# Is there an app to use phone notifications in flows? **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** app, tools, flow\ **Created:** [October 26, 2022, 9:27am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-app-to-use-phone-notifications-in-flows/71215 "2022-10-26T09:27:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DGalama](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dgalama/32/10402_2.png) [@DGalama](https://community.homey.app/u/DGalama)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 9:27am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-app-to-use-phone-notifications-in-flows/71215/1 "2022-10-26T09:27:25Z")
Hi all, 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. ---
**Author:** ![Undertaker](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/undertaker/32/53278_2.png) [@Undertaker](https://community.homey.app/u/Undertaker)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 9:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-app-to-use-phone-notifications-in-flows/71215/2 "2022-10-26T09:38:26Z")
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. ![Screenshot_20221026-113706](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/e/7/e7401c53d8f0d37762a7345fe2d9cdcbb8a323c9.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20221026-113729](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/c/9cb197f4936ff9a9e6d3b1f36e6861462eff91f9.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20221026-113745](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/3/8/38d15cbab6c569ce015c350ba63b347218a5687a.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![prosumer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/prosumer/32/166478_2.png) [@prosumer](https://community.homey.app/u/prosumer)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-app-to-use-phone-notifications-in-flows/71215/3 "2022-10-26T11:47:55Z")
> [@DGalama](#): > > I am wondering if there is an app that can catch and interpret phone notifications Not (possible) on iOS (iPhone). ---
**Author:** ![Joenoo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/joenoo/32/18671_2.png) [@Joenoo](https://community.homey.app/u/Joenoo)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-app-to-use-phone-notifications-in-flows/71215/4 "2022-10-26T17:37:59Z")
On Android this is possible. Look here: [[How To] Setup two-way communication between Homey and Android smartphone](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-setup-two-way-communication-between-homey-and-android-smartphone/55510) ---
**Author:** ![WimVreugdenhil](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/wimvreugdenhil/32/91178_2.png) [@WimVreugdenhil](https://community.homey.app/u/WimVreugdenhil)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-app-to-use-phone-notifications-in-flows/71215/6 "2024-03-13T16:23:20Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Marc\_Hammer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marc_hammer/32/111248_2.png) [@Marc\_Hammer](https://community.homey.app/u/Marc_Hammer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 9:39am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-app-to-use-phone-notifications-in-flows/71215/7 "2024-07-23T09:39:06Z")
I have similar problem, but unfortunately iOS Shortcuts / Automation doesn’t allow notifications to be ready / responded to. ---
**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 23, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-app-to-use-phone-notifications-in-flows/71215/8 "2024-07-23T14:42:09Z")
Maybe this is of any use, Marc: > [@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 … ---
**Author:** ![Marc\_Hammer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marc_hammer/32/111248_2.png) [@Marc\_Hammer](https://community.homey.app/u/Marc_Hammer)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-app-to-use-phone-notifications-in-flows/71215/9 "2024-07-23T16:35:29Z")
Thanks for the reply Peter, but I’m looking for something that can “read” an iPhone iOS push-notification which will then start a trigger in Homey. ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-app-to-use-phone-notifications-in-flows/71215/10 "2024-07-23T16:57:08Z")
Reading notifications simply isn’t allowed in iOS. ---
**Author:** ![Marc\_Hammer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marc_hammer/32/111248_2.png) [@Marc\_Hammer](https://community.homey.app/u/Marc_Hammer)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2024, 7:16am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-there-an-app-to-use-phone-notifications-in-flows/71215/11 "2024-07-24T07:16:20Z")
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.