# Replacing Alexa

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/replacing-alexa/90752>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Tags:** homey-pro\
**Created:** [October 2, 2023, 11:08am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/replacing-alexa/90752 "2023-10-02T11:08:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![amcdnl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/amcdnl/32/84331_2.png) [@amcdnl](https://community.homey.app/u/amcdnl)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 11:08am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/replacing-alexa/90752/1 "2023-10-02T11:08:59Z")

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I have a handful of Alexa devices that I would like to replace with a custom solution. Alexa continues to get worse, less private and now featuring ads on the screen when I turn off a light or something. Furthermore Amazon has hinted at charging for Alexa which no way I’m going to pay you to spy on me.

99% of the time I’m launching custom flows and of that I’m mostly using custom routines because Alexa seems to get worse at basic stuff on a daily basis. If there was just a microphone with a trigger for a flow homey could solve this.

My overall question is has anyone else tried something like this and wondered if so they could share their ideas.

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**Author:** ![JPe4619](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jpe4619/32/9017_2.png) [@JPe4619](https://community.homey.app/u/JPe4619)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/replacing-alexa/90752/2 "2023-10-02T11:18:56Z")

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