Bluesound
bluesound
The Bluesound integration allows you to control your Bluesound HiFi wireless speakers and audio integrations from Home Assistant.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
media_player | Media player (as switches) | Only TVs and receivers get a TV tile; other players show as power and play switches; Needs its own HomeKit Bridge in accessory mode |
button | Button (as a switch) |
What people report
Bluesound BluOS players work locally; amps like NAD C399 hit a bug with unnamed inputs that has been fixed.
- Works2
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesound Node (V3) | Works Local | Works without changing anythingSaved copyThe problem I like to use my new Bluesound Node (V3) with Home Assistant but Discovery does not find it and the manuell config also do not show the media player in Home Assistant. ### What is version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? core-2021.6.2 ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? _No response_ ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue Bluesound ### Link to integration documentation on our website https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/bluesound/ ### Example YAML snippet [code] ### Anything in the … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #51580 · 2021-06 | |
| NAD C399 (BluOS) | Works Local | Failed on input without text tag; fix mergedSaved copyThe problem I'm trying to bind my NAD C399 Amp into my Homeassistant environment in order to control it. However, I get constantly the following error: "Unexpected response from player: 'text'". In the homeassistant.log I get continuously following error: 2025-08-21 13:55:26.762 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.bluesound.coordinator] Unexpected error fetching BluOS NAD Amp data Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/lib/python3.13/site-packages/pyblu/errors.py", line 35, in wrapped return func(*args, kwargs) File … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #150991 · 2025-08 |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Local polling
Talks to the device on your network, asking it for updates every so often.
Found automatically over
- Bonjour (zeroconf)
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 2,207 (0.31%) |
|---|---|
| Added in | Home Assistant 0.51 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @thrawnarn, @LouisChrist |
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
