Use Home Assistant start latest episode of podcast using third party integration

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  rrooggiieerr · Member · February 26, 2025 at 12:55 am

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  As part of my morning routine I would love to wake up with the latest episode of a podcast show.

  I’m using Home Assistant and using the intents as described on the third party integration page I’m able to refresh the available podcasts
  https://support.pocketcasts.com/knowledge-base/third-party-integration/

  It would be great if I could also play the latest episode of a given podcast using an intent.

  This could be implemented to extend the Play intent au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts.action.PLAY with additional extras data containing a podcast show ID or something alike.

  I’m using the following code in my Home Assistant automation to refresh podcast episodes:

  action: notify.mobile_app_rogier_s_phone
  data:
    message: command_broadcast_intent
    data:
      intent_package_name: au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts
      intent_action: au.com.shiftyjelly.pocketcasts.action.REFRESH_PODCASTS

  Home Assistant documentation on how to use intents: https://companion.home-assistant.io/docs/notifications/notification-commands/#broadcast-intent

  Android documentation on intents: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Intent

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  staff-joey8 · Staff · February 26, 2025 at 12:14 pm

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  Thanks for the feedback on this, @rrooggiieerr

  It is a great idea! I have added it to our ideas board for consideration :)

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  phillbpb4aa43dcb3f · Member · March 9, 2025 at 7:29 pm

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  Plus one from me, I just started using Home Assistant and this would be a complete game changer!!

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  staff-eleanor · Staff · March 11, 2025 at 12:42 pm

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  Hi there, @phillbpb4aa43dcb3f! Thanks for sharing your feedback about Home Assistant and Pocket Casts. We have a feature request for this and have added a vote for you. We’ll keep it in mind for future updates.