From e20c6468d06e34ad8ab37bc0b18a5d8c2a6d8b80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 18:27:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix missed one

---
 esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
index c58fd0c91f..4b1ab73654 100644
--- a/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/api/api_connection.cpp
@@ -1910,7 +1910,7 @@ void APIConnection::process_batch_() {
 
 uint16_t APIConnection::MessageCreator::operator()(EntityBase *entity, APIConnection *conn, uint32_t remaining_size,
                                                    bool is_single, uint16_t message_type) const {
-  if (is_string()) {
+  if (has_tagged_string_ptr()) {
     // Handle string-based messages
     switch (message_type) {
 #ifdef USE_EVENT