It wasn’t clear to me from the post, but this is referring to sending SMS messages via Facebook Messenger, not Messages (Google’s RCS/SMS app).

I also went this route. I’ve definitely had better luck with the Acurite sensors than I’ve had with Zigbee/ZWave sensors in terms of update frequency.

I usually leave the timers up on a secondary monitor while I’m playing, but I don’t schedule my play time around it. I find it to be more convenient than the notifications (that I sometimes miss) or hunting for things on the map.