Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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We've covered how to do Face Recognition inside of Home Assistant in the past with Frigate and Deepstack, but now with Double Take, that process is even easier than ever before! Double Take works with Home Assistant and gives you a single, unified interface to manage and train faces for facial recognition, making it incredibly easy to manage. Double-Take supports multiple detectors, works with Home Assistant and Frigate and has MQTT support and can train faces in just a matter of minutes!

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Double-Take Add-ons: github.com/jakowenko/double-take-hassio-addons
Double-Take Documentation: github.com/jakowenko/double-take
Frigate Documentation: docs.frigate.video
Home Assistant Actionable Notifications: youtu.be/v8fcwhko1k4
Home Assistant Frigate Install: youtu.be/pqDCEZSVeRk
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0:00 - Intro
0:38 - What is Double Take?
2:23 - Things you will need
3:19 - Install Double Take add-on
3:50 - Double Take configuration
6:00 - Training faces
9:25 - Home Assistant automation