Posted September 3Sep 3 About 2 years ago I installed the VirtualButtons plugin on my Polisy. I started with 2 buttons and used 1 button to tell me that I have mail when my mailbox sensor gets triggered. This process is done through Alexa. For the most part the software works fine. Hardware has been an a slight issue. I just upgraded my mailbox sensor to a YoLink sensor for better reliability. So the other day I used my second button for my gate sensors. Now when a gate is opened, I get a verbal message through Alexa. Life is good. These 2 buttons work correctly. Today I added 3 more virtual buttons. They are not working the same. I have gone through Alexa routines, PG3 and Polisy. Can't find anything wrong. If I trigger my 3rd virtual button, I get my message "Test", a chime sound, then Alexa says "Someone has just pressed Virtual Button 3, followed by another chime sound. I just want Alexa to say "Test". I don't know where all this other stuff is coming from. The only difference I see is button 1 and 2 (my old buttons) look like this... Button 3,4 and 5 (my new buttons) look like this.... I have no idea how to change them from true to false or how that value gets assigned in the first place.
September 3Sep 3 Author Solution @CPrince Gee I just fixed it... How do I get my Echos to stop saying "Somebody is at Virtual Button..."? Amazon is always experimenting with new features, and one new feature is to automatically announce the pressing of your Virtual Buttons (what fun!). To turn this off, open your Alexa App and choose the Devices icon in the lower right part of the screen. Next choose All Devices and scroll through the list to find your Virtual Button XX device(s), select it, then switch the Doorbell Press Announcements slider to the off position. You might have to do this for each Virtual Button you own.
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