# Tips for dashboard with Calendar, ToDo, Radio and all-in-one Music control **URL:** \ **Category:** Dashboards\ **Created:** [August 3, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/tips-for-dashboard-with-calendar-todo-radio-and-all-in-one-music-control/140987 "2025-08-03T13:03:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Michel\_van\_Lier](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/michel_van_lier/32/100854_2.png) [@Michel\_van\_Lier](https://community.homey.app/u/Michel_van_Lier)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2025, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/tips-for-dashboard-with-calendar-todo-radio-and-all-in-one-music-control/140987/1 "2025-08-03T13:03:41Z")
Hi, I want to start with a wallmounted tablet with a dashboard. I prefer the default homey dashboard because it is plain and simple but stylish, but I found some restrictions. - All in one music player/control widget. I want to have one widget that shows what is playing currently at on of my (google nest audio/google chromecast) devices, and able to control the sound, and when playing a speaker group, control per speaker. In stead of having a widget for each separate speaker. - A widget to select from a list of radio stations (would be nice if I can select a top 3 or 5 only, or some quick buttons to a few), and play that radio station on a selected speaker (group). I know there is a radio widget, but it has one widget per station, and I do not want to have e.g. 3 -5 of them on the dashboard. - I want to have agenda widget showing items of today (e.g. from google calendar). - I want to have a todo list (preferable connected/from Apple reminders). - Travel time to work (would be nice if I can get travel time to next calendar appointment) Do you have any tip on how to achieve this? Or tips to better dashboard systems that can be used with homey? ---
**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:** [August 3, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/tips-for-dashboard-with-calendar-todo-radio-and-all-in-one-music-control/140987/2 "2025-08-03T14:19:13Z")
Hi Michel, For the first 2 points, you can consider using “sub” dashboards ![Screenshot_20250803_155510_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/9/999104bfad8f6c590b203dfafff411cbacada180.jpeg) To which you can add a link back to the “main" dash f.i. ![Screenshot_20250803_155617_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/c/4ce8ac4229f16586dd9b4b0b653ac11420621153.jpeg) Point 3: A Google calender howto: [Homey Dashboards | Megathread - #365 by Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-dashboards-megathread/116963/365) But with help from the iCalCalendar app you can show events using notifications, like on a text variable widget, [Enhanced Device Widget](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-enhanced-device-widgets-live-1-1-21-test-1-1-23/117835/381) ([example](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-enhanced-device-widgets-live-1-1-21-test-1-1-23/117835/381)), [DataVista app](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-datavista/121482) ([example](https://datavista.erikvl87.nl/widgets/label)). Point 5: with use of the [HERE app](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-here-free-location-map-services/115217), you can create a virtual device showing the travel time and cam image with a map f.i. But you can also use the notification possibilities shown at Point 3. > [@Michel\_van\_Lier](#): > > Or tips to better dashboard systems that can be used with homey? I use Home Assistant; Howto (and howto install): > [@\[TUTORIAL\]\[PRO\] How to integrate Home Assistant with Homey Pro and v.v](https://community.homey.app/t/tutorial-pro-how-to-integrate-home-assistant-with-homey-pro-and-v-v/92641): > > → Nederlandstalige versie → [klik hier](https://community.homey.app/t/tutorial-pro-home-assistant-integreren-met-homey/77587) → Tutorial with examples of setting up HA from scratch, extended with zwave as example → [click me](https://community.homey.app/t/honeywell-t6-pro-zwave-help/114693/5) It is not very easy to connect Home Assistant (or HA) with Homey Pro when you are new to it, hence this comprehensive guide. You can make it work! (At least I hope so grin ) When I forgot something, or something is wrong: feel free to point it out. By default, all Homey devices are available @ HA after a successful connection using MQTT; BUT you ne…