Android phone presence monitor haywaire

[JDRoberts]

@MsFizz

Both our Nexus 5’s have been going crazy over the last few days in terms of presence detection. I’m getting pretty frustrated since I have a lot of actions/mode changes based on presence.

I’m thinking about switching to the SmartSense Presence Sensor but that’s kind of annoying. Has anyone done that and gotten a better result?

Could be better, could be worse. Individual experiences vary. See the following topic:

SmartThings Presence Sensor Device--Working Well for Anyone?

Continuing the discussion from Introduce Yourself!: @camanokid , Welcome to the forums! I pulled out the presence sensor question because I’m sure it will generate a lot of comments. One my favorite sayings is “all home automation is local.” Which means what works at my house might not work at yours and certainly what I would like to see work at my house might not be what you would like to see work at yours. The smart things Zigbee presence sensor works very well for some people, not at all for others, and somewhere in the middle for still others. It’s using a different technology than a phone presence sensor, which can be good or bad depending on the exact set up at your house. RANGE: 500 FEET MINIMUM OR 50 FEET MAXIMUM? The most obvious difference, is range. Because the ph…