Creating an Alexa/Google announcement

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Dan-L

• March 02, 2019 12:48

Pretty sure that this may be out of Tailwind's realm, but a voice notification on Alexa (and Google) devices would be useful. Especially when the announcement includes the 'person' opening/closing the Garage door

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  Scott Riesebosch

  • March 02, 2019 14:27
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  Daniel,

  Thank you for your suggestion. Unfortunately neither Google nor Alexa support those features at this time according to the information supplied to us by both companies. We wanted to implement this, but were told by both of them it is not possible yet.

  That said, if you have the Tailwind app on your phone, you can have an audible notification that says "your garage door just opened / closed". If your phone is in vibrate mode of course it won't play the audible notification though.

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  Alex Woo

  • December 15, 2021 21:56

  3 years later, is this available?   How about using IFFFT?

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  Scott Riesebosch

  • December 16, 2021 00:10

  Yes. Posted a video of how to set it up for Alexa in early 2020.

  https://youtu.be/EUvT4XMEv2Y

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  Andrew Wahl

  • August 07, 2022 19:52

  Is this possible yet with Google Home/Assistant? I have the announcement on my phone but would like it for the household.

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  Scott Riesebosch

  • August 08, 2022 15:36

  Not that I'm aware of. I know Alexa can do it, but I haven't seen anything about Google Home being able to do it. I know they implemented "visitor announcements" for doorbells, but Google seems to be lagging behind on integrating garage door device types.

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  David Statler

  • May 18, 2024 17:38

  I just installed the Tailwind device and everything is working great, but I'd like my Google Home assistant to announce when the garage door opens/closes.  I see here that two years ago it was unavailable, but I'm checking to see if anything has changed and maybe now it is??   Thanks!

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  Scott Riesebosch

  • May 18, 2024 17:59

  Yes Google added this functionality. Just set up an automation. The trigger or "starter" will be a door opening / closing and the "action" will be an announcement. I recommend choosing to play it on "custom device" and then select what device(s) you want the announcements to play on.

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  David Statler

  • May 18, 2024 19:51

  I just got it all setup and it seems to be working great!  Thank you very much for your help!!

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