Can the Beoremote One control Home Assistant?

Yes. If you own a Bang & Olufsen streaming speaker launched after 2020, the official Bang & Olufsen integration exposes the remote's buttons as events in Home Assistant for free. If you do not, a Bluetooth bridge such as Lydbro One connects the remote to Home Assistant directly, with no B&O speaker required.

Do you need a Bang & Olufsen speaker to use the Beoremote One with Home Assistant?

For the official integration, yes. The remote routes its button events through a paired post-2020 Mozart-based B&O product, such as a Beolab 8 or Beosound A5. A dedicated bridge like Lydbro One removes that requirement by pairing with the remote directly over Bluetooth.

Does the Beoremote One Home Assistant integration need the cloud?

No. The official integration uses the speaker's local API, and Lydbro One talks to Home Assistant over local MQTT. Neither requires the cloud or an internet connection to work.

Beoremote One + Home Assistant

Turn your Bang & Olufsen remote into a native controller for your entire Home Assistant setup.

The Beoremote One is one of the finest remotes ever made, but out of the box it only talks to Bang & Olufsen products. The good news: there are several ways to bring it into Home Assistant, from a free official integration to a build-it-yourself bridge to a plug-and-play box. This guide walks through each so you can pick the one that fits your setup.

Beoremote One remote alongside a bridge, ready to integrate with Home Assistant

Option 1: The official Bang & Olufsen integration (free)

If you already own a recent B&O streaming speaker, this is the cheapest route and it needs no extra hardware. The official Bang & Olufsen integration ships with Home Assistant and is also available through HACS. Pair the Beoremote One with your speaker, add the integration, and each compatible button in the remote's Control and Light submenus appears as an event entity. The entities are disabled by default, so you enable the ones you want, then trigger automations from short, long, and very-long presses.

The catch is the requirement: the remote's events are routed through a paired "Mozart" product launched after 2020, such as a Beoconnect Core, Beolab 8 or 28, or a Beosound A5, A9 (5th gen), Balance, Level, or Theatre. If you have one of these, start here. If you do not, the integration cannot see your remote, which is where the next options come in.

Option 2: Older Masterlink or Beolink systems

If your B&O system predates the streaming era, the community mlgw project bridges a Masterlink Gateway or Beolink Gateway into Home Assistant. It is more involved to set up and depends on having the gateway hardware, but it is a well-trodden path for classic installations. The BeoWorld forum is the best place to compare notes with other owners.

Option 3: Roll your own over Bluetooth

The Beoremote One BT pairs over Bluetooth, so in principle you can build your own bridge. A small always-on computer, such as a Raspberry Pi, pairs with the remote, listens for button events, and republishes them to Home Assistant over MQTT. This is the most flexible route and needs no B&O speaker at all. The trade-off is that you handle the BLE pairing and protocol yourself and keep the service running and updated. A good option if you enjoy the tinkering.

Option 4: A plug-and-play bridge (Lydbro One)

If you would rather skip the DIY work, or you do not own a compatible modern speaker, Lydbro One is a dedicated bridge that handles Option 3 for you. It pairs directly with the Beoremote One over Bluetooth, with no B&O speaker required, and connects to your network over wired Ethernet (PoE or USB powered). Every button and scene can be sent wherever suits you best: a native Home Assistant integration, MQTT with automatic discovery, or plain webhooks for anything else. Everything runs locally, it is configured from a built-in web UI, and firmware arrives over the air. It is the no-fuss version of building your own.

What you can control

However you connect it, once the remote's presses reach Home Assistant they become events you can map to anything Home Assistant can reach:

Lights, scenes, and dimmers across any brand
Media players: Sonos, BluOS, Chromecast, AirPlay, and more
Your TV, including Samsung, Apple TV, and Plex
Climate, blinds, and other smart home devices
Any automation or script you have already built

Which option is right for you?

You own a post-2020 B&O streaming speaker and just want HA events: use the official integration. It is free.
You have a classic Masterlink or Beolink system: look at the mlgw project.
You are comfortable with a Raspberry Pi and BLE tinkering: build your own bridge.
You want it to just work, or you have no compatible speaker: Lydbro One.

See the Lydbro One

References & further reading

Bang & Olufsen integration (Home Assistant docs)
bang-olufsen/bang_olufsen-hacs (official HACS repository)
giachello/mlgw (Masterlink / Beolink Gateway integration)
BeoWorld forum discussion

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