OK. I got a new phone. Installed new app on it, enabled location tracking. Now my new phone shows up as a “placeholder” device. What gives?

Sorry, this is a better thread on the current state of presence… [image] FAQ: The Many Ways of Detecting Presence (2020) FAQ 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…

that is expected. placeholder is displayed for non-groovy devices

Well, my old phone and my wife’s phone show up correctly. as Mobile Presence As placeholder I don’t see important properties like presence.

Yes, that has changed in the new app. You no longer see a device for presence reflecting present/not present as you did with the Classic app. There is a work-around where you can create a simulated presence sensor and use automation to sync the data between the phone presence and that virtual device…

Geez. So, how do I know it is working as a mobile presence sensor?

Easiest way is to set up your automations and add a push notification when the state of your presence occurs to test. Or use the simulated presence as noted above that would display the state.

[image] FAQ: Where can I see who's home and who's away in the new V3 app? FAQ Where in the NEW app can I see at a glance who’s home and who’s away? In the old app, it was easy because the phones showed up in the device list. My spouse could look at “Doug’s phone” and see …

I guess I could set up a very simple routine based on it and see what happens. But man, that just seems super odd to me…

Yep… lots of users complaining about it

I had spent some time building a BTLE based presence detection mechanism using raspberry Pis located around the house. Maybe during a long cold winter I could resurrect that and see if I can improve it. Though it doesn’t really work with phones since they don’t really broadcast their BTLE address u…

OK, so I went to adjust my routines (one for when anyone is home, and another when everyone leaves), but I can’t add my nw phone as a device. I presume that is just a consequence of it not really being a sensor of any kind. Is there really no way for me to use it in a regular routine? I do use act…

Migrating to new phone (phone presence not working)

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Migrating to new phone (phone presence not working)

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