diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/devices/huami/Huami2021Coordinator.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/devices/huami/Huami2021Coordinator.java
index 0550af4c8..0ac8fb185 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/devices/huami/Huami2021Coordinator.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/devices/huami/Huami2021Coordinator.java
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ public abstract class Huami2021Coordinator extends HuamiCoordinator {
     }
 
     public boolean supportsAlexa(final GBDevice device) {
-        return ZeppOsAlexaService.isSupported(getPrefs(device));
+        return experimentalFeatures(device) && ZeppOsAlexaService.isSupported(getPrefs(device));
     }
 
     private boolean supportsConfig(final GBDevice device, final ZeppOsConfigService.ConfigArg config) {
@@ -474,4 +474,8 @@ public abstract class Huami2021Coordinator extends HuamiCoordinator {
     public static boolean deviceHasConfig(final Prefs devicePrefs, final ZeppOsConfigService.ConfigArg config) {
         return devicePrefs.getBoolean(Huami2021Coordinator.getPrefKnownConfig(config.name()), false);
     }
+
+    public static boolean experimentalFeatures(final GBDevice device) {
+        return getPrefs(device).getBoolean("zepp_os_experimental_features", false);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/zeppos/services/ZeppOsAlexaService.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/zeppos/services/ZeppOsAlexaService.java
index 5a2706f94..a1f632f84 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/zeppos/services/ZeppOsAlexaService.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/huami/zeppos/services/ZeppOsAlexaService.java
@@ -148,8 +148,10 @@ public class ZeppOsAlexaService extends AbstractZeppOsService {
 
     @Override
     public void initialize(final TransactionBuilder builder) {
-        requestCapabilities(builder);
-        requestLanguages(builder);
+        if (Huami2021Coordinator.experimentalFeatures(getSupport().getDevice())) {
+            requestCapabilities(builder);
+            requestLanguages(builder);
+        }
     }
 
     public void requestCapabilities(final TransactionBuilder builder) {