Any apps to find your phone if it's on mute? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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My wife and I regularly misplace our phones in the house and we also keep them on mute like 99% of the time.

Are there any apps that allow us to ping the other ones phone audibly despite it being on mute?

One is a oneplus 6t the other a s23 ultra if that makes a difference

EDIT: I found a solution i like; Homeassistant with TTS Notifications. Of couse you can still list some apps and solutions for others to find, but i am happy now!

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[-] RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 months ago

Thanks to another user i got home assistant notifications with TTS running.

So everything can stay muted and i can let the phone talk via home assistant. Neat part is that this works even with both our phones lost and i can just ask my voice assistant where my phone is and it starts speaking

[-] Donut@leminal.space 4 points 6 months ago

That's definitely another way to get the phone's "voice" across! Glad it worked out for you. No more lost phones!

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