After watching the State of the Open Home 2025 and re-reading the release notes for 2025.4 I’m focusing in on the new ability for voice assistants to “start conversations”. For my first go at this, I am interested in the exact scenario outlined in the notes: having my VPE notify me that my garage door is still open and prompting me to close it.
I have already built automations that notify me every 5m if I’ve left my garage door open and allowing me to close them by simple button press on my phone/watch. Is there a simple way to extend these automations?
I’m hoping someone can share the work they’ve done on a notification automation. Bonus points if it includes the ability to “announce” (i.e. temporarily mute media players).
Thank you in advance!
J