Add zone follower

Use this action to add one or more follower devices to an existing multi-room zone.

Using this action from the user interface

If you prefer building automations and scripts visually, Home Assistant walks you through this action step by step. You pick what to target, tweak a few options, and save. No YAML knowledge required.

To add a follower from an automation or a script:

1. Go to Settings > Automations & scenes.
2. Open an existing automation or script, or select Create automation > Create new automation.
3. If you’re setting up a new automation, add a trigger in the When section. Scripts don’t need a trigger. They run when something else calls them.
4. In the Then do section, select Add action.
5. From the search box, search for and select Bose SoundTouch: Add zone follower.
6. Select the Leader: the media player that coordinates the existing zone.
7. Select one or more Follower media players to add to the zone.
8. Select Save.

This action does not support targets. In the UI, you choose the devices in the Leader and Follower fields.

Options in the UI

Using this action in YAML

If you work directly in YAML, or you want to know exactly what Home Assistant does under the hood, this section has the technical reference. It lists the field names you use in YAML, their types, and which ones are required.

In YAML, refer to this action as soundtouch.add_zone_slave. A basic example looks like this:

action: soundtouch.add_zone_slave
data:
  master: media_player.living_room
  slaves:
    - media_player.office

This adds the office device to the zone led by the living room device.

Options in YAML

Try it yourself

Ready to test this? Open Developer tools > Actions, search for this action, fill in the fields, and select Perform action. You see what happens on your actual entitiesAn entity represents a sensor, actor, or function in Home Assistant. Entities are used to monitor physical properties or to control other entities. An entity is usually part of a device or a service. [Learn more] without writing a line of YAML.

Still stuck?

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Related actions

These actions work well alongside this one:

• Create zone: Creates a Bose SoundTouch multi-room zone.

• Remove zone follower: Removes media players from an existing Bose SoundTouch zone.

• Play everywhere: Plays the same content on all Bose SoundTouch devices.