Media player is not muted

The Media player is not muted condition passes when the selected media player is not muted. Use it when an automation should continue only if audio is available.

Use Media player is not muted to send spoken announcements, start audio-related routines, or avoid relying on a speaker that is currently muted.

Using this condition from the user interface

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

To use Media player is not muted in an automation:

1. Go to Settings > Automations & scenes.
2. Open an existing automation, or select Create automation > Create new automation.
3. In the And if section, select Add condition.
4. Select what you want to check. Under By target (see Targets), pick the media player you want to evaluate. You can also select an area, a floor, a device, or a label.
5. From the conditions shown for that target, select Media player is not muted.
6. Under Condition passes if (see Behavior), choose how multiple targeted media players should behave. The default is Any.
7. Under For at least, enter how long the media player must stay unmuted before the condition passes. The default is 0.
8. Select Save.

Options in the UI

Using this condition 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 condition as media_player.is_unmuted. A basic example looks like this:

condition: media_player.is_unmuted
target:
  entity_id: media_player.kitchen_speaker

This passes when the kitchen speaker is not muted.

To require all targeted media players to stay unmuted for 1 minute:

condition: media_player.is_unmuted
target:
  area_id: downstairs
options:
  behavior: all
  for: "00:01:00"

Options in YAML

Targets of the condition

This condition requires a target. The target is the object that Home Assistant will check. You can point the condition at a single entityAn 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], a device, an area, a floor, or a label, and Home Assistant will evaluate every matching media_player entity behind that target.

• Entity: one specific media_player entity, such as media_player.living_room.
• Device: every media_player entity that belongs to a device.
• Area: every media_player entity in a room or area.
• Floor: every media_player entity on a floor.
• Label: every media_player entity that shares a label.

You can also select different target types in one condition. For example, you can add a specific entity and an area as targets in the same condition to check both of them at once.

Behavior with multiple targets

When you target more than one entity (or select an area, floor, or label that contains several), the Condition passes if option controls how the results combine:

• Any (default): the condition passes if at least one of the targeted entities matches. For example, if you check three smoke sensors and only one of them detects smoke, the condition still passes. This is useful for questions like “is there smoke anywhere in the house?”
• All: the condition passes only when every targeted entity matches. For example, if you check the same three smoke sensors, the condition passes only once all three report cleared. This is useful for “is the entire house safe now?” checks, so your automation does not send an all-clear while one room still has a reading.

Good to know

• This condition depends on the media player reporting that it is not muted.
• Media players that are unavailable or unknown are skipped for Any and fail for All.
• If you need the opposite test, use Media player is muted.

Try it yourself

Ready to test this? Go to Settings > Automations & scenes, open an automation, and add this condition. Trigger the automation with and without the condition met, and watch whether it continues or stops.

More examples

Real scenarios where this condition gates an automation. Copy any example and adapt it to your setup.

Automation: announce the washer only when the kitchen speaker is not muted

When the washer finishes, send a spoken message only if the kitchen speaker is not muted.

• Trigger: Washer finished
• Condition: Media player is not muted
  • Target: Kitchen speaker
• Action: Play media
  • Target: Kitchen speaker

alias: "Announce the washer only when the speaker is not muted"
triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.washer_finished
    to: "on"
conditions:
  - condition: media_player.is_unmuted
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.kitchen_speaker
actions:
  - action: media_player.play_media
    target:
      entity_id: media_player.kitchen_speaker
    data:
      media_content_id: "media-source://tts/washer-finished"
      media_content_type: "music"

Automation: start a morning playlist only when every room speaker is not muted

At 07:00, start a script only if every targeted speaker downstairs is not muted.

• Trigger: Time: 07:00
• Condition: Media player is not muted
  • Target: Downstairs
  • Condition passes if: All
• Action: Run script
  • Target: Morning playlist

alias: "Start the morning playlist only when speakers are not muted"
triggers:
  - trigger: time
    at: "07:00:00"
conditions:
  - condition: media_player.is_unmuted
    target:
      area_id: downstairs
    options:
      behavior: all
actions:
  - action: script.turn_on
    target:
      entity_id: script.morning_playlist

Still stuck?

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Related conditions

These conditions work well alongside this one:

• Media player is muted: Tests if one or more media players are muted.

• Media player is playing: Tests if one or more media players are playing.