#Google photo frame update#

I use some reaction gifs to respond to voice commands and created a nine-minute timer (to handle timeout issues) to rotate through images. Navigating to the Web Server element of Home AssistantĪfter storing the images and videos in the www folder of my file Editor, I was able to quickly cast the images to my Chromecast with the following service call: service: media_ay_media I pay for Nabu Casa to control my home from anywhere in the world, so this was an easy requirement to meet. You can cast both images and videos with Home Assistant to any Chromecast! The only issue is that the pictures have to be available via HTTPS.

I wanted to incorporate videos and digital art, so I turned to Home Assistant.

These photos were a fun way of looking back at pictures I had taken, but since we didn’t do a lot of traveling during the pandemic, the images quickly got stale. I have several Chromecasts in my apartment, and they are populated with pictures from my Google Photos. Chromecast and Home Assistant – Cheap and Powerful Digital Picture Frame But I still wanted an art piece in my living room, so I settled on creating my own digital photo frame. After three years, I finally gave up the ghost as I was never going to take the time to make it look cosmetically pleasing. I then thought that I wanted a Magic Mirror. It was a great way to document her grandchildren’s lives.

#Google photo frame update#

We could update the digital picture frame over the internet, images and videos could be pushed from a mobile app. After figuring out the best way to do it, I landed on this digital photo frame. My cousins and I would put together pictures every three months, and we would send them to her. Read Time:4 Minute, 20 Second Photo by Sebastian Svenson on Unsplashĭuring the pandemic, I had this great idea for my grandmother.