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Media player in Home Assistant

media_player part of Home Assistant since 0.7

Quality: Internal

Media player is an official Home Assistant integration for Media player.

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Setup
in configuration.yaml
Kind
Entity type
Quality scale
Internal – Part of Home Assistant itself, not rated separately.
Installations
17,329 (2.4 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Media player
Maintained by
@home-assistant/core

Setup

  1. Nothing to install: this is part of Home Assistant and available as soon as it is running.

Blueprints that use this integration

  • Automation NSPanel Configuration – Configures NSPanel devices with ESPhome, using weather and sensor data to trigger light notifications and controls. ♥ 626 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Ikea_bilresa_scroll_wheel – Controls lights, media players, and input selects via an Ikea Bilresa scroll wheel using Matter integration. ♥ 126 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Notifications & Announcements ♥ 114 · Import · Forum
  • Automation Cast to Google Hub – Casts media to a Google Hub using the Cast integration and media player services. ♥ 91 · Import · Forum
  • Script LLM Script for Music Assistant voice requests ♥ 72 · Import · Forum
  • Script Text-to-Speech on Sonos – Plays text-to-speech on Sonos speakers. Requires a Sonos media player. ♥ 49 · Import · Forum

All blueprints for it

Known issues and fixes

3 open issues and 11 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Media player in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.8.0.

Open

  • open Reported problem #155696 since November 2, 2025 · 3 reactions · 9 comments · #155696
  • open Reported problem #170716 since May 14, 2026 · 0 reactions · 5 comments · #170716
  • open Reported problem #163001 since February 14, 2026 · 0 reactions · 5 comments · #163001

Fixed

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of October 27, 2026. The sentences are written by a language model from the titles of the issues; the reports themselves are on GitHub.

Check a specific device for known problems in the product check →

Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration

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