Home Assistant → HomeKit Bridge (Daikin): fan speed and swing not shown in Apple Home AC card

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Hi everyone,

I’m migrating from Homebridge to Home Assistant and I’m trying to match the Apple Home UX I had before for my Daikin AC units.

Environment

  • Home Assistant OS on Raspberry Pi 3
  • Integration in HA: Daikin Onecta (cloud)
  • Auth: Daikin Developer Portal (working)
  • AC model: Daikin Stylish FTXA
  • Wi-Fi module: BRP069C4x
  • BRP firmware: 2_0_0
  • Exposed to Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge in Home Assistant

Important clarification

Inside Home Assistant dashboard, I can control all relevant features correctly:

  • HVAC operating modes (heat / cool / fan-only / dry / auto)
  • Fan speed
  • Swing mode (vertical/horizontal)
  • Target temperature
  • Power

So HA itself is working as expected.

Problem (only in Apple Home on iOS)

After exposing the AC via HA HomeKit Bridge:

  • The main temperature card in Apple Home shows temperature controls
  • HVAC mode controls do appear (heat/cool/fan/off behavior is available)
  • But fan speed and swing controls are not available in that same AC card (or not exposed in an equivalent integrated way)

This is the part I’m trying to solve.

Why I’m asking

With my previous Homebridge setup (Daikin cloud/developer-based), Apple Home showed a richer AC control experience in one place, including controls equivalent to fan/swing behavior.

Questions

  1. Is this a known limitation of HA HomeKit Bridge mapping for climate entities?
  2. Is there any way to expose fan speed + swing so they appear in Apple Home in a more integrated AC experience?
  3. Are there known best practices/workarounds:
  • exposing helper/template entities,
  • exposing additional fan/switch/select entities,
  • or changing accessory type/mapping behavior?
  1. Has anyone with Daikin Stylish + BRP069C4x achieved full parity in Apple Home using HA Bridge?

What I can share if needed

  • Full climate entity attributes and supported_features
  • Which extra entities exist for the AC in HA
  • HomeKit Bridge include/expose configuration
  • Diagnostics and debug logs

Thanks in advance.