I have set up my wife’s apple phone as a presence sensor. She consistently stays on her phone watching video and other stuff and her smarting quites running in the background and never updates her location. She always has to open it and then it will update the location and sometimes it is a pain to…

[image] Iphone presence not working unless Smart-Things app left open all the time iOS Smart-Things has worked well for some time. Recently it stopped detecting mine and my wife’s iPhone reliably when we left or returned to the house. I verified that Smart-Things Location …

The phone always stays up to date. She just uses it so much I assume when memory is low it takes it away from the older apps in the background. It would be better to use another device dedicated as a presence sensor. What I use SmartThings for it is all related to if we are here or not. Just seems…

You shouldn’t have to use another presence device, if SmartThings supports this it should work, they need to fix it. I have the same issues with you, it worked great for 18+ months and then since the rollout of the new app it has been patchy

First thing would be to determine if plain old iOS presence is reliable for her. I recommend getting a Meross HomeKit compatible smart plug or power strip with one independently controlled socket for each member of your household that you want to track. (You didn’t say what country you are in, but…

Thank You sir! I will give this a try.

I ordered two of the mini plugs to see if they work as expected. [image] Meross Smart Plug Mini, 15A & Reliable Wi-Fi, Support Apple HomeKit, Siri,... Meross Smart Plug Mini, 15A & Reliable Wi-Fi, Support Apple HomeKit, Siri, Alexa, Echo, Google Assistant and Nest Hub, App Control, T…

I currently have Homebridge 2.0 set up, and have my “home” virtual switched controlled by Homekit as I arrive home. That has worked 100% of the time.

[image] Allen_Somdahl: Homebridge 2.0 Is home bridge another services that runs on another physical device? > home bridge.io

Homebridge is software that I run on a Rhaspberry Pi, and use Homebridge 2.0 smart app to connect smartthings to it, and it connects to Homekit.

iOS 15.3 is now available so give it a try

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jkp January 26, 2022, 2:45pm 2

Try updating her iPhone to iOS 15.3 when it is released… may or may not help resolve the issue

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