diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 600cdd1..c9d041c 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
 !/sounds/*
 !/wakewords/*
 !/wakewords/openWakeWord/*
+!/version.txt
+!/version_githash.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-build-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-build-branch.yml
index c37f748..63b8e5b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-build-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-build-branch.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
+      - name: Create version files
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ env.CLEAN_BRANCH_NAME }}" > version.txt
+          echo "${{ github.sha }}" > version_githash.txt
+          ls -ltr
+
       - name: Build and push Docker image
         id: push
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v5.3.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-build-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-build-nightly.yml
index 1b07f90..636cf64 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-build-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-build-nightly.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "REGISTRY_LOWER=$(echo '${{ env.REGISTRY }}' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "REPOSITORY_LOWER=$(echo '${{ github.repository }}' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - name: Log in to the Container registry
         uses: docker/login-action@e92390c5fb421da1463c202d546fed0ec5c39f20 # v3.1.0
         with:
@@ -36,6 +37,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Create version files
+        run: |
+          echo "nightly" > version.txt
+          echo "${{ github.sha }}" > version_githash.txt
+          ls -ltr
+
       - name: Build and push Docker image
         id: push
         uses: docker/build-push-action@2cdde995de11925a030ce8070c3d77a52ffcf1c0 # v5.3.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-build-release.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-build-release.yml
index 1c2f7b1..67e0690 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-build-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-build-release.yml
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ jobs:
             type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
             type=semver,pattern={{major}}
             type=raw,value=latest,enable=${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') }}
+
+      - name: Create version files
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}" > version.txt
+          echo "${{ github.sha }}" > version_githash.txt
+          ls -ltr
+
       - name: Build and push Docker image
         id: push
         uses: docker/build-push-action@2cdde995de11925a030ce8070c3d77a52ffcf1c0 # v5.3.0
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e5462da..1a4d19b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ venv/
 
 # Docker
 .env
+version.txt
+version_githash.txt
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 082deb3..14eb2f6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ COPY sounds/ ./sounds/
 COPY ../wakewords/ ./wakewords/
 COPY linux_voice_assistant/ ./linux_voice_assistant/
 COPY docker-entrypoint.sh ./
+COPY version.txt ./
+COPY version_githash.txt ./
 
 ### Run installation:
 RUN chmod +x docker-entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 0156882..ddb405a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ services:
       - ${LVA_XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}:${LVA_XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}
       # Mount source code for development
       - ./linux_voice_assistant:/app/linux_voice_assistant
+      - ./version.txt:/app/version.txt
+      - ./version_githash.txt:/app/version_githash.txt
     depends_on:
       - fix-permissions
     # Health check for process
diff --git a/linux_voice_assistant/__main__.py b/linux_voice_assistant/__main__.py
index 7f303e0..df42b7c 100644
--- a/linux_voice_assistant/__main__.py
+++ b/linux_voice_assistant/__main__.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ from getmac import get_mac_address
 from .zeroconf import HomeAssistantZeroconf
 from .util import get_default_interface
 from .util import get_default_ipv4
+from .util import get_version
+from .util import get_esphome_version
 
 _LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 _MODULE_DIR = Path(__file__).parent
@@ -183,13 +185,25 @@ async def main() -> None:
 
     # Resolve name
     if not args.name:
-        print("No name specified, try to autogenerate name")
-        device_name = f"lva-{mac_address_clean}"
-        print(f"Name autogenerated: {device_name}")
+        print("No friendly name specified, try to autogenerate name")
+        friendly_name = f"LVA - {mac_address_clean}"
+        print(f"Friendly name autogenerated: {friendly_name}")
     else:
-        print("Name specified")
-        print(f"Using name: {args.name}")
-        device_name = args.name
+        print("Friendly name specified")
+        print(f"Using friendly name: {args.name}")
+        friendly_name = args.name
+
+    mac_no_colon = mac_address.replace(":", "").lower()
+    device_name = f"lva-{mac_no_colon}"
+    print(f"Device name: {device_name}")
+
+    # Resolve version
+    version = get_version()
+    print(f"Version: {version}")
+
+    # Resolve esphome version
+    esphome_version = get_esphome_version()
+    print(f"ESPHome api version: {esphome_version}")
 
     # Resolve download dir
     args.download_dir = Path(args.download_dir)
@@ -293,9 +307,12 @@ async def main() -> None:
 
     state = ServerState(
         name=device_name,
+        friendly_name=friendly_name,
         network_interface=network_interface,
         mac_address=get_mac_address(interface=network_interface),
         ip_address=host_ip_address,
+        version=version,
+        esphome_version=esphome_version,
         audio_queue=Queue(),
         entities=[],
         available_wake_words=available_wake_words,
diff --git a/linux_voice_assistant/models.py b/linux_voice_assistant/models.py
index e72f1a8..040e194 100644
--- a/linux_voice_assistant/models.py
+++ b/linux_voice_assistant/models.py
@@ -64,9 +64,12 @@ class Preferences:
 @dataclass
 class ServerState:
     name: str
+    friendly_name: str
     mac_address: str
     ip_address: str
     network_interface: str
+    version: str
+    esphome_version: str
     audio_queue: "Queue[Optional[bytes]]"
     entities: "List[ESPHomeEntity]"
     available_wake_words: "Dict[str, AvailableWakeWord]"
diff --git a/linux_voice_assistant/satellite.py b/linux_voice_assistant/satellite.py
index 7e4ac77..fff3f1a 100644
--- a/linux_voice_assistant/satellite.py
+++ b/linux_voice_assistant/satellite.py
@@ -294,15 +294,15 @@ class VoiceSatelliteProtocol(APIServer):
         elif isinstance(msg, VoiceAssistantTimerEventResponse):
             self.handle_timer_event(VoiceAssistantTimerEventType(msg.event_type), msg)
         elif isinstance(msg, DeviceInfoRequest):
-            # Compute dynamic device name
-            base_name = re.sub(r"[\s-]+", "-", self.state.name.lower()).strip("-")
-            mac_no_colon = self.state.mac_address.replace(":", "").lower()
-            mac_last6 = mac_no_colon[-6:]
-            device_name = f"{base_name}-{mac_last6}"
+            _LOGGER.debug("Device info request")
 
             yield DeviceInfoResponse(
                 uses_password=False,
-                name=device_name,
+                name=self.state.name,
+                friendly_name=self.state.friendly_name,
+                project_name="Open Home Foundation.Linux Voice Assistant",
+                project_version=self.state.version,
+                esphome_version=self.state.esphome_version,
                 mac_address=self.state.mac_address,
                 manufacturer="Open Home Foundation",
                 model="Linux Voice Assistant",
diff --git a/linux_voice_assistant/util.py b/linux_voice_assistant/util.py
index 77131cf..509cd37 100644
--- a/linux_voice_assistant/util.py
+++ b/linux_voice_assistant/util.py
@@ -4,8 +4,68 @@ import uuid
 # netifaces lib is from netifaces2
 import netifaces
 from collections.abc import Callable
+from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional
 
+# Cache for version to avoid repeated file reading
+_version_cache: Optional[str] = None
+_esphome_version_cache: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+def get_version() -> str:
+    """
+    Read the version from version.txt file.
+    
+    This function reads the content safely without risk of code injection,
+    as it only reads raw text and performs no evaluation.
+    
+    Returns:
+        str: The version from version.txt or 'unknown' if the file
+             does not exist or cannot be read.
+    """
+    global _version_cache
+    
+    if _version_cache is not None:
+        return _version_cache
+    
+    version_file = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "version.txt"
+    
+    try:
+        # Sicher lesen: nur Rohtext, keine Evaluierung
+        version = version_file.read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
+        _version_cache = version if version else "unknown"
+    except (FileNotFoundError, PermissionError, OSError):
+        _version_cache = "unknown"
+    
+    return _version_cache
+
+
+def get_esphome_version() -> str:
+    """
+    Read the version of the installed aioesphomeapi package.
+    
+    This function uses importlib.metadata to safely retrieve the version
+    of an installed Python package without executing any code from the
+    package itself.
+    
+    Returns:
+        str: The version of aioesphomeapi (e.g., '42.7.0'), or 'unknown'
+             if the package is not installed or the version cannot be read.
+    """
+    global _esphome_version_cache
+    
+    if _esphome_version_cache is not None:
+        return _esphome_version_cache
+    
+    try:
+        _esphome_version_cache = version("aioesphomeapi")
+    except PackageNotFoundError:
+        _esphome_version_cache = "unknown"
+    
+    return _esphome_version_cache
+
+
 def call_all(*callables: Optional[Callable[[], None]]) -> None:
     for item in filter(None, callables):
         item()
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3a4252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+placeholder
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/version_githash.txt b/version_githash.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3a4252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version_githash.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+placeholder
\ No newline at end of file