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Alexa Devices in Home Assistant

alexa_devices part of Home Assistant since 2025.6

Cloud, polling Set up in the user interface Quality: Platinum

Alexa Devices is an official Home Assistant integration for Binary sensor, Button, Media player, Notifications, Select, Sensor, Switch and To-do list. Works through the manufacturer’s cloud and asks for changes at regular intervals – it depends on the internet connection and the service.

Facts about this integration

Compatible with Home Assistant
yes, official integration
Connection
Cloud, polling – Works through the manufacturer’s cloud and asks for changes at regular intervals – it depends on the internet connection and the service.
Setup
in the user interface
Kind
Hub – several devices through one gateway or account
Quality scale
Platinum – The highest level: fully typed, efficient and maintained to every rule of the project.
Installations
28,820 (4.0 % of the installations that share statistics)
Categories
Binary sensor, Button, Media player, Notifications, Select, Sensor, Switch, To-do list
Provides
Binary sensor, Button, Diagnostics, Event, Media player, Notifications, Select, Sensor, Switch, To-do list
Maintained by
@chemelli74, @jamesonuk
Python packages
aioamazondevices==17.2.3

Setup

  1. In Home Assistant open Settings → Devices & services.
  2. Click "Add integration" and search for Alexa Devices.
  3. Follow the dialog – it asks for everything the integration needs.

Add to my Home Assistant

The link goes through my.home-assistant.io and opens the setup dialog in your own instance – no address of ours is involved.

Blueprints that use this integration

  • Automation 💨 Lueftungsempfehlung - Komplett v0.6.0 (Draft 4) – Provides ventilation recommendations using sensors, media players, and notifications. ♥ 2 · Import · Forum

All blueprints for it

Known issues and fixes

9 open issues and 48 bug fixes in the last twelve months are recorded for Alexa Devices in the Home Assistant issue tracker. If something does not work, update first: the most recent fix shipped with Home Assistant 2026.9.3.

Open

  • open Reported problem #178504 since August 8, 2026 · 1 reaction · 23 comments · #178504
  • open Reported problem #182125 since September 13, 2026 · 0 reactions · 27 comments · #182125
  • open Reported problem #184888 since October 8, 2026 · 0 reactions · 24 comments · #184888
  • open Reported problem #186759 since October 16, 2026 · 0 reactions · 9 comments · #186759
  • open Reported problem #182620 since September 18, 2026 · 0 reactions · 4 comments · #182620
  • open Reported problem #181229 since September 3, 2026 · 0 reactions · 4 comments · #181229
  • open Reported problem #183630 since September 29, 2026 · 0 reactions · 3 comments · #183630
  • open Reported problem #188254 since October 23, 2026 · 0 reactions · 1 comment · #188254

Fixed

Source: the issue tracker of Home Assistant, as of October 26, 2026. The sentences are written by a language model from the titles of the issues; the reports themselves are on GitHub.

Check a specific device for known problems in the product check →

Source of this entry: the official documentation of the integration

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