Updates
From Home Assistant
Section titled “From Home Assistant”New versions show up under Settings → Updates through the device’s Firmware entity. Install from there, or press Check for updates to look now.
This is the only way on the Echo Dot.
From the screen
Section titled “From the screen”On the Echo Shows, Settings → System → Software update shows the current version, Check for updates, and Download and install when an update is available.
Checks
Section titled “Checks”A few minutes after start, then daily. Update status shows what it’s doing, and Update outcome fires when an update finishes or fails.
Update channel
Section titled “Update channel”Update channel (update_channel), on the screen or in Home Assistant:
- Stable (
stable): releases - Development (
dev): the latest builds, for trying fixes early
Only newer builds are offered.
Other versions
Section titled “Other versions”To go back to an earlier version, or try a particular one, install it by name. The list holds the ten latest releases and the ten latest development builds, leaving out any without a build for this device.
- In Home Assistant: pick it in Install version, then press Install selected version.
- On the screen: Settings → System → Software update → Other versions, then tap a version and confirm.
EchoLocal restarts on the version you picked.