Alexa Media Player For Home Assistant
The Alexa media player custom component is an amazing way to integrate Alexa's media player functionality into Home Assistant. Built by alandtse, the Alexia media player allows you to control the play, pause, stop, next, previous, and volume of your media playing on Alexa. You also see the song title, artist's name, and more directly from your Home Assistant.
Install The Alexa Media Player Home Assistant Integration
Installation is simple - follow these 4 steps!
Step 1 - Enable Two Factor Auth
You must enable two-factor authentication on your Amazon account to use the Alexa Media Player Home Assistant integration. But don't worry; it only takes a few seconds to enable two-factor auth.
Follow Amazon's instructions here to enable two-factor authentication.
It's recommended that you use an authenticator app rather than relying on Amazon to send them to you.
Step 2 - Ensure your Home Assistant Version Is Correct
You need Home Assistant version 0.88.0 or above to run the Alexa Media Player Home Assistant integration. If you need to update, see this Home Assistant doc that covers how.
Step 3 - Install Alexa Media Player Home Assistant Integration
Easy Mode
If you have Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) setup, you can easily install Alexa Media Player for Home Assistant by going to the store and searching Alexa Media.
Manual Mode If you don't have HACS set up, you can manually install Alexa Media Player for Home Assistant. To do so, follow these steps.
- Copy the
custom_components/alexa_mediafolder from the latest release of Alexa Media Player to your Home Assistantcustom_componentsfolder.
Step 4 - Configure Home Assistant
- In Home Assistant, go to the
Configuration->Integrationspage. - Click the orange
+on the bottom right of the page to add an integration. - Search for
Alexa Media Player - Enter your Alexa account, password, and two-factor authentication information.
Install Complete
Your installation is done! You now have full control of your Alexa media player from Home Assistant! Be sure to update your dashboards with the new Alexa media information!
👉 Free Remote Access and Alexa Voice Assistant
Do you want free, private, and secure remote access and Alexa voice assistant integration for your Home Assistant? You need to check out Homeway.io!
Homeway is a community project with a mission to empower the Home Assistant community with free, secure, and private remote access to Home Assistant. Homeway also enables secure Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant support for Home Assistant. Homeway is built on a worldwide network of servers, so the remote access is lighting fast, almost as if you are at home.
The best part is that Homeway is very easy to set up and requires no technical knowledge. Just install the Homeway Home Assistant Addon, and you're ready to go. It only takes about 30 seconds to enable remote access with Homeway; try it now!