Placeholder for feedback on Alexa Devices Media Player functionality.
This is for core Alexa Devices integration not the custom Alexa Media Player integration.
We are looking for feedback on what you want to use the media player for and what features you need to realise that.
Good day, thank you for this component. I've upgraded to 2026.6 and the new voice event appears but there's no change when alexa is invoked. Could you provide an example of how to use it?
Looks like it’s time for me to start switching over to Alexa Devices component. Built-in is generally better than bolt-on like HACS, except maybe for timing to release fixes/upgrades –but that shouldn’t matter much for stable components.
My current use case is basically just using Alexa devices for notifications from HA. But with very Important feature of always prefixing TTS output with a “chime” of some sort, so I don’t get a voice just start speaking out of nowhere.
Currently using AMP with “Chime TTS”, which can do that prefix sound (by pasting together clips before playing it as one piece). Also does other things like volume control before/after announcement, & joining/disjoining devices into groups before/after announcements. My main thing is the prefix sound. Which I now see can be done with Alexa voice markup, with some complexity.
I’m moving from Chime to Ticker integration, to better manage & centralize my notifications, since (at my request) Ticker now allows prefix sound.
I’m wanting to move to local voice assistants, but utilizing good speakers that are already in various rooms, including esp. Alexa devices. So… Media Player for voice asst speakers (w/out prefix chime, of course).
Also currently using native Alexa for my music playing, but longer term, planning on moving to Music Assistant. Keeping Alexas as speakers –with all mic’s muted– and adding additional player devices. I’m hoping for pretty equivalent experience to native Alexa music playing– moving music from one room or group to another, some use of sync sound (w/ sendspin), voice control of volume / mute / skip, etc. I assume it’s unlikely for sendspin w/ Alexa speakers?
Despite the new version of Alexa Devices having mediaplayer functions, Music Assistant still is unable to use my Echos. That is what i am waiting for...
The devs, just this weekend, reached out to the MA team and are inquiring about compatibility and integration.
AD, itself, is almost up to par with AMP, otherwise. It's only missing Fire TV media controls (there's a PR to add them) and connected devices (like the echo glow). It does have features that AMP doesn't have, like sensors for the air quality monitor and voice event attributes. There's also a PR, which looks to be implemented on the next release or two, that will add todo features, bringing the Alexa shopping list and task list into HA.
It's only a matter of time, but AD will be fully featured offering benefits that AMP doesn't provide.