lianyu
June 21, 2025, 1:59am
1
Recently, the Home Assistant APP now only makes a sound on the First Notification within a short period of time (perhaps 1 - 5 minutes). It used to play the Alert Sound in Android for every notification received, no matter how close together in time they where.
This may have started with the super-buggy Android 16 update last week, so perhaps its an Android issue?
Anyone experiencing this and/or know how to set it back to playing the Alert sound with every notification?
Android HA APP Version: 2025.5.3-full
thanks!
lianyu
June 21, 2025, 4:30am
2
Ok, just found this is from the crappy Android 16 update earlier this month:https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/424448500?pli=1
As noted on this GitHub Issue for the Android Home Assistant companion App:
opened 08:47PM - 18 Jun 25 UTC
bug
notifications
3rd party
**Home Assistant Android app version(s):** 2025.5.3-full
**Android version(s):*… * 16
**Device model(s):** Pixel 7 Pro
**Home Assistant version:** 2025.6.1
**Last working Home Assistant release (if known):**
**Description of problem, include YAML if issue is related to notifications:**
Seems to be a recent issue that started 1-2 weeks ago, I guess either with the Android 16 update or the HA 2025.6.1 update. I use a custom notification channel for various alarms, and the sound, vibration, do not disturb options etc are configured on the phone. Now, if the HA app already has an active notification (doesn't need to be an alarm, any other HA notification that I haven´t viewed or cleared yet) then any subsequent HA notification, including alarms, are _silent_ - the screen does not turn on, no sound, no vibration, which is quite problematic for alarms. A notification yaml sample from an automation:
```yaml
data:
title: ALARM
message: Alarm text...
data:
ttl: 0
priority: high
channel: alarm
action: notify.mobile_app_pixel_7_pro
```
I have not changed any automations or app notification settings recently. Interestingly, other apps such as gmail, whatsapp seem to work fine in Android 16, all notifications behave as configured.
**Companion App Logs:**
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**Screenshot or video of problem:**
**Additional information:**
There is a workaround as noted on both the Android and HA issue tracker links above.
awesome