--- title: "Alexa Media Player" description: "Alexa Media Player is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 29.9k installs sharing analytics, needs the vendor's cloud and was last updated October 26, 2026." canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/alandtse-alexa-media-player" url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/alandtse-alexa-media-player.md" last-updated: "2026-10-22" version: "1.4" --- # Alexa Media Player > Alexa Media Player is a Marketplace integration for Home Assistant. It has 29.9k installs sharing analytics, needs the vendor's cloud and was last updated October 26, 2026. Alexa Media Player controls Amazon Alexa devices from Home Assistant through the unofficial Alexa API. Echo devices appear as media players with play, pause, stop, track skipping and volume, and the current song title, artist, album and cover image are shown. It also adds sensors such as temperature, air quality, humidity, next alarm, next reminder and next timer, plus switches for do not disturb, repeat and shuffle. Other platforms include alarms, lights, notifiers and selects, and actions cover Amazon Kids mode, restoring the previous volume, fetching history records and rediscovering the Alexa network. It needs Amazon's cloud, is set up in the UI with Amazon account sign-in and region, and has options for polling interval, device filters and one-time password or authenticator key. Because it mimics the Alexa app, Amazon may cut off access at any time. Automatic summary of the README and code of alandtse/alexa\_media\_player. Something wrong, or are you the maintainer and want your own text here? [Get in touch](https://vulpo.app/contact) [Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/hacs_repository/?owner=alandtse&repository=alexa_media_player&category=integration) On Home Assistant 2026.11 or newer? [Open it in the Marketplace](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/marketplace_repository/?owner=alandtse&repository=alexa_media_player&category=integration) ## Supports - **Uses the vendor's cloud**: Needs an internet connection and an account with the vendor. - **From the Marketplace**: Installed through the Marketplace, formerly HACS. - **Actively maintained**: Its author released or pushed a change in the last six months. ## Setting it up Install it from the Marketplace and restart Home Assistant, then add it under Settings, Devices and services. ### Connect - **Advanced debug**: Enables very verbose, trace-level logging for advanced troubleshooting. Not recommended for normal operation due to increased log volume. Ensure logger levels are set to DEBUG for full output. - **Email Address** - **or Exclude these devices from all (comma separated)** - **Include additional sensors, switches and lights** - **Local network URL to access Home Assistant** - **Only include these devices (comma separated)** - **52-character Authenticator App Key for Amazon 2SV**: Example: 35T5 LQSY I5IO 3EFQ LGAJ I6YB JWBY JJPR PYT7 XPPW IDAK SQBJ CVXA - **Password** - **Public URL shared with external hosted services** - **Delay to queue multiple commands together (seconds)** - **Scheduled polling interval (seconds)** - **One-time password (OTP)** - **Discover Alexa network** - **Amazon region domain (e.g., amazon.co.uk)** ### Alexa Media Player - Amazon Region Mismatch - **Change configuration to the Amazon-reported region** ### Alexa Media Player - Unable to Connect to HA URL - **Ignore and Continue - I understand that no support for login issues are provided for bypassing this warning.** ### Alexa Media Player - OTP Confirmation - **Yes, OTP code was verified** ### After setup - **Advanced debug**: Enables very verbose, trace-level logging for advanced troubleshooting. Not recommended for normal operation due to increased log volume. Ensure logger levels are set to DEBUG for full output. - **or Exclude these devices from all (comma separated)** - **Include additional sensors, switches and lights** - **Only include these devices (comma separated)** - **52-character Authenticator App Key for Amazon 2SV**: Example: 35T5 LQSY I5IO 3EFQ LGAJ I6YB JWBY JJPR PYT7 XPPW IDAK SQBJ CVXA - **Public URL shared with external hosted services** - **Delay to queue multiple commands together (seconds)** - **Scheduled polling interval (seconds)** - **Discover Alexa network** Texts from the code of [alandtse/alexa\_media\_player](https://github.com/alandtse/alexa_media_player). ## Entities - **Sensors**: Air quality, Carbon monoxide, Humidity, Indoor air quality, Particulate matter, Volatile organic compounds, Next alarm, Next reminder, Next timer, Temperature - **Switches**: Do not disturb, Repeat, Shuffle ## Actions - **Disable Amazon Kids**: Turns off Amazon Kids (child mode) for an Echo by unassigning it from any child profile. Fields: Select media player: - **Enable Amazon Kids**: Turns on Amazon Kids (child mode) for an Echo by assigning it to a child profile. Fields: Child, Select media player: - **Enable Network Discovery**: Re-enables Alexa network discovery so the next polling cycle will rediscover Alexa devices for the selected accounts. Fields: Email address - **Force Logout**: Force account to logout. Used mainly for debugging. Fields: Email address - **Get History Records**: Parses the history records for the specified device Fields: Select media player:, Number of entries - **Restore Previous Volume**: Restore previous volume level on Alexa media player device Fields: Select media player: - **Update Last Called Sensor**: Forces update of last\_called echo device for each Alexa account. Fields: Email address ## Troubleshooting - **Diagnostics**: Downloads a diagnostics file to attach to a bug report. - **Repair notices**: Notices it can show in Settings, Repairs: YAML configuration is deprecated ## From the README > Alexa Media Player Custom Component for homeassistant > > This is a custom component to allow control of Amazon Alexa devices in Home Assistant using the unofficial Alexa API. Please note this mimics the Alexa app but Amazon may cut off access at anytime. > > - Play/Pause/Stop > - Next/Previous (Track) > - Volume > - Retrieval for displaying in home assistant of: > - Song Title > - Artists Name > - Album Name > - Album Image From the README of [alandtse/alexa\_media\_player](https://github.com/alandtse/alexa_media_player#readme), [Apache License 2.0](https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html). Shortened. ## At a glance - Kind: Marketplace integration - Category: [AI and voice](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/ai-and-voice.md), Voice assistants - Brand: [Amazon](https://vulpo.app/integrations/amazon.md) - Number: 29.9k installs sharing analytics; 2k GitHub stars - Connection: Needs the vendor's cloud - Upkeep: Updated in the last 6 months - Needs: Needs the Marketplace (HACS on 2026.10 and older) - Latest version: v5.18.0, last updated October 26, 2026 - Domain: `alexa_media` - Source: - Issues: In Vulpo: Light card, Quick Toggle card, Media Player card, Alarm Panel card (Pro), Apple Watch, Control Center ## Other ways in for Amazon | Name | Kind | Installs or stars | Connection | Upkeep | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Alexa Devices](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/alexa-devices.md) | Built-in integration | 28.9k installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | Part of Home Assistant | | [Amazon Polly](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/amazon-polly.md) | Built-in integration | 355 installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | Part of Home Assistant | | [AWS S3](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/aws-s3.md) | Built-in integration | 318 installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | Part of Home Assistant | | [AWS Route53](https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/route53.md) | Built-in integration | 88 installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | Part of Home Assistant | | [Amazon Price Tracker](https://vulpo.app/integrations/marketplace/nuggetz-ha-amazon-price-tracker.md) | Marketplace integration | 53 installs sharing analytics | Needs the vendor's cloud | Updated in the last 6 months | Independent directory, made by the developer of Vulpo. 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