What's new in Kiosk Satellite 2026.9.51
Home Assistant can now start an intercom call, the hardware volume buttons get an adjustable step and kiosks behind an mDNS reflector are listed under the right IP address.
Intercom Calls from Home Assistant
- Two new ESPHome actions per kiosk:
intercom_callrings another kiosk from this one andintercom_hangupends the call, cancels one still ringing or closes an announcement. A dashboard button or an automation can now put a call through. - The
kioskargument takes the other kiosk's name, in any case, or its IP address. The call runs exactly like one placed from the kiosk menu: the caller's Talk mode, the callee's Answer mode and the Intercom sensor following along. - The action answers with the kiosk it rang through
response_variable, and reports an error when the intercom is off, the kiosk is unknown, this kiosk is already in a call or the other kiosk refused (off, another key, Do Not Disturb or busy).
Volume Button Step
- The hardware volume buttons moved the followed player by a fixed 5% per press, too coarse for a sensitive amplifier or a bedroom at night. A new Volume button step slider under Media Player sets the step from 1% to 10%, on the device and in Remote Admin. Five stays the default.
Bug Fixes
- Kiosks behind an mDNS reflector are now listed under their own IP address. The kiosk switcher, Fleet Management and the intercom listed a kiosk under the address its announcement arrived from, which through a reflector between VLANs is the router's, so every kiosk on the other VLAN showed the same address and none could be reached. The address the announcement itself carries now wins, and the sender only stands in without one.