Add support for toggling AudioReactive mode in WLED integration

[mik-laj]

Integration name

WLED

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/wled/

Describe the enhancement

Currently, the WLED integration in Home Assistant does not expose the ability to enable or disable the AudioReactive feature.
Since WLED v0.15+, AudioReactive is part of the WLED core and is enabled by default on supported devices. While previously available only as a usermod, it is now widely supported and standardized.

I propose adding an entity or service in the integration that allows toggling AudioReactive on/off.
Technical details:

• Availability can be checked using the info.u.AudioReactive or state.AudioReactive keys.
• Current state can be read from state.AudioReactive.on (boolean).
• To enable/disable, a websocket message such as the following can be sent:

{ "AudioReactive": { "enabled": true }, "v": true, "time": 1758988966 }

Use cases

This enhancement would allow users to disable the AudioReactive functionality when not needed.
For privacy-conscious users, it is important not to have the microphone permanently active. With this integration, automations could be created to:

• Turn on AudioReactive only during parties or specific scenes.
• Automatically disable AudioReactive after an event ends.
• Provide clear visibility into whether the microphone is active.

Anything else?

• AudioReactive is now part of the WLED core (since v0.15+), so compatibility with most devices is ensured.
• Older devices where AudioReactive was only a usermod would simply not expose the relevant keys and can safely be ignored.

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[mik-laj]

I am willing to implement this if the integration owner is open to such a change

[mcaulifn]

@mik-laj Were you able to make any progress on this? I was thinking of looking at it.

[mik-laj]

I hadn't done it because it required updates to the python-wled library, and the maintainer was too busy to review them at the time. However, the contributions have now been merged, so we can start working on it. Currently, I have some other modifications to this integration that I need to focus on.

[mcaulifn]

Interesting. I'm not finding that the library supports it yet. Let me know if you need any help. They look like easy updates.

[MrMontesa]

came here to give a +1.
I just implemented a few Gledopto devices which come with SoundReactive enabled by default. Would be awesome to be able to enable/disable SoundReactive from within Homeassisant.

Secondly a slider for the "GEQ Input level" would be really helpful as well.
This is who my WLED info page looks like when soundreactive is on:

Thanks much.

Edit: Since @mik-laj is willing to implement this, possibly @frenck can suggest on the next steps.