Display random media-source image on dashboard

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Hi,

I am on HA 2025.9.0. I enabled the native immich integration. (Immich - Home Assistant). I can see my pictures in the media browser.

I would like to show a random picture as part of a dashboard (the way the old third-party immich integration allowed one to do). So not using wall panel in the background, but just a refreshing picture as part of a dashboard.

I can’t seem to figure out how to do this. For one, the standard picture card refuses to show any pictures from the immich media source. For example:

media-source://immich/1084a0ff-82ae-4bda-8f78-6b383443bcab|albums|4ac3124b-60fc-4d49-8f3a-e6db10535a97/IMG_6737.HEIC (or without the last image name)

What is the simplest way to do something like this?

Thank you
Dan

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@DanTulovsky

I’m at the same point right now.

I’ve installed Immich Integration and would now like to integrate a random image/slideshow into the dashboard, preferably with filters for album, tag, etc.

Tapaction on Immich WebUI would be the icing on the cake.

Do we need an additional component such as GitHub - outadoc/immich-home-assistant: Home Assistant component to display random pictures from your Immich library.?

It would be great if someone could help us with this.

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I am using: GitHub - markaggar/ha-media-card: A Home Assistant front end card that shows specific images, videos or entire folders available within the media browser. Full UI config with media browsing built in, plus a ton of other smart features.

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I’ve been mulling this idea for a little while and started some work on this, which may help you. Still in early stages but it might be interesting to follow.