What's Changed
- controller: ESPHome server for devices approved after startup + 'Voice Assistant' naming by @wilbowes in #13
- controller: report hardware model to HA, not the device label by @wilbowes in #14
- controller: make ESPHome server registration idempotent by @wilbowes in #15
- docs: HA naming, on-demand ESPHome registration, 2026-07-19 changelog by @wilbowes in #16
- Custom wake-word models: dashboard install + controller test suite by @wilbowes in #17
- Multi-device wake arbitration (one utterance, one responder) + Dockerfile COPY fix by @wilbowes in #18
- Real media playback on the HA media_player (music, pause/resume, voice preemption) by @wilbowes in #20
- docs: README rewrite — reflect what EchoMuse actually is now by @wilbowes in #21
- Delivery instrumentation: measure every hop of the voice turn by @wilbowes in #22
Full Changelog: v2.9.5...v2.9.6