# Homey push notifications **URL:** \ **Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\ **Created:** [June 30, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-push-notifications/139008 "2025-06-30T21:36:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_William\_Brekke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/john_william_brekke/32/111887_2.png) [@John\_William\_Brekke](https://community.homey.app/u/John_William_Brekke)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-push-notifications/139008/1 "2025-06-30T21:36:19Z")
Homey’s push notifications has critical, normal and confirmation. So you can send a push notification, critical notification and a yes or no notification. Wouldn’t it be cool if there was a notification you could send and get text input or number input back? For example a flow asks how many of that do you want, then you can send 3 back or like what do you want to say? And send a text back to the flow. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-push-notifications/139008/2 "2025-06-30T22:46:49Z")
Maybe interesting, I made just this with use of the Telegram app: > [@The Flow Exchange(r) - Exchange Your Flows with Others!](https://community.homey.app/t/the-flow-exchange-r-exchange-your-flows-with-others/68981/49): > > Start flow actions using a user entered value, by a reply to a predefined question on Telegram > > The Telegram app by @spkesDE has the functions to start a flow(part) by replying to a question with picking from predefined answers, but, also, by entering a value. > That value can be used to set a target temperature f.i. > Built-in conditions: > > - flow should not respond to any message with coincidental valid values > - the entered value should be within a defined value range > - the user should be informed when a invalid value has been entered > - when the value must be numbers only, the returned value needs to be converted from ‘text’ type to ‘numeric’ type > > ![17513232942003039432705574584605](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/f/7f6645c5835fd13dcde04a930b28b7346f04f816.png) > > Telegram conversation examples: > > ![17513234012256490076772149963142](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/f/2/f29ebcb5590a8d953c19ac63ef70dc099f792549.jpeg) > > ![17513234285258715234505272672081](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/d/f/df0381e5e345f5ffbb2adb38b8ac97ad1b1e041e.jpeg) > > Apps used: > [Telegram](https://homey.app/a/com.spkes.telegramNotifications) > > Configure the Telegram app with [these instructions](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-telegram-notifications/66622); > Then go to [app settings of the Telegram app](https://tools.developer.homey.app/tools/app-settings) to enter the questions you want, you then can use in flow cards. ---
**Author:** ![John\_William\_Brekke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/john_william_brekke/32/111887_2.png) [@John\_William\_Brekke](https://community.homey.app/u/John_William_Brekke)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2025, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-push-notifications/139008/3 "2025-06-30T23:55:29Z")
Can you explain more of this part? ![Screenshot_20230829-013902_Telegram](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/c/1/c180250a386f8e79ef97b6445ec71600389bfd1a.jpeg) Didn’t really understand this one. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-push-notifications/139008/4 "2025-07-01T13:43:20Z")
1. The flow sends a predefined question for the alarm clock alarm time setting to my Tgram, and it shows me what input format it expects 2. The Tgram app then sends me that question to my phone; 3. I responded with the desired time in the format I determined in the flow: `09:00` 4. The flow responds with a predefined acknowledgement, with the actual received time value, just for clarity (which is optional of course) Does this make sense, John William? ---
**Author:** ![John\_William\_Brekke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/john_william_brekke/32/111887_2.png) [@John\_William\_Brekke](https://community.homey.app/u/John_William_Brekke)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-push-notifications/139008/5 "2025-07-01T19:54:10Z")
Yes, but how do you do the 09:00 part inside of homey? How does homey understand that you want something to happen at 09:00? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-push-notifications/139008/6 "2025-07-01T21:10:21Z")
That’s what you’d write with flows… Basic example: ![Screenshot_20250701_230818_Firefox](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/1/9/19fb12bed1a0f0467f84ab63416023f6743b515a.jpeg) With the neat [“Timey” app](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-timey-make-your-time-flows-dynamic-with-variables/118139) you can trigger flows with a time value from a variable. ---
**Author:** ![John\_William\_Brekke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/john_william_brekke/32/111887_2.png) [@John\_William\_Brekke](https://community.homey.app/u/John_William_Brekke)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-push-notifications/139008/7 "2025-07-01T21:38:16Z")
Ohhh, Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![John\_William\_Brekke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/john_william_brekke/32/111887_2.png) [@John\_William\_Brekke](https://community.homey.app/u/John_William_Brekke)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-push-notifications/139008/8 "2025-07-02T00:54:14Z")
I added my bot to a group but i can’t make it send anything there? (I mean like announcement channel thing) ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 12:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-push-notifications/139008/9 "2025-07-02T12:49:51Z")
Please use the Telegram topic and find instructions there as well (always in post # 1 of most app topics): > [@\[APP\]\[Pro\] Telegram](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-telegram/66622): > > Effortlessly control your smart home with Telegram Introducing the Telegram bot for Homey Pro - the ultimate smart home hub companion. With this bot, you can control your smart home devices right from your Telegram chat. The bot supports sending and receiving messages, making it easy to stay connected with your home. One of the most exciting features of this bot is the question system. With this system, you can use Telegram inline buttons to trigger actions on your smart home hub, suc… ---
**Author:** ![John\_William\_Brekke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/john_william_brekke/32/111887_2.png) [@John\_William\_Brekke](https://community.homey.app/u/John_William_Brekke)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-push-notifications/139008/10 "2025-07-02T13:45:49Z")
Yeah i tried on channel first and couldn’t get it to work, but it worked on group.