Siri, Shortcuts & automation
Couch Amp exposes everything the faceplate does to your phone’s automation:
Siri and the Shortcuts app on iPhone, launcher shortcuts on Android, and a
couchamp:// command URL scheme on both.
Hey Siri (iPhone)
These phrases work out of the box — no setup, no custom shortcuts:
- “Mute Couch Amp” / “Unmute Couch Amp”
- “Turn Couch Amp up” / “Turn Couch Amp down”
- “Toggle Couch Amp power”
Siri talks straight to the receiver in the background — the app doesn’t even open.
The Shortcuts app (iPhone)
Couch Amp contributes real Shortcuts actions you can chain into any automation (a “Movie Night” shortcut, a bedtime routine, a HomeKit scene trigger):
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Turn Receiver On / Off | Power, absolutely |
| Toggle Receiver Power | Power, whatever it currently is |
| Mute Receiver | Toggles main-zone mute |
| Receiver Volume Up / Down | One step in the receiver’s own scale |
| Set Receiver Volume | Any level, 0–74 |
| Switch Receiver Input | By name — the same names as your tiles (“Apple TV”, “AUX”) |
Actions run against the receiver you last connected to in the app, and need the modern Audio Control API (STR-AZ / AN / DN models).
Command URLs (iPhone and Android)
Anything that can open a URL can drive the receiver — the Shortcuts “Open URL”
action, Android automation apps like Tasker, even adb:
| URL | Command |
|---|---|
couchamp://power/on · off · toggle |
Power |
couchamp://mute |
Toggle mute |
couchamp://volume/up · down |
One volume step |
couchamp://volume/set?level=30 |
Absolute volume |
couchamp://input/apple tv |
Switch input by tile name (case-insensitive) |
couchamp://soundfield/dolby |
Sound field by name |
URL commands run through the app itself, so they work on classic (legacy) receivers too — power, volume, mute, and inputs. If the app was closed, the command waits for the receiver connection before it fires, so toggles always see the real current state.
Launcher shortcuts (Android)
Long-press the Couch Amp icon for instant Power, Mute, Volume up, and Volume down — and drag any of them to the home screen as a one-tap button. (Full Google Assistant App Actions require Play Store distribution; the shortcuts and URL scheme above are the side-load-friendly equivalent.)