Arrival sensor without Smart things app

[FowlesS (Stephen Fowles)]

Does anyone know a way of having a smart phone (Android) as an arrival sensor without installing the SmartThings app itself and giving the person full access to the configuration? I don’t mind installing anything else.

[kraegd (Kraeg)]

Life360 is one I hear alot about:

Life360 (Connect) Working in the UK

Hi, just a quick note for any like me who wanted to use life360 (connect) in the UK, but was getting an Access Denied Error I got this working by copying the source for the device type and creating a new device type from code Life 360 User and creating a smartapp in the IDE from code Life 360 Connect I enabled OAuth in the App under SmartApp Settings and entered my username in the clientId field, my password in the Client Secret field and entered https://graph-eu01-euwest1.api.smartthings.com in the Server URL field. I then chose in the Mobile app to add the Life 360 Connect from the My Apps section and then entered my Username and password again and this time the pairing succeded and i can use life 360 for presence which works so much better and reliable than the smartthings app …

Kraeg

[JDRoberts]

Life360 is an official integration that will do this.

Some people find that too intrusive because you could track them throughout the day. So you can also use IFTTT just have it turn on a virtual presence sensor. That way there’s no tracking until the person gets to your house.

Wi-Fi connection tracking is yet another option. These are all discussed in the presence FAQ.

FAQ: The Many Ways of Detecting Presence (2020)

Presence, regardless of the device you use, is one of those features that works great for some people, not at all for other people, and is randomly flaky for still others. It’s very much affected by local conditions. So some people will find that phone presence works much better than the SmartThings-branded presence sensor. Other people will find the reverse. Still other people, myself included, find that they have to use a combination of two devices in order to get reliable presence indication. So if this feature tends to work differently for different people, where do you start? 1. Using a Smart Phone as a Presence Indicator [image] Well, since most people who have SmartThings have a smart phone, it’s worth starting there. This method has changed significantly in the change fro…