Supported: KEF LS50 Wireless (tested with latest firmware at 08-11-2019, p6.2101809171.105039422) Untested: KEF LSX

• Get and set volume
• Mute and unmute
• Get and set source input
• Turn speaker on and off
• Automatically connects and disconnects when speakers goes online/offline

(Recommended) Installation with HACS. Go to the HACS store and install KEF.

(Alternative) Manual installation. Download the repo. Create folder in your home assistant config folder:

mkdir -p /path/to/config/custom_components/
cp -r media_player.kef/custom_components/kef /path/to/config/custom_components/

Add the component to Home Assistant by adding the following to configuration.yaml:

media_player:
  - platform: kef
    host: 192.168.x.x  # the IP of your speaker
    type: LS50  # or LSX
    name: MyAwesomeSpeaker  # optional, the name in Home Assistant
    maximum_volume: 0.5  # optional, to avoid extremely loud volumes
    volume_step: 0.05  # optional
    inverse_speaker_mode: false  # optional, switch L/R to R/L
    standby_time: 20  # optional, either 20 or 60 (in minutes) or leave out for an infinite standby time

See this Home Assistant discussion thread where the creation of the KEF speakers is discussed.

MIT License

• Bas Nijholt
• Robin Grönberg (@Gronis)
• Bastian Beggel (@bastianbeggel)
• chimpy (@chimpy)