7) We're done

The End

 So, it's done, I'm guessing not many of you are left at this point as most gave up straight away :D

 Here's what we've achieved:

You say "hey google, where's dad?"
That uses IFTTT to send a web request to AutoRemote which uses your key to forward it to your device. This is then picked up by Tasker which forwards your location to the URL you setup. The URL takes your location, using Google API returns a friendly street and town name, then using another API works out how far that is in miles and time (with current traffic conditions too). It creates a phrase, passes this back to IFTTT which pushes the phrase to Home Assistant on your computer which tells Google Home to play using Text To Speech.

 Simple.

 Hope this has been some help to you!

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