diff --git a/source/_posts/2022-02-02-release-20222.markdown b/source/_posts/2022-02-02-release-20222.markdown index 36fab31f7d3..39a637a5f37 100644 --- a/source/_posts/2022-02-02-release-20222.markdown +++ b/source/_posts/2022-02-02-release-20222.markdown @@ -125,22 +125,33 @@ Supervisor and the eco system around it (like its internal plugins and add-ons). Welcome! We are excited to have you on board! 🎉 -## New media player bar, local media... +## Media improvements -The media browser, has been renamed to: "Media". Nice, simple, and clean. +The media browser has been renamed to: "Media". Nice, simple, and clean. -And it now has an nice media bar in the button to control the media you +And, it now has a nice media bar in the bottom to control the media you are playing:

-Screenshot from GitHub PR, needs to be replaced -Screenshot from GitHub PR, needs to be replaced -

+Screenshot showing media with the new media bar + -Sonos, VLC (via Telnet) and Roku now support playing local media. -And Sonos can now even browse other supported media. For example, if you have -set up the Spotify and Sonos integration, you can now browse your Spotify to -play it on your Sonos devices. Cast also has support for Plex in the media browser. +The experience of browsing the media has been improved and extended with +new capabilities. An integration can now browse media of supported +sources provided by other integrations. + +For example, if you have set up the Spotify and Sonos integration, you can now +browse your Spotify to play it on your Sonos devices; and Cast now has support +for playing Plex media straight from the browser. + +Sonos, VLC (via Telnet), and Roku added support for playing local media! Combing +this with the VLC add-on can turn your Home Assistant device into a +media player for your local media. In the video below, Zack will demonstrate how +that works: + +
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