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Group Message Card/Dashboard? (self.homeassistant)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by bbuez to c/homeassistant
 

Hello! Home assistant has been a blast to set up, however it seems as though there's no straightforward way to handle messaging between users in the app.

I came across a little about text_input fields which makes me think it would be possible to tinker something together, all I would like is a simple card that stores some 10 messages shared between my users without SMS and only in HA.

If anyone else is interested I'd be happy to share a blueprint or whatever it ends up as

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

just had a look in HACS, but nothing there.

What you could try is adding items to a todo list, with an automation to drop the last entry when a new item is added.

[โ€“] bbuez 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Thats actually a brilliant idea, a little Macgyver, but certainly what I'm needing, thank you!

Not that its necessary but I would assume I would need per user automations and templates to be able to append a name and add that to a main message todo, a little over what I have time for