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title: "Bluesound"
description: "Bluesound is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 2.2k installs sharing analytics and works locally."
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url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/bluesound.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
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# Bluesound

> Bluesound is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 2.2k installs sharing analytics and works locally.

Bluesound is a built-in integration that connects Bluesound players to Home Assistant over the local network. It adds media player control for each player, along with buttons to set and clear a sleep timer. Actions are available to join players into a group under a single master speaker and to separate a player from a group. Home Assistant can discover players on the network and offer to add them, and setup is done in the UI with the player's host and port. Repair notices appear in Settings when the older join and unjoin actions are still in use.

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[Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/config_flow_start/?domain=bluesound)

## Supports

- **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
- **Set up in the UI**: Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
- **Found by itself**: Home Assistant spots it on the network and offers to add it.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

Home Assistant usually finds it on the network and offers to add it. It can also be added by hand under Settings, Devices and services.

### Connect

- **Host**: Hostname or IP address of your Bluesound player
- **Port**: Port of your Bluesound player. This is usually 11000.

Texts from Home Assistant's source code, [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).

## Entities

- **Buttons**: Clear sleep timer, Set sleep timer

## Actions

- **Join**: Groups players together under a single master speaker.
  Fields: Entity, Master
- **Unjoin**: Separates a player from a group.
  Fields: Entity

## Troubleshooting

- **Repair notices**: Notices it can show in Settings, Repairs:
  Detected use of deprecated action bluesound.join, Detected use of deprecated action bluesound.unjoin

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Category: [Media and entertainment](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/media-and-entertainment.md), Speakers and audio
- Brand: [Bluesound](https://vulpo.app/integrations/bluesound.md)
- Number: 2.2k installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Domain: `bluesound`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/bluesound/>

In Vulpo: Media Player card, Button card, Apple Watch

## Other ways in for Bluesound

| Name | Kind | Installs or stars | Connection | Upkeep |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bluesound Alt](https://github.com/aunefyren/bluesound_alt) | Marketplace integration | 16 installs sharing analytics | Works locally | Updated in the last 6 months |

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/bluesound

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