Notifications

LocalAssistant sends push notifications to the phones, tablets and computers each person turned them on for: Account, Notifications, Turn on for this device. On an iPhone or iPad, add the app to the Home Screen first.

#The inbox

Every notification also lands in Notifications (the bell at the top of the screen), push or not, and stays there for 30 days. The bell shows a dot on a phone and a count on a computer while some are unread; opening the inbox marks them read. Tap one to go where it points, tap a scene button to set it, or remove them one by one or all at once.

#Tell me when

Your own alerts, sent to you alone: Account, Notifications, Tell me when, Add, then pick a device and what to watch for, the same choices as a routine's device trigger: turns on or off, opens or shuts, locks, starts playing, is pressed, goes above or below a value. A washing machine whose plug goes below 5 W is done; a freezer sensor going above -10 needs a look.

It fires when the device gets there, not again while it stays.

#From a routine

A routine's Send a notification step tells everyone, the admins or one person, with a title and a message. It can offer up to two scenes as buttons on the notification itself: "The front door is open" with Lock up sets that scene from the lock screen, after checking you're still signed in on that device. Buttons show on Android and desktop browsers; iPhones show the message only.

#From integrations

Integrations notify too: a device that stops answering for an hour tells the admins, and Frigate tells everyone about what it detects.