@mcchessers@mastodon.gamedev.place
Post #1059324
2026-03-23 15:17 UTC
You know what would be a good use for home assistant speakers? I'd like to be able to put my phone down in another room and walk away from it, and have a speaker in another room notify me *only* if I get a call or text from a whitelist of contacts. If my wife or one of my kids is calling, then I want to know about it. Otherwise it can wait until I next pick the thing up.
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@mcchessers@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-03-23 15:17
It would make it much easier to untether from it without the anxiety of potentially missing an important call or message, and make me less likely to fall down social media rabbit holes at random times just because it's *there* in my pocket at all times.
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@obsurveyor@mastodon.gamedev.place 2026-03-23 15:20
@mcchessers I think this can be accomplished on Android with Favorite Contacts and Do Not Disturb, assuming the home assistant doesn't try to be smart and do more with dnd than the phone does.