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Bearsfan
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1 day ago

Not able to use Alexa with Telus Home Assistant

The other day I went to turn on one of my Telus digital boxes via Alexa and it responded by saying sorry XXXXTV is not responding. I tried the other two cable boxes via Alexa and they too would not respond, giving me the same answer Sorry... I tried manually turn on or off via the app and still nothing. I unabled the skill in the Alexa app rebooted my phone then tried to enable the Telus Home Assistant skill again. It goes through the process. Brings up the Telus login page I input my credentials correctly and then it states "Linking Accounts" then it says "unable to link accounts try again later" This has been for the last 48 hours. I will mention that the skill has worked without problems for close to a year. I did notice that the Alexa app has gone through an update on June 01, 2026. Anyone else having this problem and able to fix?

 

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  • I'd like to add that I just counted the emails in my inbox from Telus support and this community in my effort to just get a callback. The number is 16 emails. Think about that. 16 emails, obviously with responses to initiate a callback. In my dealings of the day I do not have to go through that much back and forth to accomplish something. Telus, start looking after your customers in a efficient manner.

  • So the fact that Telus support team replied with try installing the skill on the web tells you everything you have to know about how this has been handled. Obviously, we now know you cannot enable or even access Alexa skills on the Alexa webpage, only the app. For me I finally started a conversation with the Telus assist bot yesterday. Then finally got it to switch me over to an "expert." This resulted in the expert organizing a callback from a tech support rep. This failed and I never received that callback. I'll add that it was supposed to give me an option to choose a time and day for the callback. That option never materialized. Next morning went back to the virtual assistant. Again, it promised to reschedule the callback. That failed. Back to the message bot. Again, I had to navigate through the bots' generic answers to get to a "live expert." I voiced my frustration with trying to get someone to respond. Expert again promised to schedule a callback with date and time. Again, after inputting callback number it ended our chat saying please say hello when Telus calls. I went back to the chat and at the same time received an email stating I would be getting a call from the loyalty team in 15 minutes. Never happened. Went back to the chat and it stated that I should wait for the scheduled callback at the designated date and time. At this point I replied, "What Date and what time?" I stated this was a joke and that now I had consumed three hours of my morning just trying to get a callback promised to me the day before. Finally, I received a call from the chat expert, and we arranged the callback over the phone. She apologized that the system was what it is and I said it's always been like this, and it was not her fault, but I wanted to voice my displeasure with someone from the loyalty department. We scheduled that also. In no normal circumstance should I have to waste 3hrs of my time to just schedule a callback. My customers would walk out on me if this was the case. This is not isolated as I had a similar experience less than 6 months ago. 

    • TELUS_Support's avatar
      TELUS_Support
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      Sorry you had to go through that over the phone and the chat assist. We sent you a PM and are still waiting on you to authorize your account so that we can take a look into what happened and get a member of the support team to look investigate the issue and reach out.

  • Same situation here, the skill and devices have been working fine for months and just recently since the last Alexa update it has not worked. I have tried all the searchable solutions like disabling/re-enabling the skill, I have removed both TELUS and Alexa apps and reinstalled them and tried to add the skill and none of those have worked. Also tried to install a skill via web and also got redirected to the app. 

  • Skills are not accessible on the web. Just tried it and it redirects you to the app

    • TELUS_Support's avatar
      TELUS_Support
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      Gotcha, we'll send you a PM so that we can get your account info and then forward this on your behalf to the respective team to investigate and look into the issue.

      • AlyssaC's avatar
        AlyssaC
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        Please share any findings or steps to resolve if applicable to me and others as well. Thanks! 

  • TELUS_Support's avatar
    TELUS_Support
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    Can you try removing the skill again from the app, but then adding it from a computer instead of the app? This might be able to bypass mobility/compatibility issues with the updated app.