Differentiate between someone leaving vs. entering the house through the main door, to trigger different actions

[JDRoberts]

I keep hearing that geopresence is not working well with the new app.

As to how well it works with the classic app, see the following FAQ (the topic title is a clickable link)

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…

I personally didn’t use the phone for presence because I want a smaller detection area than it offers.