Add automations that push Live Activity notifications for critical workflows #1598
Description
Why Joanna Flagged This
New Home Assistant iOS Live Activity support means automations can push real-time state (tagged by tag) to the lock screen/Dynamic Island via notification payloads, including progress/chrono info shared with Android Live Notifications.
Upstream Source
- Repository: home-assistant/iOS
- Subject: Adds iOS Live Activities support
- Type: PullRequest
- Link: Adds iOS Live Activities support home-assistant/iOS#4444
- Notification reason: subscribed
- Updated: 2026-03-23T16:54:53Z
Why It Fits This Repo
This change directly expands mobile notification capabilities we can leverage in our automations package by emitting live_activity: true pushes for time-sensitive workflows (washer, EV charging, delivery tracking, alarms).
Suggested Landing Zone
- Area: automation
- Subsystem: Mobile App Notifications & Live Activity payloads
Suggested Implementation Direction
Create automation(s) that send notify.mobile_app_* with data: section containing tag, live_activity: true, optional progress, progress_max, chronometer, when, when_relative, and icon/color so our critical workflows consistently appear as Live Activities whenever the iOS companion is running; also add matching clear/tag logic to end activities.