Assist satellite

In code

assist_satelliteAssistSatelliteEntity

Also

voice satellite, satellite, satellites

A satellite does not understand commands itself. It listens, often for a wake word, streams the audio to Home Assistant, and plays the answer. Each satellite uses one Assist pipeline, and knows the area it is in, so "turn on the lights" works in the room you are in.

In Core, a satellite is an entity of the assist_satellite type. See Assist satellite entity.

Related terms

• AssistHome Assistant's voice assistant. It turns what you say or type into actions.
• Assist pipelineThe steps a voice command goes through: wake word, speech-to-text, the conversation agent, and text-to-speech.
• Wake wordThe word or phrase that makes a voice assistant start listening, like "Okay Nabu".