# What happened to APO oven Alexa announcements? **URL:** \ **Category:** Anova Precision® Oven\ **Created:** [January 8, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/what-happened-to-apo-oven-alexa-announcements/32736 "2024-01-08T18:26:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SteverinoLA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/steverinola/32/7650_2.png) [@SteverinoLA](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/SteverinoLA)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/what-happened-to-apo-oven-alexa-announcements/32736/1 "2024-01-08T18:26:34Z")
My APO stopped making Alexa announcements many months ago. I depend on these announcements due to the APO not able to turn off programmatically. Does anyone get announcements or is it just me? ---
**Author:** ![MrGus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9bd4f/32.png) [@MrGus](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/MrGus)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/what-happened-to-apo-oven-alexa-announcements/32736/2 "2024-01-09T13:51:51Z")
Let us know your findings Steve, presumably you have already tried asking anova staff directly, you are no beginner here, thus no stranger to no anova staff answering (helping) on the forum. ---
**Author:** ![edswall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@edswall](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/edswall)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 2:19am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/what-happened-to-apo-oven-alexa-announcements/32736/3 "2024-01-14T02:19:15Z")
You might check your Alexa devices and turn Announcements for the APO on. I notice that for some reason (perhaps an Alexa update) these announcements get turned off. ---
**Author:** ![SteverinoLA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/steverinola/32/7650_2.png) [@SteverinoLA](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/SteverinoLA)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/what-happened-to-apo-oven-alexa-announcements/32736/4 "2024-01-14T18:52:12Z")
It’s on. I’ve turned announcements on and off several times but still nothing. Do you get annoucements from your Alexa devices? ---
**Author:** ![edswall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@edswall](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/edswall)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/what-happened-to-apo-oven-alexa-announcements/32736/5 "2024-01-14T20:52:44Z")
You are correct, I no longer seem to get announcements ---
**Author:** ![SteverinoLA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/steverinola/32/7650_2.png) [@SteverinoLA](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/SteverinoLA)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/what-happened-to-apo-oven-alexa-announcements/32736/6 "2024-01-14T21:28:24Z")
Does anyone reading this get announcements? ---
**Author:** ![edswall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@edswall](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/edswall)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/what-happened-to-apo-oven-alexa-announcements/32736/7 "2024-04-24T18:39:42Z")
I have been talking to Anova about this since late January. However, I have finally figured out a workaround on my own. The oven sends notifications via Alexa to, for example, my iPhone. One can set Siri to read these notifications. ---
**Author:** ![SteverinoLA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/steverinola/32/7650_2.png) [@SteverinoLA](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/SteverinoLA)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/what-happened-to-apo-oven-alexa-announcements/32736/8 "2024-04-24T19:13:26Z")
Odd that tech support says no announcement issues. Would still like to know if anyone IS getting announcements. They are critical for me since oven can’t turn itself off. ---
**Author:** ![SteverinoLA](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.anovaculinary.com/steverinola/32/7650_2.png) [@SteverinoLA](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/SteverinoLA)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/what-happened-to-apo-oven-alexa-announcements/32736/9 "2024-11-28T23:47:32Z")
> [@I figured out to to get Notifications back and also turn the oven off when finished cooking](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/i-figured-out-to-to-get-notifications-back-and-also-turn-the-oven-off-when-finished-cooking/34223): > > If anyone is interested, I got fed up w/the lack of Alexa APO notifications. They used to work but stopped well over a year ago. You can still enable them in Alexa app but you’ll never actually get a notification. These were critical since the APO doesn’t stop cooking when the recipe is done. So I figured out how to solve both of those. It’s a combination of: MacroDroid (for android devices), costs $7 URL Routine Trigger ([Virtual Smart Home™ • URL Routine Trigger for Alexa Routines](https://www.virtualsmarthome.xyz/url_routine_trigger/)) A coup…