for my 6 alexa devices using tts gives an api overload. tgats why i rely on rputines, for each tts thing a created a routine that announces to all devices, and use the play routine to do the same as you.
Yes same for me,5 echo devices here so i use routines for announces on all my devices when an action did the jobđ
For now tts works without(too many) disconnection so iâm happy with that,maybe in few days/weeks/months Amazon app will works as befoređ
Thanks again to Jamie for this great app!!
Hi, will Echo Dot 4th gen. be added to the list of supported ddvices?
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This appli is a vers gond idea
But there is a lot or disconnection every 4 uses in a routine.
When can is it possible to have echodot 4 ni device compatible
Thank a lot
Hey @Jamie
Still having trouble with the alexa app.
I created a few flows with the appâs 4 available cards in the if column.
When disconnected it is always âWhen we are unable to be authenticated by the Amazon Server any more.â and not the 3 others.
I am still on EU server and polling at 1 hour
I hope you have been helped a little with this.
Same here on EU server,have to reconnect at less twice a day.
Hi, It looks very interesting. I would like to do something like that - primary I used Siri like voice assistant in a home but lots of things donât work with iOS. But with Alexa works perfectly but I have only one Alexa device. I have Bose portable home speaker with Alexa integration.
My idea is
- Crate virtual button in Homey
- For button create a flow which sends a text command to Alexa, for example, Turn On Tv
- Add virtual button to Apple Home Kit
- Create Siri shortcuts to change the virtual button state and run homey flow from point 2.
All points except the second are possible. Is it possible to do the second point with this module?
I donât have a problem sending you a donation when you need to change something.
Thanks
Will the 4th generation be added soon? Pleease?
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Hi, not to be rude but is this app not being maintained anymore? I so wish that someone would be kind enough to maintain it, the routines still donât work and I use them a lot.
the code is not public, so it can not be adopted. i hope @Jamie is willing to accept some help. the issue seems localized to eu servers and its impossible to test for him without eu account with devices. I and others are more than willing to help, i have made homey apps so with the code i can fully test the problem and see if i can find a solution. i am also willing to register a echo dot to a eu account and give the credentials.
i loved the app while it worked, now its a mis that it is not
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Loved that app too,really miss itâŚ
Iâve had this issue on the EU servers for quite a while, it has increased a little over the last 2 months. If you need some logs etc, just let me know what you need and how i can help you investigate what is causing this. It doesnât seem to be disconnected in homey, untill you click the device. You can just connec again and then everything works fine, sometimes it happens once a day, sometimes 3-4 times a day.
In some cases, after i reconnect, i donât get the login screen but still seeems to be connected again, although iâm not (flows etc donât work). If i disconnect and reconnect, including entering password) everything works fine again
Let me know if you need some help testing 
I live in Europe but I use the US servers and Iâm also having all the above mentioned troubles, so yeah itâs not only the EU servers.
Have a new issue now, even when connected (disconnected and reconnected multiple times), for some reason my alexa doesnât execute the flo, tried to play music from flow, start routine and other things. Alexaâs show up as connected in Homey, also the flow states it was executed correctly.
Does anyone else have this issue at the moment?
Hi is this project live or die? I bought amazon echo 3 gen only for this project because I want to send a text command from iso shortcut to Alexa and for me absolutely doesnât work. I install this project without any problem connecting to the Eu server because I had a UK amazon account. I try to create a virtual button and run Alexa have a fun command. It doesnât work I tried another command, the same situation. Is it possible to help me?? I donât have any problem send donation for any help âŚ
For me it seems to work fine, just disconnects on the UK servers sometimes (sometimes multiple times a day), can you explain exactly what you are doing and maybe share some screens so we can try to see if we can help you?
Small update, setup a new environment at a friends place over the weekend, including some new Alexa devices, so chose to setup a US account, and it has (so far) been working perfectly, without any disconnects. Since others here said they have issues with US servers too, could it be account related in any way (some other setting), or was I just lucky so far on the new setup 
For me itâs mostly that I canât use routines anymore, more than it disconnects which bothers me, I use routines a lot in combination with flows and now I have to use ifttt every time I want to use one, I didnât before and ifttt costs money, not that itâs a lot but still I liked the fact that homeyâs Alexa could trigger the routine without or you know directly from the flow itself.
But you have an alexa routine, you see that routine in Homey, but you cant trigger it?
Did you try to go to apps, Alexa app and click the disconnect button, then try to reconnect (in homey)?
After that it should work, just tested it on my device. If for some reason it still doesnât, can you disconnect and try to connect to another server (US for example) and see if it works then?
