Play sound file - Home Assistant Companion for Android - Home Assistant Community = 40rem)" rel="stylesheet" data-target="desktop" /> = 40rem)" rel="stylesheet" data-target="chat_desktop" /> = 40rem)" rel="stylesheet" data-target="discourse-ai_desktop" /> = 40rem)" rel="stylesheet" data-target="discourse-reactions_desktop" /> = 40rem)" rel="stylesheet" data-target="poll_desktop" /> = 40rem)" rel="stylesheet" data-target="desktop_theme" data-theme-id="19" data-theme-name="scroll to top"/> Play sound file Mobile Apps Home Assistant Companion for Android whleupold June 3, 2026, 8:55am 1 Is it possible to play sound files on an Android smartphone directly from Home Assistant? Does the sound file need to be present on the smartphone for this to work? Could you provide an example for my specific use case? Thank you for your feedback. Werner Leupold woempiej (Woempiej) June 3, 2026, 10:02am 2 Hi Werner, welcome! Could you be more specific about which sound file you'd like to play on your Android device? I'm currently using an alarm notification with a custom ringtone that I uploaded to my Android device. Arh June 3, 2026, 10:46am 3 Did you try looking at the docs? dimmuboy (Dimmu Boy) July 20, 2026, 7:21am 4 Check Supported media types - there is only iOS support @whleupold I solved it by notification channels.