Add support for direct Android home screen shortcuts (dashboards, views, device/person location)

[thoriversen]

Describe the feature

It would be very useful if the Home Assistant Android app supported direct shortcuts that can be placed on the phone’s home screen. These shortcuts could open specific parts of the app directly, without navigating manually.

Right now, the Android app only opens to the last used view or the default dashboard. To reach a specific control panel or person’s location, you need multiple taps. There is no way to add a “1-tap entry point” to the home screen.

Use cases

Use case examples:

• Shortcut to a specific dashboard or view (e.g. open the “Bathroom control panel” directly).
• Shortcut to a specific entity or device control panel (e.g. a particular light or switch).
• Shortcut to the map view centered on a person or device (e.g. “Where is the car right now?”).

Examples

Other Android apps (banking apps, smart home apps, Google Maps, etc.) often allow deep-link shortcuts to specific screens or actions. Bringing this to Home Assistant would align expectations with typical Android behaviour.

Anything else?

• Faster and more intuitive access to frequently used dashboards.
• Much better support for families, where different people may want quick access to different panels.
• Makes Home Assistant feel more like a native Android experience (most Android apps support deep-link shortcuts).
• Could improve adoption for non-technical household members by removing navigation steps.

[dshokouhi]

this is already possible using the existing shortcut feature, you can either navigate to a dashboard/view or a entity directly

https://companion.home-assistant.io/docs/integrations/android-shortcuts

[thoriversen]

Thanks a lot for pointing me to that option, I had completely overlooked it.
Normally, I’d expect that kind of feature in the phone’s widget section, but this solution works perfectly.
Really appreciate your help