Alexa Media Player Custom Component for homeassistant

What This Is:

This is a custom component to allow control of Amazon Alexa devices in Homeassistant using the unofficial Alexa API. Please note this mimics the Alexa app but Amazon may cut off access at anytime.

What It Does:

Allows for control of Amazon Echo products as home assistant media devices with the following features:

• Play/Pause/Stop
• Next/Previous (Track)
• Volume
• Retrieval for displaying in home assistant of:
  • Song Title
  • Artists Name
  • Album Name
  • Album Image

Installation and Configuration

Please see the wiki.

Further Documentation

Please see the wiki

Changelog

Use the commit history but we try to maintain this wiki.

License

Apache-2.0. By providing a contribution, you agree the contribution is licensed under Apache-2.0. This is required for Home Assistant contributions.