Geofence for phones

[rflores2323]

I have three phones (2 x s7 and 1 x iphone 6 plus). My wife and I have the S7 and our geofence works pretty well since we actually leave the area that the fence is showing. This shows our status as inactive when we are away from home. The problem is my daughter iphone. Her iphone always shows her as active since her school is a couple of blocks away and inside the geofence. Is there a way to make her phone have a smaller geofence as I still want her active and we are able to see when she arrives etc…

Thanks

[RLDreams]

GPS geofence is what it is. If she is staying within the 1/4mile radius regularly your only real option if a ZigBee arrival sensor.

Amazon.com: Samsung SmartThings Arrival Sensor: Home Improvement

I have 1 in each car, one on wife’s purse and one in the daughter’s backpack.

[jkp]

Here is a thread @JDRoberts started on FAQ: The Many Ways of Detecting Presence

FAQ: The Many Ways of Detecting Presence

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? 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. The following FAQ runs through the the usual troubleshooting…

Also worth trying is Life360 smartapp and phone app.

Connecting Life360 with SmartThings Classic

[logeox]

Yes, I recommend the Life 360 Option. Within the app you can adjust the fence down to 500ft. Then use the Life360 smart app in ST to read the location from Life360. I use this option since we have a roommate and seems to work well.