I am wondering if there is an app that can catch and interpret phone notifications, so I can use them in a flow.
Example: I own a security cam that does not talk to Homey, but obviously it does send notifications through its own app to my phone. So my idea would be:
The camera sees a person
The camera (app) sends a notification to my phone. (i.e. “Camera 2: Movement in garden”)
Homey (app) picks up and interprets phone notifications and a flow turns on the garden lights when it finds the string “Camera 2: Movement in garden”.
I cannot find such an app, but to me it seems this would really be powerful, as we can use basically anything that sends phone-notifications in flows. (i.e. someone sending a text message).
I use IFTTT to collect all phone notifications in a Google Drive Gsheet, but I cannot seem to figure out how to do the same with Homey.
I do something similar. I am diabetic and Homey is supposed to warn me when my blood sugar is high or low.
I use the Android app Automagic Premium. This app can read messages from apps and send a webhook to Homey via keywords. Unfortunately, it is not possible to send a payload.
Homey then knows whether my sugar is high or low, but not the value.
Did you try Automation in iOS? Gives you the option to make a script that acts on eg a message from person X and (for example) activates a particular flow in Homey.
That is also what I’m coming to realise - unfortunately.
I guess that the only solution would be to have a spare Android phone in a charger all the time, and install either Tasker or Automate which will be able to read push notifications, and in that way have a link to Homey.
