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How to get routine to broadcast message

KennyD1949
Community Member

I want to build a routine that can broadcast a message to all my devices with speakers when its done. I can set up a routine to say something just on the device that initiated it. And there are canned broadcast messsages I can use in the routine, but I cant seem to create a custom broadcast. Any ideas?

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Cathal_S
Gold Product Expert
Gold Product Expert

Hi KennyD1949,

Try adding an action to your routine and select the "Try adding your own - Experiment with custom actions' option.

Then type your broadcast message in the format below.

Broadcast "Hello world"

 

Regards,

Cathal

Regards,
Cathal

KennyD1949
Community Member

Thanks that worked. I had thought about this work around but you gave me the command structure that made it happen. But Google really needs an Events system akin to the Routines. So many sensors trigger things that must be relayed by voice alerts to the human.

GarrettDS
Community Specialist
Community Specialist

Hey folks,
It looks like we have come to a solution so I'm going to be locking this thread. If you have any other concerns or questions, please feel free to create a new thread.

Have a great day.
Garrett DS