Starting Assist from your dashboard

If you are using Home Assistant in kiosk mode, for example if you have a tablet mounted on the wall, the Assist icon in the top right corner is not accessible. In this case, use a dashboard button to start Assist.

Prerequisites

• You have a local assistant or a Cloud assistant set up.
• You have the devices you want to control via Assist exposed to Assist.

Adding an Assist button to the dashboard

1. On your dashboard, select the button.
2. If it is the first time that you are editing your dashboard, in the Edit dashboard dialog, go to the three dots menu and select Take control.
3. Do one of the following, depending on the type of the view you are editing:
   • In a sections view, select the button below New Section.
   • In a masonry, panel, or sidebar view, select Add card in the lower right corner of the view.
4. On the By card tab of the dialog, select the Button card.
5. Clear the Entity field.
6. In Name, select + Add and enter a name for the card, such as Assist - listen.
7. Select an icon from the Icon dropdown list, such as mdi:account-tie-voice.
8. In the Interactions section:
   • Select the desired tap behavior and, in the related dropdown list, select Assist.
   • Select the assistant you want to use, for example Home Assistant Cloud, from the Assistant dropdown list.
     • You can use any assistant that you have previously set up.
     • If you have assistants in different languages, you can add a button for each of these languages.
   • Enable Start listening if you are using Assist with your voice. If you don’t want to use voice and just want to type, you do not need to enable listening.
9. Select Save.
10. In the upper right corner, select Done to save the changes to your dashboard.