Audio-only notifications?

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Hi, is it possible to send audio-only notifications to an iOS device (with the official HA app)?

I have a door open/close notification with a sound effect which is useful for me but I’d only like to hear it - not see it on the screen. I know I can disable the actual notification in iOS Settings but that’s per-app only and I do want to keep other notifications.

Also I’d like to have those on the phone, not on any device within the apartment.

Possible somehow? Thanks!

2

there an iOS section down on the page :wink:

3

clear_notification looks great, thank you!

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Maybe I’m misunderstanding what the clear_notification thing actually does but it definitely does not clear the notification off my iPhone lockscreen… Any clues?

Here’s the automation

alias: Notify front door open (Duplicate)
description: ''
trigger:
  - platform: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.midoorsensor1_contact
    to: 'on'
condition: []
action:
  - service: notify.mobile_app_iphone
    data:
      message: Door
      title: Front door opened
      data:
        push:
          sound: 3rdParty_DirectionUp_Haptic.caf
        tag: door-open
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 2
      milliseconds: 0
  - service: notify.mobile_app_iphone
    data:
      message: clear_notification
      data:
        tag: door-open
mode: single

It’s probably not me, it seems not to work for other people as well

5

Nothing? Anyone?

6

From the companion app documentation: “iOS will only clear the most recent critical notification from a given tag”

So for me it works like this:

  - action: notify.mobile_app_iphone
    data:
      message: Turning OFF all the house lights
      data:
        tag: goodnight
        push:
          sound: US-EN-Morgan-Freeman-Good-Night.wav
          interruption-level: critical
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 0
      seconds: 2
      milliseconds: 0
  - action: notify.mobile_app_iphone
    data:
      message: clear_notification
      data:
        tag: goodnight

You’ll have to adjust the delay for the duration of the sound you want to play.