticed. Add speakers to hear it, add a smart plug to shed the load.

Outdoors · v1.0.0

Irrigation Rain Skip

Installs a Home Assistant automation that checks the day's forecast each morning and skips your irrigation when enough rain is on the way, then re-enables it when the forecast is dry. Add a speaker and it tells you when it skips a day.

Works with Meteorologisk institutt (Met.no) Meteorologisk institutt (Met.no)
Safety · v1.0.0

Leak Auto Shutoff

Installs a Home Assistant automation that closes your water shutoff valve the instant a leak sensor goes wet, so a burst hose or a failed valve stops flooding within seconds. Add a smart plug to cut the appliance, a siren, and a speaker.

Kitchen · v1.0.0

LG Dishwasher: Cycle Finished

Sends a Home Assistant push notification the moment your LG dishwasher finishes its cycle, so clean dishes get unloaded while they are still warm and dry instead of sitting overnight. Add a speaker and it announces the finished cycle out loud. Built around the LG ThinQ integration.

Works with LG ThinQ LG ThinQ
Laundry · v1.0.0

LG Dryer: Cycle Finished

Sends a Home Assistant push notification the moment your LG dryer finishes, so you unload it while the clothes are still warm and skip the wrinkles. Add a speaker and it announces the finished cycle out loud. Built around the LG ThinQ integration.

Works with LG ThinQ LG ThinQ
Kitchen · v1.0.0

LG Fridge: Door Alert

Installs a Home Assistant automation that watches your LG fridge and freezer doors, straight from the ThinQ integration, and alerts you when one is left open longer than a grace period you set. Add lights and it flashes the room; add a speaker and it announces the warning out loud.

Works with LG ThinQ LG ThinQ
Laundry · v1.0.0

LG Washer: Cycle Finished

Sends a Home Assistant push notification the moment your LG washer finishes, so the wet load moves to the dryer before it starts to smell. Add a speaker and it announces the finished cycle out loud. Built around the LG ThinQ integration.

Works with LG ThinQ LG ThinQ
Bathroom · v1.0.0

Oral-B: Kids' Brushing Check

Installs Home Assistant automations that record a brushing session from your Oral-B toothbrushes and notify you when the morning or evening brush never happened. Add a speaker and the household gets a spoken nudge before the deadline instead of a notification after it.

Works with Oral-B Oral-B
Maintenance · v1.0.2

Selora AI Health Alert

Watches Selora AI's own Home Health sensor and notifies you when your home's score is declining: a sustained drop below your warning score, a fall past your critical score, or a sharp drop in a single reassessment while the score is still healthy. Add a speaker and critical alerts are announced out loud.

Outdoors · v1.0.0

Shades by Sun and Heat

Installs a Home Assistant automation that closes your shades when the sun climbs high and the day is hot, and opens them again as the sun drops, using Home Assistant's own sun position. Add a light and temperature sensor to hold it to genuinely bright, hot afternoons.

Safety · v1.1.0

Water Leak Alert

Installs a Home Assistant automation that watches every water leak sensor you select and alerts you the moment one goes wet, naming the spot so you know where to look. Add a speaker and the same warning is announced out loud.

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