How to play sound like door bells, ... with homey pro 2023?

Questions & Help
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Is there a way to play differnt sound snippets triggered by flows ? e.g. play a door bell sound if a button is pressed or a audio confirmation after having armed a zone ? I saw some notes for Sonos only. Is there a general approach to play sound on different speaker ?

Thx Gerhard

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Yes, you can play audio through several speaker systems but the HP23 does not have a built-in speaker for some sad reason. What speakers do you have?

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I have Sonos and a Google Home Speaker.

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@Gerhard_Schober Sonos and Google Home have both a app.

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Soundboard app installed and uploaded a MP3-file. But Homey Pro says: cannot play sound.
How to link a Google home speaker for sound playing ?

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I use Sonos to play the SoundBoard, or internal Sonos sounds (bells, dogs) or a voice.

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Is the file under 900kb? Thats the limit of the app.

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Google does not play well in general due to protected eco system.

No way to play sound from Homey Pro using Google device to my knowledge…
I tried Google Chromecast app but no such option.

And you can not send a “command” from Homey Pro to Google device, like on iOS Shortcuts app.

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You can use the Universal Media Player app if you have a NAS / UPnP.

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Also, you can send an URL to Google devices right.
Use the Universal Media Player app (or FTP client) to generate URLs from files on a NAS or Homey and send it to the Google speakers.

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I stand corrected. You can play sound on Google device using Soundboard + Google Chromecast. :rofl:

I wish this was part of some basic intro communication…