I made these as scripts so I could control them both through automations and manual input buttons in the UI. (This is “Play Music on Alexa Groups.”) The other is an (overkill) fail-safe to make sure all music and audio stops if I want it to stop. The first one is what I use to start the audio on the group that I have selected. I only created two scripts for use in this project. Helper Setup for Whole Home Alexa Audio 474×766 28.6 KB Scripts This entity will be used to let me choose which Alexa Music Group I want to use to play whatever music or audio I choose. I created the input_select entity in the UI by going to Configuration/Helpers and clicking the add button, then “Dropdown.” I then added a name, in my case “Alexa Music Groups”. I used HA’s helpers to set up an input_select entity and an input_text entity. The workaround that I’ve found to be most consistent is sending a custom simulated voice command to Alexa through the component, like “Play Jazz on the Everywhere Music Group.” Home Assistant Helpers You can start and stop music to individual echo devices, but you can’t send music directly to an Alexa Multi-Room Music Group. There is currently a limitation to Alexa Media Player which can be alleviated using this setup. I won’t go into detail on setting this up, because I haven’t deviated any from the standard setup for this custom component. This project uses the Alexa Media Player custom component to interact with my Alexa Devices. You must create the Alexa Multi-Room Music Groups in the Alexa app.

This helps for times that I don’t want to yell long commands, or even if I want to start music to groups from Home Assistant for when I am arriving home or some other automation purpose. There is not a streamlined way to do this, and I hate having to do it through the Alexa app. This is just a quick project to setup a way to send and monitor audio with Alexa Multi-Room Music Groups via Lovelace in Home Assistant. Lovelace View for Whole Home Alexa Audio 1639×736 356 KB

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