Tasmota vs MQTT

[mcoulton (Michael)]

Hello
I recently added a Gosund plug into HA via Tasmota 12.1.1 and I noticed it shows up under “integration” as “Tasmota” instead of “MQTT”. Would someone be kind enough to explain why this is? I’ve read the document on the Tasmota integration but I don’t understand the diference between it and MQTT.

Thanks in advance for any help that can be provided.

[Akriss (kris)]

This has an answer on another thread asking the same.

What is the difference between the Tasmota integration and the MQTT discovery?

I’m currently using my Tasmota devices using the native MQTT discovery mode offered by earlier versions of Tasmota (I’m on 8.3.1) but I see there’s a new Tasmota integration. What would be the benefit of moving to the new integration? I see that both need a running MQTT server so I can’t see why I would want to switch.

Should help.

[mcoulton (Michael)]

Okay. Thank you. I use “setoption 19 1”.