Pause active tv when on or getting call

Mobile Apps Home Assistant Companion for Android
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I’m not an idiot, but i am more of a hardware vs software guy. I’ve been trying to get my phone state from my cell phones in the house to pause certain tv’s and such.

Hardware:
2 Samsung S22’s
1 iPhone
3 Roku’s
1 Firestick

Software:
HA OS on a RPi - hacs
HA On all 3 phones

I saw this somewhere else:

- alias: Phone Calls
  trigger:
#making a call:  idle to offhook
    - platform: state
      entity_id: sensor.phone_phone_state
      from: idle
      to: offhook

#answering a call: ringing to offhook
    - platform: state
      entity_id: sensor.phone_phone_state
      from: ringing
      to: offhook

#hanging up a call: offhook to idle
    - platform: state
      entity_id: sensor.phone_phone_state
      from: offhook
      to: idle

  condition:
    - condition: state
      entity_id: sensor.where_are_you
      state: 'Home'

I cant sem to find any entities anywhere that match these in any way. I can see battery states but not phone_state on the samsung’s. I can also see the iPhones: SIM 1 & 2, and activity.

can someone help an old idgit out and either guide me to resources that might be helpful (i’ve searched any way i can seem to search) or just lemme know how to do it?

2

You likely need to use Tasker to do this. I’m not sure Andriod can do this out of the box without help from an external software.

3

use the phone state sensor https://companion.home-assistant.io/docs/core/sensors#phone-state-sensor

Settings > companion app > manage sensors > enable phone state sensor

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OK so i figured it out while you guys were writing.

First i realized i had my entities set to only active or whatever, so i turned the filter off, then i realized it was disabled, so i went to fix that. Viola its done.

Steps for anyone that comes in the future:

Go into Apps > Home Assistant and turn on permissions
Then create an automation. I’ll attach a screenshot and the yaml so you can see how i have mine setup.

Thanks Yall!

alias: Pause TV - FriGiN Firestick
description: ""
triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id:
      - sensor.frigin_cell_phone_state
    from: idle
    to: ringing
  - trigger: state
    entity_id:
      - sensor.frigin_cell_phone_state
    from: ringing
    to: offhook
conditions:
  - condition: device
    device_id: c597775248ef7c545748506bfb52315b
    domain: device_tracker
    entity_id: ca1e3fdc489f8cc073aa6151f0bf8999
    type: is_home
  - condition: device
    device_id: 4e877c75ca44e1ddf045626f5f82db2c
    domain: media_player
    entity_id: e7b781f7ebbdcb1dd976c56225ff4195
    type: is_playing
actions:
  - action: media_player.media_pause
    metadata: {}
    data: {}
    target:
      area_id: man_cave
mode: single

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OBVIOUSLY replace your phone sensor and tv name etc but this is mine and it works.

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