You should split your system in three parts.
Bluetooth will probably be your best bet. If you use wi-fi you're going to have to set up some sort of client-server protocol which could get complicated. For doing bluetooth communication, you might want to checkout the LightBlue python library for bluetooth communication.
I've never used it, but hey it's python. So it should be super easy to use.
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