i’ve got a Samsung phone and want to open from my garage from within Android Auto. I neither can call HA Assist nor Amazon Alexa from within Android Auto without fumbling around with the display. And to be honest - I don’t even want to do that as I would loose a lot of features like Control the Phone itself (for messaging, spotify, navigation,)
So is there a way or workaround to trigger something with google Assistant that I could react from within HA?
I had a IPhone in the past and this was super easy with a shotcut, but that isn’t an option anymore.
I have used Tasker for so long, there is not any one or few instructions that I can suggest. Basically, in a Tasker Task, you should be able to call any service in HA then create a shortcut on your phone that triggers that task. Or, you can create a Scene like I did which is equivalent of a dashboard. I use a VPN when not connected to home network so I think you would have to do same but not sure of that. Nothing in my Scene uses something from Home Assistant.
I used to use Android Auto when you could run it just on your phone. Then, when that stopped, I searched for an alternative but didn’t like any of them so I created my own Scene using Tasker. I don’t have Android Auto on my car’s radio.