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Alexa Devices Instructions on how to integrate Alexa Devices into Home Assistant.
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The Alexa Devices {% term integration %} lets you control Alexa-enabled devices connected to your Amazon account.

The integration provides information on connected devices and enables control of the main features.

Supported devices

There is support for the following device families within Home Assistant:

  • Amazon Echo Auto
  • Amazon Echo Dot
  • Amazon Echo Flex
  • Amazon Echo Plus
  • Amazon Echo Show
  • Amazon Fire TV Stick
  • Amazon Fire Tablet

and all 3rd party that has Alexa capabilities built-in

{% warning %}

Currently, only MFA-protected Amazon accounts via the authenticator app are supported.

{% endwarning %}

{% include integrations/config_flow.md %}

{% configuration_basic %} country: description: The country of your Amazon account. username: description: The email address of your Amazon account. password: description: The password of your Amazon account. otp: description: One-time password via Authenticator App. {% endconfiguration_basic %}

{% note %} When trying to set up the integration, the form may show the message "Cannot connect". This means that the specified country may need a special setting. Open a issue with all details to investigate {% endnote %}

Examples

Automation: Announce welcome when you arrive home

automation:
- alias: "Alexa Announce"
  id: "alexa_announce"
  triggers:
    - platform: state
      entity_id: person.simone
      to: "home"
  actions:
    - action: notify.send_message
      data:
        message: Welcome home Simone
      target:
        entity_id: notify.announce_echo_dot_livingroom

Automation: Start Radio on all Echo dots

automation:
- alias: Start Radio B.B.C.
  id: "start_radio_bbc"
  trigger:
   - platform: sun
     event: sunset
  condition:
    conditions:
      - alias: "condition alias (home)"
        condition: state
        entity_id: group.person_family
        state: "home"
  action:
    - action: notify.send_message
      data:
        message: Play B.B.C. on Tunein
      target:
        entity_id: notify.custom_everywhere

Data updates

This integration {% term polling polls %} data from the device every 30 seconds by default.

Supported functionality

The Alexa Devices {% term integration %} provides the following entities:

  • Binary sensor - main and Bluetooth connectivity
  • Notify - Speak and Announce notifications
  • Switch - Do not disturb

Removing the integration

This integration follows standard integration removal. No extra steps are required.

{% include integrations/remove_device_service.md %}