Can Nest Hub speak while casting?

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1

Hi,

Now I’m casting the whole day a HA dashboard on my Nest Hub, works perfect :

              - service: cast.show_lovelace_view
                data:
                  entity_id: media_player.nest_hub_living
                  dashboard_path: nest-hub
                  view_path: foto

But I’m also using the Nest Hub as speaker, like this :

                      - service: tts.google_say
                        data:
                          entity_id: media_player.group_media_players_for_announcements
                          message: "Hello everybody !"

When using it as speaker, the streaming stops (also getting the annoying sound of google). After that I have to switch on the Nest Hub (again the sound of google) and recast my dashboard.

Is there a way to use the Nest hub as speaker without the casting of the dashboard being stopped ?

2

You can use Google Assistant SDK notify service instead to broadcast a message. It will be played on all your devices, but the original playback will continue as soon as the broadcasted messages has finished.

3

Or you can try the trick explained in this post for predefined messages. In short you create a virtual switch in Home Assitant. When the switch state is changed, a custom Google Home routine can be triggered which can send a custom message.