Echo Show 5 with LineageOS and Kiosk/Voice Satellite
Speakers · Entertainment
6 reports: 3 say it works, 3 say it partly works.
Reported with 5 integrations: View Assist, Voice Satellite, ESPHome, View Assist Companion App, Universal Notifier.
What people report
| Integration | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Assist | Works Local | Wiped and flashed with LineageOS for local voice with better mic and speaker than Voice PESaved copyI've been taking Amazon Echo Show 5 (gen 1) and wiping them to add an android OS called LineageOS then adding an integration called View Assist that uses the local LLM for control of my setup. Has a better mic and speaker than the Voice PE and has blueprints already made that allow for easy setup Excerpt saved from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-23. | Reddit comment · 2026-02 | |
| Voice Satellite | Works Local | Runs Kiosk Satellite on LineageOS; muting issue blamed on LineageOS audioSaved copyWhile my disappointment with VACA is what led me to create Voice Satellite and really dislike how it takes over everything in your HA, the muting issue is most likely LineageOS itself - it has an incredibly buggy audio HAL stack. That said, that has never happened in my Echo Show 5 w/LineageOS 18.1 running Kiosk/Voice Satellite. Excerpt saved from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-23. | Reddit comment · 2026-08 | |
| ESPHome | Works Local | Alpine Linux image exposes Assist satellite, media player, camera via ESPHome APISaved copyReplaced Alexa on my old Echo Show 5, Echo Dots and Echo Spot with Linux. They're now local Home Assistant voice satellites with working screens, cameras and Bluetooth. I had a bunch of Echos tied to Amazon and we decided we didn't want to have Jeff Bezos listening in anymore. They were either going in the trash or staying on being donated. Instead they now run a small Alpine Linux image and one daemon that talks to Home Assistant over the ESPHome native API. No Android, no Fire OS, no Alexa, no Amazon account. To Home Assistant each one is just an ESPHome device: an Assist satellite, a media … Excerpt saved from the Arctic Shift Reddit archive on 2026-10-23. | Reddit thread · 2026-09 | |
| View Assist Companion App | Partly works Local | Startup failed until internal URL/SSL correctedSaved copyI've got an old Echo 5 that I've flashed with Lineage as per the instructions on the XDA forum and Mark Watt's YouTube video. I've been trying to get View Assist Companion App up and running following the VACA Wiki/videos. In HA I've successfully installed the VA Integration and the VACA Integration. I've had the Assist pipelines running for a while so didn't need to add them. On the Echo, I've installed the VACA App and it sat there awaiting connection. Back in HA I added the Echo 3 times running HACA, Fully Kiosk and VACA. I don't really know if the first 2 have any utility, but I did it … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #107 · 2025-12 | |
| Universal Notifier | Partly works | Notify call errors with 'extra keys not allowed' via Alexa Media PlayerSaved copymine is a Echo Show 5 on Alexa Media Player v5.9.0 Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #3 · 2026-01 | |
| View Assist Companion App | Partly works Local | Runs VACA; camera feed not detectedSaved copyFor anyone coming here with an Amazon Echo Show 5 (checkers 2019) with Lineage OS, there is still no camera support from the ROM: https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-unofficial-11-checkers-lineageos-18-1-for-the-amazon-echo-show-5-2019.4763475/ Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #136 · 2026-01 |
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In ReReHome
Once Home Assistant’s HomeKit Bridge shares it, this device reaches Apple Home as a HomeKit accessory behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls it like any other.
Identifiers
| Brand | Amazon |
|---|---|
| Model | Echo Show 5 |
| Category | Speakers |
Also reported as
- Amazon Echo 5 (LineageOS)
- Amazon Echo Show 5 (2019, LineageOS)
- Amazon Echo Show 5 (Alexa Media)
- Echo Show 5 / Echo Dot / Echo Spot running Linux
- Echo Show 5 gen 1 with LineageOS