Double TTS message?

Configuration
1

All of my TTS messages are being doubled. Any help much appreciated. Testing details below.

This happens when I trigger TTS from Node Red, or using Developer tools > Actions, YAML Mode:

action: notify.mobile_app_myphone
data:
  message: TTS
  data:
    tts_text: Testing from developer tools
    media_stream: alarm_stream

Alarm stream or not, always doubled.
Happens on two different phones with Companion app.
Companion app is latest, 2025.11.4-full
HA is latest, Core: 2025.11.3, Supervisor: 2025.11.5, OS: 16.3, Frontend: 20251105.1

Thank you for any ideas to fix this.

2

Yep there has been an issue with TTS with some media players for a while.

Devs don’t appear to care. Their first reaction to the issue below was to recommend depreciating the media player type :angry:

See: SlimProto unusual behaviour when sending TTS · Issue #139887 · home-assistant/core · GitHub

3

Is this becoming more widespread?

My Fire Tab 10" just started this annoying habit yesterday :frowning:
I think there was a (typically secretive?!) update to the system during the day.

4

I’m glad I just read this because I was starting to think I’d messed up some automations or something!

5

Which media players are you using?

Might be time to open a more generic issue.

6

google home speakers… although I probably should check that it’s not an automation issue in my case because I only noticed it recently on one automation which I have recently moved from YAML to a GUI created one.