I recently decided to streamline my notification system in Home Assistant by setting up a notify group that includes both Pushover and Alexa devices. While the process had its challenges, I’m thrilled to share my experience and the solution I found.
Initially, I configured the notify group with Pushover and Alexa, but encountered issues where Alexa wouldn’t respond despite working fine individually. After some research, I realized the service name needed to be notify_alexa_media instead of notify.alexa_media.
Here’s how I structured it:
yaml
- name: PushoverAlexa
platform: group
services:- service: pushover
- service: notify_alexa_media
data:
target:
- media_player.lounge_echo_dot
- media_player.kitchen_echo_dot
I also created a simple button to test the notifications:
yaml
show_name: false
show_icon: true
type: button
entity: ‘’
name: Alexa
icon: mdi:checkbox-intermediate
hold_action:
action: none
show_state: false
tap_action:
action: call-service
service: notify.pushoveralexa
service_data:
message: I am a test
This setup now works perfectly for notifications, including my garage door alert system. The key takeaway is ensuring the correct service names and proper data formatting. I hope this helps others looking to centralize their notifications in Home Assistant!