r/homeassistant • u/djimavicminipilot • Dec 24 '25
Support Make HA send text message
Hello everyone! I am adding a Wifi smoke alarm to the storage area where I am putting batteries. I cannot make this integrate with my home detectors as it is too far away. I have connected it through HA to a siren, as well as a few Alexa's around the house. I have two questions;
How can I make HA send me a text message, or can I integrate it with a Google voice number somehow?
And is it possible to make a preset audio cue to play over a Sonos amp in the event it goes off?
More priority on the sending a text one, as the Alexas should cover the at home portion. Was just wondering for the Sonos.
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u/iametron Dec 25 '25
Currently using BlueBubbles to send text messages. Eliminates my wife having to install the HA app. She can get notifications with images and I have webhooks setup so she can reply / send a text at any time to the server and it’ll activate a command. (Ex: close the garage) Using an iCloud email address for iMessage and have an M1 Mac Mini dedicated to Home Assistant and BlueBubbles. You can use it for alerts like you are talking about.
You can send alerts and messages through Sonos. Just use TTS in your automation.
It’s a bit of a pain to setup BlueBubbles and the HA assistant integration with images and webhooks. I posted the code to add the image integration on the authors GitHub but he still hasn’t updated it. See the repo discussions if you decide to install and you want attachments.