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The original was posted on /r/homeassistant by /u/Economy-Case-7285 on 2025-03-11 22:56:32+00:00.
Mornings in my house are chaotic, with two young kids (trying to get on shoes) and three dogs, there’s always something happening. I’ve been using a Home Assistant-powered desktop dashboard to track my schedule, but I wanted something even more hands-free.
So, I built a Good Morning Message that plays on my HomePod mini when I enter my office for the first time each day. It:
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Greets me based on the time of day
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Gives the current weather & forecast
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Reads upcoming events from my family & work calendars
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Uses Chime TTS for a natural-sounding announcement
The automation is triggered by an Aqara FP2 mmWave presence sensor, ensuring it only plays when someone physically enters the room. To make sure it’s actually me and not my wife or one of the kids, the system also uses ESPHome Bluetooth proxies, Bermuda BLE Trilateration, and Private BLE tracking with my Apple Watch.
I wrote a blog post about the full setup.
Would love to hear if anyone else has built something similar or has ideas for improving it!