diff --git a/homeassistant/components/myneomitis/select.py b/homeassistant/components/myneomitis/select.py
index c2d70e70346d..6ae7b6a0c79d 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/myneomitis/select.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/myneomitis/select.py
@@ -104,12 +104,8 @@ async def async_setup_entry(
     def _create_entity(device: dict) -> MyNeoSelect:
         """Create a select entity for a device."""
         if device["model"] == "EWS":
-            # According to the MyNeomitis API, EWS "relais" devices expose a "relayMode"
-            # field in their state, while "pilote" devices do not. We therefore use the
-            # presence of "relayMode" as an explicit heuristic to distinguish relais
-            # from pilote devices. If the upstream API changes this behavior, this
-            # detection logic must be revisited.
-            if "relayMode" in device.get("state", {}):
+            state = device.get("state") or {}
+            if state.get("deviceType") == 0:
                 description = SELECT_TYPES["relais"]
             else:
                 description = SELECT_TYPES["pilote"]
diff --git a/tests/components/myneomitis/test_select.py b/tests/components/myneomitis/test_select.py
index 8a3a9c7faf54..ce905206c4e0 100644
--- a/tests/components/myneomitis/test_select.py
+++ b/tests/components/myneomitis/test_select.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ RELAIS_DEVICE = {
     "_id": "relais1",
     "name": "Relais Device",
     "model": "EWS",
-    "state": {"relayMode": 1, "targetMode": 2},
+    "state": {"deviceType": 0, "targetMode": 2},
     "connected": True,
     "program": {"data": {}},
 }
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ PILOTE_DEVICE = {
     "_id": "pilote1",
     "name": "Pilote Device",
     "model": "EWS",
-    "state": {"targetMode": 1},
+    "state": {"deviceType": 1, "targetMode": 1},
     "connected": True,
     "program": {"data": {}},
 }