# Only Button Press Events for Smart Home **URL:** \ **Category:** Pebble Index\ **Created:** [September 6, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/only-button-press-events-for-smart-home/1574 "2026-09-06T17:58:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![YesNoYes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e79b87/32.png) [@YesNoYes](https://forum.repebble.com/u/YesNoYes)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/only-button-press-events-for-smart-home/1574/1 "2026-09-06T17:58:39Z")
Hey there šŸ™‚ nice product first of all, love it for taking notes/brain dumping daily! I was wondering if I miss something or anything is planned in that direction: Is/ will it be possible to capture only the button press event and call a webhook e.g. for smart home use cases? The webhook, as I see it, currently always sends the recording/transcription/both to a URL. However, what would be super cool is to trigger a webhook if pressing twice, three times/four times the button to e.g. open a garage door or do what ever. This does not need the transcription. Best & thanks ---
**Author:** ![Brad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@Brad](https://forum.repebble.com/u/Brad)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/only-button-press-events-for-smart-home/1574/2 "2026-09-07T17:21:25Z")
Strongly +1 this! Iā€™m running Index gestures into Home Assistant via a self-hosted webhook relay for smart-home actions (locks, lights, garage door) ā€” double-click-and-hold is wired up and working well for ā€œask a question / run a commandā€ style actions. The gap I keep hitting: gesture-to-webhook routing is tied to the same trigger that also sends the recording/transcription, so thereā€™s no clean way to say ā€œsingle click = fire webhook only, no audio neededā€ for a pure smart-home trigger. Exactly the two-click/three-click/Four-click garage-door-style use case OP describes. Would love to see webhook triggers decoupled from transcription entirely ā€” i.e. any click-count/hold combination can be assigned to ā€œfire webhook with no audio payloadā€ as its own option, independent of which combos are reserved for voice capture. Even a simple settings toggle per-gesture (ā€œsend audio: yes/noā€) would unlock a lot of smart-home use cases without asking for full custom gesture mapping. LOVE the product and the support!!! Thanks so much Pebble Team!!! ---
**Author:** ![TedZanzibar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@TedZanzibar](https://forum.repebble.com/u/TedZanzibar)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2026, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/only-button-press-events-for-smart-home/1574/3 "2026-09-10T09:21:05Z")
Adding my support for this. I want to be able to triple-click the button to have all of my lights turn off when I go to bed. I was so sure that it was already a thing that I setup the automation to do it, and then became very disappointed when I couldnā€™t find the setting on the Pebble side! ---
**Author:** ![ChickenHamstrings](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.repebble.com/chickenhamstrings/32/1181_2.png) [@ChickenHamstrings](https://forum.repebble.com/u/ChickenHamstrings)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/only-button-press-events-for-smart-home/1574/4 "2026-09-28T19:11:05Z")
I second this! I made my own post about something very similar before I saw this! ---
**Author:** ![joeconstable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@joeconstable](https://forum.repebble.com/u/joeconstable)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 12:56am UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/only-button-press-events-for-smart-home/1574/5 "2026-10-13T00:56:46Z")
Adding my voice to this one. I have had my Index 01 for a little while now and it has become part of my daily routine. Genuinely one of my favourite bits of kit. I have it wired into Home Assistant through a self-hosted webhook relay, and the double click and hold into my own endpoint works beautifully. The one thing I keep reaching for is exactly what is being asked for here. A click-only trigger. A double or triple click that fires the webhook with no audio payload at all, so I can turn the lights off on my way out without saying a word. Quiet, wordless actions are what a ring is perfect for, and right now the webhook side always expects a recording. Thanks for the great work on this, it is a lovely bit of hardware. ---
**Author:** ![adamaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@adamaze](https://forum.repebble.com/u/adamaze)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2026, 4:03am UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/only-button-press-events-for-smart-home/1574/6 "2026-10-13T04:03:51Z")
My thoughts exactly. This feature canā€™t come soon enough ---
**Author:** ![kimscott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kimscott](https://forum.repebble.com/u/kimscott)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/only-button-press-events-for-smart-home/1574/7 "2026-10-15T12:45:53Z")
+1 here! Iā€™d love this for parenting / mental health stuff - e.g. enabling an unobtrusive count of some behavior that we want to track over time to see if things are improving. Pressing the button N times for that would be amazing; whispering to my hand may worsen a meltdown in the moment šŸ˜‚ I could envision similar applications for simple tracking of oneā€™s own actions (or even thoughts/cravings) for habit building/breaking. ---
**Author:** ![YesNoYes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e79b87/32.png) [@YesNoYes](https://forum.repebble.com/u/YesNoYes)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/only-button-press-events-for-smart-home/1574/8 "2026-10-15T14:00:45Z")
@eric What are your thoughts on this feature? ---
**Author:** ![TedZanzibar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@TedZanzibar](https://forum.repebble.com/u/TedZanzibar)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/only-button-press-events-for-smart-home/1574/9 "2026-10-15T16:34:30Z")
I love this idea. Might steal it if/when the feature is implemented. ---
**Author:** ![eric](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/user_avatar/forum.repebble.com/eric/32/239_2.png) [@eric](https://forum.repebble.com/u/eric)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/only-button-press-events-for-smart-home/1574/10 "2026-10-16T02:35:33Z")
something like this right? ![CleanShot 2026-10-16 at 10.34.08@2x](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/uploads/pebble1/original/2X/7/7c595c7140c7ee516846452a20a8e99dc7557c62.png) ![CleanShot 2026-10-16 at 10.34.21@2x](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex033/uploads/pebble1/original/2X/9/90945af076bf112729a26eb368f3496a011c8de1.png) ---
**Author:** ![YesNoYes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e79b87/32.png) [@YesNoYes](https://forum.repebble.com/u/YesNoYes)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2026, 7:01am UTC](https://forum.repebble.com/t/only-button-press-events-for-smart-home/1574/11 "2026-10-16T07:01:10Z")
looks great! cannot wait to see it shipped šŸ˜ thanks a lot!