LineageOS for the Echo Dot (2nd Gen), Kiosk Satellite Edition 2026.11.2
This release removes Amazon's wake word engine from the image. I have opted to remove it to avoid potential issues with Amazon and I'd rather spend the time improving the vsWakeWord models.
Changes
- Amazon's wake word engine is gone. The image no longer includes Amazon's wake word engine (Pryon), its libraries or its models for Alexa, Echo, Computer, Amazon and Ziggy. Kiosk Satellite no longer offers Amazon as a wake word engine. If your Dot listened with it, Kiosk Satellite listens with vsWakeWord after the update. Alexa stays, since vsWakeWord has it too. A wake word vsWakeWord does not have, such as Echo or Computer, changes to one it has, and Kiosk Satellite updates its wake word selects in Home Assistant to match. The release zip is also about 110 MB smaller.
- Android asks Hotspot 2.0 networks for details only when a Passpoint profile is saved (#38). The Dot was not affected by the Echo Show bug behind this change. The change is in the Wi-Fi code that all the Echos share.
- The guide warns that Bluetooth slows 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi (#42). Bluetooth and 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi share one radio on the Dot, so with Bluetooth on, Wi-Fi gets less airtime even with nothing paired. On 2.4 GHz that can slow voice audio to Home Assistant below real time. The Bluetooth section now says to join a 5 GHz network or turn Bluetooth off when it is not used. Joining Wi-Fi now recommends the 5 GHz network.
Updating
Install it from the Dot's Firmware entity in Home Assistant or from Kiosk Satellite's remote admin. BiscuitService installs it into both slots and restarts the Dot twice. Kiosk Satellite and its settings stay. Keep the Dot on its own power adapter, not a USB hub, or TWRP may not start. If your Dot cannot get online yet, install this release by hand from TWRP with the steps in the Echo Dot guide, leaving out twrp wipe data.
Requirements
The Dot needs amonet v2.0.0 or v2.0.1 with TWRP 3.7.0_9-0. See Unlocking.
Kiosk Satellite needs to be 2026.11.1 or newer. Its echo canceller is built for the raw microphone the image gives it since 2026.10.18, so update Kiosk Satellite on the Dot too.
Download
lineageos-echo-kiosk-satellite-2026.11.2-biscuit.zip, build fe5f131347.
SHA-256: 126e6f36e55d6b4d36f85ff7ebf5116344bb5002da094ce8cb0e7cd844ab49bf
lineageos-echo-kiosk-satellite-2026.11.2-biscuit.zip.sig is the release signature. BiscuitService checks it before it installs an update. Echo Dot releases are tagged biscuit-. BiscuitService only installs those.