esphome / esphome/feature-requests
Speaker Request for external option remote speaker
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Description
**Describe the problem you have/What new integration you would like**
id like to see option for remote speaker option under the
```
speaker:
```
not just is2
this way i can have a microphone on the the desk... and i could output to multiple speakers as as
```
group.whatever
```
or a single speaker sitting on the ceiling so it could be louder... and this way you can have multiple microphones in a single room and they all out to 1 Single big speaker on the ceiling..
so you could have 5 microhpones in 1 room and they all link to 1 speaker on the ceiling not to the specific esp device
**Please describe your use case for this integration and alternatives you've tried:**
id like to see under the
```
speaker:
```
option to use a remote speaker like a another wifi speaker so when using the voice assistant you dont need a speaker on the the device.. just a mic... and you can output to like
```
voice_assistant:
microphone: mic
use_wake_word: true
noise_suppression_level: 2
auto_gain: 31dBFS
volume_multiplier: 2.0
speaker: big_speaker
id: assist
sensor:
- platform: homeassistant
id: big_speaker
entity_id: media_player.speaker_3_esphome_i2s_media_player
```
or
```
sensor:
- platform: homeassistant
id: big_speaker
entity_id: group.group_of speakers
or
sensor:
- platform: homeassistant
id: big_speaker
entity_id: - media_player.speaker_3_esphome_i2s_media_player
- media_player.speaker_2_esphome_i2s_media_player
- media_player.speaker_1_esphome_i2s_media_player
````
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Research direction
Start with the voice_assistant and speaker configuration examples in the issue, then trace how speaker outputs are currently represented. The issue names no files or tests; done would require a defined, supported configuration path for routing voice-assistant audio to a remote or grouped speaker.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- yaml
- Domain
- embedded-iot
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100