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title: "Channels"
description: "Channels is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 84 installs sharing analytics and works locally."
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url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/channels.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
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# Channels

> Channels is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 84 installs sharing analytics and works locally.

Channels is a built-in Home Assistant integration that provides a media player platform and talks to its target over the local network. It adds a media entity that Home Assistant can control from automations and dashboards. Three actions handle seeking: one moves backward by a set number of seconds, one moves forward by a set number of seconds, and one seeks by a number of seconds entered by the user. Because it ships with Home Assistant, nothing extra needs to be installed, and it is set up in the configuration file.

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Set up in configuration.yaml. See [the documentation](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/channels/).

## Supports

- **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
- **Set up in YAML**: Added through configuration.yaml.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

It is set up in configuration.yaml, not in the UI.

## Actions

- **Seek backward**: Seeks backward by a set number of seconds.
- **Seek by**: Seeks by an inputted number of seconds.
  Fields: Seconds
- **Seek forward**: Seeks forward by a set number of seconds.

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Category: [Media and entertainment](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/media-and-entertainment.md)
- Number: 84 installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Works locally
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Domain: `channels`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/channels/>

In Vulpo: Media Player card, Apple Watch

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

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