--- title: "View Assist Companion App" description: "View Assist Companion App is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 1.4k installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated October 25, 2026." canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/msp1974-viewassist-companion-app" url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/msp1974-viewassist-companion-app.md" last-updated: "2026-10-22" version: "1.4" --- # View Assist Companion App > View Assist Companion App is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 1.4k installs sharing analytics, works locally and was last updated October 25, 2026. View Assist Companion App connects an Android device to Home Assistant as a voice-controlled smart display. It works together with the View Assist integration and communicates locally. The integration adds a media player plus controls for the device, including buttons to wake or sleep the screen, switches for mute, do not disturb and dark mode, and numbers for screen brightness and volumes. Selects cover the wake word engine, wake word, assistant and screen timeout, and sensors report battery, light level, orientation and the last speech and intent results. Motion detection is available for devices with a camera, and gesture and proximity events are exposed. Home Assistant can find the device on the network and offer to add it, and setup is done in the UI by entering a host and port. Automatic summary of the README and code of msp1974/ViewAssist\_Companion\_App. Something wrong, or are you the maintainer and want your own text here? [Get in touch](https://vulpo.app/contact) [Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/hacs_repository/?owner=msp1974&repository=ViewAssist_Companion_App&category=integration) On Home Assistant 2026.11 or newer? [Open it in the Marketplace](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/marketplace_repository/?owner=msp1974&repository=ViewAssist_Companion_App&category=integration) ## Supports - **Works locally**: Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between. - **Found by itself**: Home Assistant spots it on the network and offers to add it. - **From the Marketplace**: Installed through the Marketplace, formerly HACS. - **Actively maintained**: Its author released or pushed a change in the last six months. ## Setting it up Install it from the Marketplace and restart Home Assistant, then add it under Settings, Devices and services. ### Connect - **Host** - **Port** ### After setup - **Home Assistant URL**: The URL passed to the device to connect back to Home Assistant. Leave blank to use the internal network URL configured in Home Assistant. Texts from the code of [msp1974/ViewAssist\_Companion\_App](https://github.com/msp1974/ViewAssist_Companion_App). ## Entities - **Binary sensors**: Battery charging, Screen, Motion - **Buttons**: Refresh, Wake screen, Sleep screen, Wake - **Events**: Gesture, Proximity - **Media**: Media Player - **Numbers**: Mic gain, Screen brightness, Voice volume, Motion detection sensitivity, Music volume, Alarm volume, Ducking volume, Wake word threshold, Zoom level, Text size, Proximity threshold, Bump sensitivity - **Selects**: Noise suppression level, Assistant, Finished speaking detection, Wake word engine, Wake word, Wake word sound, Alarm sound, Screen timeout, Screen orientation, Motion detection - **Sensors**: STT, TTS, Intent, Light level, Orientation, Battery, App version, Current path, Last motion - **Switches**: Mute, Screen, Quick actions, Auto brightness, Screen always on, Do not disturb, Dark mode, On screen diagnostics, Continue conversation, Alarm, Motion detection, Screen on with wake word, and 4 more ## From the README > The easiest way to build your own smart display with View Assist and Home Assistant! > > View Assist Companion App (or VACA for short) is an Android application and Home Assistant integration, designed to turn your old Android device into a Home Assistant integrated, voice controlled smart display! Along with the amazing View Assist project by @dinki, you can make your own Alexa Show or Google Home replacement. From the README of [msp1974/ViewAssist\_Companion\_App](https://github.com/msp1974/ViewAssist_Companion_App#readme), [Apache License 2.0](https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html). Shortened. ## At a glance - Kind: Marketplace integration - Category: [AI and voice](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/ai-and-voice.md), Voice assistants - Number: 1.4k installs sharing analytics; 516 GitHub stars - Connection: Works locally - Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months - Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older) - Latest version: v0.13.5, last updated October 25, 2026 - Domain: `vaca` - Source: - Issues: - Screenshot: https://vulpo.app/integrations-img/015e1bf2a25e5ab5.webp (from msp1974/ViewAssist\_Companion\_App's README) - Screenshot: https://vulpo.app/integrations-img/59edd20fe80442e1.webp (from msp1974/ViewAssist\_Companion\_App's README) In Vulpo: Quick Toggle card, Media Player card, Button card, Select card, Apple Watch, Control Center Independent directory, made by the developer of Vulpo. Not affiliated with Home Assistant or the Open Home Foundation. [About these numbers](https://vulpo.app/integrations/about) Last updated 2026-10-22. 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