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Updating notifications (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by limelight79@lemm.ee to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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Hi, all. My wife and I recently got new phones, and it got me thinking again about how notifications work.

Currently I have several automations (maybe 10) that send notifications to my phone, her phone, both, and possibly other devices.

But when we get a new phone, or replace a tablet, etc., I have to update every single one of those automations. And I inevitably forget some or introduce errors.

Is there a better way to do this? For example, it'd be nice if I could abstract the concept of "my phone" out in those automations, then I'd only have to change the device "my phone" in one place, rather than a bunch of places.

Any thoughts on this? Maybe I'm missing a way to do it. Thanks.

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[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes notifications need an overhaul, we assign devices to people we should be able to choose notify.user as a service and choose the user to send the notification to. That way when we change devices we only have to associate the device with the user again.

[–] limelight79@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Well, I'm glad to hear I'm not missing something. Thanks.