I have given up on AMP my devices are constantly unavailable or broken in some other way. I give the people that have to fix it credit because Amazon is constantly changing things that break AMP.i use it mainly to make Alexa say things when my routine runs. So I now use virtual switches that I expose to Alexa. When the switch turns on Alexa will know and that can be used as a trigger in an Alexa routine to make her say what ever I want. This has a few more steps to set it up in my ha routine but it always works.
Sounds interesting. Im using “briefing” so I can combine multiple things together and then let her speak… .This won’t work for me to bad.
When I arrive at home alexa say: Hey Peter, welcome home!.
When my partner arrive: Hey Kay, welcome home!
When both arrive: Hey Peter and Kay, welcome home!
Also many scenes I using with random lines that can be used.
2 options: make everything simple and reduce the creativity of speaking by Alexa or accept the issues and go on haha
Can youi elaborate some more on virutal swithes and how they are exposed to Alexa. Thanks, Dan
It’s pretty simple go to the devices page and at the bottom it say helpers. Create a helper called toggle and name the virtual switch that it creates anything you want. At this point you need to enable Alexa to use it by clicking on the settings icon and turning on enable. Once you do that the Alexa app will notify you of a new device. Them just use it in your home assistant automation as an action to come on instead of the notification from Alexa. You will also need to have the automation wait a few seconds then turn it back off so that it will be ready for the next trigger. Then go to your Alexa routines and make a routine that when the switch goes on then Alexa says whatever you want. If you get stuck chat gpt or Gemini will explain it.i used Gemini the first time to figure it out.