Voice PE - Pause Media while Listening

automation-pause-media-voice-pe.yaml

alias: Voice PE - Pause TV when Voice PE Listening
description: "In order to improve voice command recognition, pause any media players playing in the background while listening for a command."
triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id:
      - assist_satellite.home_assistant_voice_090de2_assist_satellite # Voice PE Satellite entity
    to: listening
conditions:
  - condition: not
    conditions:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: assist_satellite.home_assistant_voice_090de2_assist_satellite # Voice PE Satellite entity
        state: idle
      - condition: state
        entity_id: assist_satellite.home_assistant_voice_090de2_assist_satellite # Voice PE Satellite entity
        state: unavailable
      - condition: state
        entity_id: assist_satellite.home_assistant_voice_090de2_assist_satellite # Voice PE Satellite entity
        state: unknown
actions:
  - alias: If TV is playing; Pause until Voice Action complete
    if:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: media_player.livingroom_tv_001 # Media Player entity_id
        state: playing
    then:
      - action: media_player.media_pause
        target:
          entity_id: media_player.livingroom_tv_001 # Media Player entity_id
      - wait_for_trigger:
          - trigger: state
            entity_id: assist_satellite.home_assistant_voice_090de2_assist_satellite # Voice PE Satellite entity
            to: idle
        timeout:
          hours: 0
          minutes: 0
          seconds: 20
          milliseconds: 0
        enabled: true
      - action: media_player.media_play
        target:
          entity_id: media_player.livingroom_tv_001 # Media Player entity_id

To use, create a new automation in the UI. Click the three-dot overflow menu and select "Edit in YAML" and replace all of the existing content with the script above.

Don't forget to replace the entities with yours. I've highlighted those that need to be replaced with a comment describing what you'll need afterwards.

Feel free to share any cool modifications you come up with 😊