diff --git a/homeassistant/components/fan/significant_change.py b/homeassistant/components/fan/significant_change.py
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+"""Helper to test significant Fan state changes."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import Any
+
+from homeassistant.core import HomeAssistant, callback
+from homeassistant.helpers.significant_change import (
+    check_absolute_change,
+    check_valid_float,
+)
+
+from . import ATTR_PERCENTAGE, ATTR_PERCENTAGE_STEP
+
+INSIGNIFICANT_ATTRIBUTES: set[str] = {ATTR_PERCENTAGE_STEP}
+
+
+@callback
+def async_check_significant_change(
+    hass: HomeAssistant,
+    old_state: str,
+    old_attrs: dict,
+    new_state: str,
+    new_attrs: dict,
+    **kwargs: Any,
+) -> bool | None:
+    """Test if state significantly changed."""
+    if old_state != new_state:
+        return True
+
+    old_attrs_s = set(old_attrs.items())
+    new_attrs_s = set(new_attrs.items())
+    changed_attrs: set[str] = {item[0] for item in old_attrs_s ^ new_attrs_s}
+
+    for attr_name in changed_attrs:
+        if attr_name in INSIGNIFICANT_ATTRIBUTES:
+            continue
+
+        if attr_name != ATTR_PERCENTAGE:
+            return True
+
+        old_attr_value = old_attrs.get(attr_name)
+        new_attr_value = new_attrs.get(attr_name)
+        if new_attr_value is None or not check_valid_float(new_attr_value):
+            # New attribute value is invalid, ignore it
+            continue
+
+        if old_attr_value is None or not check_valid_float(old_attr_value):
+            # Old attribute value was invalid, we should report again
+            return True
+
+        if check_absolute_change(old_attr_value, new_attr_value, 1.0):
+            return True
+
+    # no significant attribute change detected
+    return False
diff --git a/tests/components/fan/test_significant_change.py b/tests/components/fan/test_significant_change.py
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+"""Test the Fan significant change platform."""
+import pytest
+
+from homeassistant.components.fan import (
+    ATTR_DIRECTION,
+    ATTR_OSCILLATING,
+    ATTR_PERCENTAGE,
+    ATTR_PERCENTAGE_STEP,
+    ATTR_PRESET_MODE,
+)
+from homeassistant.components.fan.significant_change import (
+    async_check_significant_change,
+)
+
+
+async def test_significant_state_change() -> None:
+    """Detect Fan significant state changes."""
+    attrs = {}
+    assert not async_check_significant_change(None, "on", attrs, "on", attrs)
+    assert async_check_significant_change(None, "on", attrs, "off", attrs)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("old_attrs", "new_attrs", "expected_result"),
+    [
+        ({ATTR_PERCENTAGE_STEP: "1"}, {ATTR_PERCENTAGE_STEP: "2"}, False),
+        ({ATTR_PERCENTAGE: 1}, {ATTR_PERCENTAGE: 2}, True),
+        ({ATTR_PERCENTAGE: 1}, {ATTR_PERCENTAGE: 1.9}, False),
+        ({ATTR_PERCENTAGE: "invalid"}, {ATTR_PERCENTAGE: 1}, True),
+        ({ATTR_PERCENTAGE: 1}, {ATTR_PERCENTAGE: "invalid"}, False),
+        ({ATTR_DIRECTION: "front"}, {ATTR_DIRECTION: "front"}, False),
+        ({ATTR_DIRECTION: "front"}, {ATTR_DIRECTION: "back"}, True),
+        ({ATTR_OSCILLATING: True}, {ATTR_OSCILLATING: True}, False),
+        ({ATTR_OSCILLATING: True}, {ATTR_OSCILLATING: False}, True),
+        ({ATTR_PRESET_MODE: "auto"}, {ATTR_PRESET_MODE: "auto"}, False),
+        ({ATTR_PRESET_MODE: "auto"}, {ATTR_PRESET_MODE: "whoosh"}, True),
+        (
+            {ATTR_PRESET_MODE: "auto", ATTR_OSCILLATING: True},
+            {ATTR_PRESET_MODE: "auto", ATTR_OSCILLATING: False},
+            True,
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+async def test_significant_atributes_change(
+    old_attrs: dict, new_attrs: dict, expected_result: bool
+) -> None:
+    """Detect Fan significant attribute changes."""
+    assert (
+        async_check_significant_change(None, "state", old_attrs, "state", new_attrs)
+        == expected_result
+    )