It is similar in price ($39) and functionality to Google Chromecast audio but has more features supported like Airplay, Nas, and UPnP compatibility. I was wondering if anyone has configured this device to work with Home assistant. I am new to media players and home assistant but I’m looking to construct a low budget Sonos like system for my apartment. Any input is appreciated! Thanks!
HA doesn’t automatically discover the Audiocasts, however, if you connect your spotify account to HA they’ll show up as input devices through Spotify and you can control them that way. You can’t control each individual audio cast (i.e. multiroom playback or individual playback) but it is better than nothing. I’m working on developing a component at some point for Audiocasts to utilize all the features in the app and hopefully integrating it into a release at some point (when I have some free time between schoolwork). Let me know if you have any other questions about the audiocast. I think they’re pretty cool devices.
Thanks for the information! Last year I used audiocast with SmartThings to trigger doorbell like functionality, so I’d like to figure out a more direct way to control it. For now I’ll setup a spotify account.