Adding another iphone as a presence sensor

[JDRoberts]

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Setting up multiple iPhones (separate linked accounts) as presence sensors for dummies

This is a how-to for newbies like me to set up a second linked iPhone (your wife’s/husband’s/partner’s/kid’s/mistress’s). Some of the steps are redundant and may not be required but no there is no harm in double checking. Follow these steps: Double check wifi is enabled. No brainer. Double check your wife/husband/partner/kid/mistress is set up with correct location(address) with the correct phone number on iPhone including Home, Mobile and iPhone numbers. Confirm with Siri by asking. Enable Location Services for most gps apps you trust. As per some thread, this helps in geofencing. (How?) Launch Map app on iPhone. It should bring up the correct location/address. Install SmartThings app from App Store on the second device. Register with the second email address (the perso…

If you have android the process is similar.

The main point is that you will have to add it as a presence sensor while using your husband’s phone. That’s because each phone has some identification information which has to be given at the app at the time that it is assigned as a presence sensor. Your phone only knows its own ID. His phone knows his.

Then once that’s done, it should show up on your phone as a “thing” as well.