Is it possible to play an mp3 file from a wireless speaker based on the results of a sensor?

[undone brook]

I wanna play a message like, garage door opening, when the garage door sensor kicks off, is it possible to do so? I can’t even google this cuz I’m so new to HA, so idk what the right plugin or name is called, unless it doesn’t exist yet?

[hexed drift]

hihi, welcome to HA
do you have the sensor and the speaker added to home assistant already?

[undone brook]

Omg you again

No I doing even n know how to add a Bluetooth speaker

Okay wait

I think I figured out how to do that

Thank you for breaking it down for me

[undone brook]

But let’s say yes, what do I do next?

[hexed drift]

create a new automation

you set a trigger that triggers on the entity of your sensor changing

then in the actions you find "media player play media" and link it to the speaker and the media file location

[undone brook]

im not at home and cant try it rn but

is there a prefered way to do this? and does HA let me do this from the UI

or do i need to download it via the cli somehow...

lemme see if i can google it :hmm

[hexed drift]

yeah, automations are the core of home assistant

although if you looking to do music stuff then you may want to look into the "music assistant" addon

gives you some extra stuff

automations are the core of tying things together in HA

[crimson patrol]

Can I ask if you were able to get a connection working via a smart speaker or just with a regular Bluetooth speaker? If possible is there any documentation that you used to get it to work?

[undone brook]

Fuck I didn’t omg

I’ve been meaning to get to this

Perhaps tonight’s rabbit hole

[crimson patrol]

Can I ask what speaker you are planning on using / are using for your configuration? Thinking of getting the Sonos just to make life easier...