A LinkPlay speaker playing in a group can leave its Home Assistant control showing an unknown track and buttons that do nothing. The integration takes the track information from the group’s lead speaker and sends playback commands there, so the controls for any member operate the music it is playing.
Mickael Goubin makes track title, artist, album, artwork and playback progress follow the leader. Each speaker keeps its own volume, mute, source selection and sound mode, and its follower role remains visible.