Notification Component

Minimum Version: 1.2.0

The notify component deprecates media_player.alexa_tts and conforms to Home Assistant notifications.

Configuration

No configuration is required!

However, you may choose to change the name by modifying the name variable.

notify:
  - platform: alexa_media
    name: alexa_media

Functionality

The component supports three types of notifications as supported by the Alexa App:

1. TTS - This is the older media_player.alexa_tts functionality. Alexa will speak using Alexa's Simon says skill and will not sync between devices. This does not work with an Alexa Whole House Audio group (WHA).
2. Announce - This functionality will result in a beep prior to speaking. It can also allow display on Echo Shows/Spots (currently untested). Speech will sync across multiple devices and WHA groups should work.
3. Mobile Push - This will send a Mobile Push to any Alexa Apps linked to the target Alexa device.

How to Use

Use the notify.alexa_media service.

The following args are supported in the Service Data:

• "message:" - The message to send. (Required)
• "title:" - The title to display. Only works for Announce and Mobile Push. (Optional)
• "data:type:" - The type of notification. [tts, announce, push] (Required)
• "data:method:" - For Announce only, controls whether the announcement should be spoken, displayed, or both. [speak, show, all] (Optional)
• "target:" - The target Alexa devices. This can be the Friendly Name, Serial Number, entity_id, or Home Assistant Group. (Required) Warning: Mobile Push using groups will result in a push from every Echo device to every Alexa App.

Use the notify.alexa_media + alexa_id service.

The following args are supported in the Service Data:

• "message:" - The message to send. (Required)
• "title:" - The title to display. Only works for Announce and Mobile Push. (Optional)
• "data:type:" - The type of notification. [tts, announce, push] (Required)
• "data:method:" - For Announce only, controls whether the announcement should be spoken, displayed, or both. [speak, show, all] (Optional)

the notify.alexa_media + alexa_id service. automatically fills in the target.

TTS

{
"message":"test",
"data":{"type":"tts"},
"target":["group.alexa", "Guest Room", "media_player.kitchen", "serialNumber"]
}

Announce

{
"message":"test",
"title":"My title for Echo show",
"data":{"type":"announce", "method":"all"},
"target":["Guest Room", "media_player.kitchen", "serialNumber"]
}

Mobile Push

{
"message":"test",
"title":"My title",
"data":{"type":"push"},
"target":["Guest Room", "media_player.kitchen", "serialNumber"]
}

This is an example of how to use this service in an automation using the "announce" type (script usage would be similar):

- alias: Notification Test Weekly TTS
  initial_state: 'on'
  trigger:
    platform: time
    at: '12:15:00'
  condition:
    condition: time
    weekday:
      - wed
  action:
    - service: notify.alexa_media
      data:
        target: 
          - media_player.computer_room_dot
          - media_player.kitchen_dot
        #title: "My title for Echo show"
        data:
          type: announce
          #method: all
        message: "This is a weekly test of the announcing system."

(Be sure to use 'data_template:' when templating.)

Echo Show Output Example