The Music Quiz Party Game Your Smart Home Was Made For

Scan a QR code. Hear a song. Guess the year — or name the title and artist. Beats, laughs, rematches — all through your existing smart speakers.

46 playlists 5,161 songs 5 music platforms 5 languages
Beatify QR code lobby — guests scan to join the music trivia game

How It Works

Install

Add Beatify to Home Assistant via HACS. Pick your speaker and music service.

Pick Music

Choose from 46 curated playlists or connect Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, or Tidal.

Party

Guests scan a QR code to join — no app needed. Songs play; guess the year or name the tune!

Features

Zero Friction

Guests scan a QR code. No apps. No accounts. 10 seconds from scan to playing.

Your Speakers

Works with Music Assistant, Sonos & Alexa — speakers you already own.

Your Music

Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, Tidal. 46 curated playlists included.

Two Ways to Play

Guess the release year, or name the title & artist in free text — close calls go to a live 👍/👎 room vote.

Runs Locally

No cloud. No subscription. No data leaves your network.

Real Competition

Points, streaks, double-or-nothing bets, and a dramatic podium finale.

Easy Setup

Install via HACS, pick a speaker, choose a playlist. 5 minutes to party.

GitHub Stars HACS Downloads Latest Version MIT License

See It in Action

Player view — slide to guess the release year

Slide to guess the release year — every second counts

Reveal screen — the year drops and gold confetti flies

The year drops. The room erupts. Gold confetti for exact guesses.

Podium screen — fireworks, medals, personal stats

Fireworks, medals, personal stats — and inevitably, a rematch demand.

Speaker Compatibility

Music Assistant

Any speaker in Home Assistant via Music Assistant

Sonos

All Sonos speakers, soundbars & groups

Alexa

Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Studio & more

Using Chromecast, Nest, or HomePod? Install Music Assistant — they'll appear in Beatify automatically.

Installation

Requires: Home Assistant 2024.1+ · Music Assistant, Sonos, or Alexa

📦 HACS Recommended

One-click install via the Home Assistant Community Store.

  1. Open HACS in Home Assistant
  2. Click the button below
  3. Follow the prompts & restart
Open in HACS

🔧 Manual Install

For advanced users.

  1. Open HACS → Custom Repositories
  2. Add mholzi/beatify as an Integration
  3. Install Beatify → Restart Home Assistant
  4. Go to Settings → Devices & Services → Add Integration → Beatify

Changelog

v4.1.3 Jun 24, 2026

🌊 New Wave Summer — two new German playlists (Sommerklassiker ☀️ & NDW – Neue Deutsche Welle), plus fixes: speaker selection now applies instantly and Android Chrome no longer auto-translates the UI

v4.1.2 Jun 22, 2026

🏰 Disney auf Deutsch — new Disney Hits Deutschland playlist (97 German Disney songs) with a guess-the-film bonus across 40 films

v4.1.1 Jun 20, 2026

🌍 Two New Countries — 100% Brasil 🇧🇷 and 100% Français 🇫🇷 community playlists

v4.1.0 Jun 18, 2026

🎨 Rock Solid, New Look — Amazon Music support, the Spotlight / Podium Stage reveal redesign, and a big screen-wake / reconnect reliability pass

v4.0.0 Jun 8, 2026

🎵 Name That Tune — a new Title & Artist mode (type the song & artist, partial credit for near-misses), 🎭 Crowd Court live 👍/👎 vote on close calls, 🏆 mode-specific end-of-game awards, plus the album-art-in-sync fix

v3.5.0 Jun 6, 2026

🎯 Everyone's Guess, On the Clock — per-player reveal dot-axis, auto-advance countdown on every screen, localized voice announcements, party-lights fixes, plus World Cup & movie-song playlists

v3.4.4 May 28, 2026

🎵 Catalog Care — new alternative-rock playlist, anime-openings grown, 2 Apple Music URI fixes, year corrections, Android Companion follow-up

v3.4.3 May 25, 2026

🤖 Android Joins the Party — HA Companion bypass for Android admin login

v3.4.2 May 22, 2026

🤖 Unstick the Android launcher — Companion-app top-frame navigation

v3.4.1 May 22, 2026

🔒 Lock the Door, Then Build the Robot — admin auth gate, LLM playlist generator

v3.3.7 May 20, 2026

▶️ Press Play, Walk Away — REVEAL auto-advance, set-it-and-forget-it gameplay

v3.3.6 May 18, 2026

🎙️ TTS roadmap complete — 23 voice announcements, verbosity presets, reliability pass

v3.3.5 May 15, 2026

🎤 Five new playlists, voice that calls the game live

v3.3.4 May 14, 2026

🎬 Cover-art blur, sharper year steps, round-show audio

v3.3.3 May 4, 2026

🎵 Deutschpop Klassiker playlist, helpful error messages, tune-up round

v3.3.2 Apr 28, 2026

🍏 Region-aware Apple Music, playback recovery

v3.3.1 Apr 25, 2026

🍏 Apple Music support, reset button, recovery paths

v3.3.0 Apr 23, 2026

🎛️ Playlist Hub, arcade dashboard, provider fallback

v3.2.0 Apr 19, 2026

🎨 First-run wizard, player onboarding tour, arcade gameplay, reveal duel, vinyl share card, DESIGN.md

v3.1.0 Apr 15, 2026

🎛️ Admin dashboard overhaul, host joins as full player, wake lock, WebSocket reconnect

v3.0.0 Apr 12, 2026

💡 Dynamic lights + WLED, balanced playlists, +10s seek, TTS announcements, HA sensors, Gen Z Anthems playlist

v2.9.1 Mar 28, 2026

🎉 Party Lights, 🇳🇱 Dutch language, 12 stability fixes, 38% smaller assets

v2.8.0 Mar 24, 2026

🎵 Deezer support, ⚡ Smarter Intro Mode, 🔧 MA+YTMusic fix, 🎤 Hip Hop Bangers playlist

v2.7.0 Mar 1, 2026

📱 PWA Install, 📤 Share Results, 🔁 Revanche, 🎸 Metal playlist

v2.6.0 Feb 19, 2026

🎬 Game Highlights Reel, 📤 Shareable Result Cards

v2.5.0 Feb 18, 2026

⚡ Intro Mode, 🔄 Quick Rematch, 🚀 Fullscreen Launcher

v2.4.0 Feb 3, 2026

🌊 Tidal support, 🎬 Movie Quiz, 🇫🇷 French language

v2.3.0 Jan 28, 2026

🏷️ Playlist tag filtering, 7 new playlists

v2.0.0 Jan 24, 2026

🎭 Live emoji reactions, 🎤 Artist Challenge, full UI redesign

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