In the classic app you could easily see the presence of all of the mobile phones (i.e. who was/wasn’t in the house) - there doesn’t seem to be anyway of seeing this in the new version of the App, they don’t regiater as devices… or am I missing something?

[image] rowladar: In the classic app you could easily see the presence of all of the mobile phones (i.e. who was/wasn’t in the house) - there doesn’t seem to be anyway of seeing this in the new version of the App, they don’t regiater as devices… or am I missing something? You’re correct: the …

If you haven’t, check out the Life 360 integration. It has been flawless compared to the presence issues my wife and I had, both in classic and the new app, and over Android and iPhone. It’s free and it will show each member as a device.

How do you keep the virtual presence sensor in sync with the phone presence if the phone doesn’t appear in the device list?

[image] rowladar: How do you keep the virtual presence sensor in sync with the phone presence if the phone doesn’t appear in the device list? It depends on your virtual presence sensor. If you have one with an added ‘switch’ capability you can use an Automation to sync it, conditional on ‘Mem…

I just tried adding the “Simulated Presence Sensor” in IDE… The App then sees it in Devices but when I click on the device it shows an icon of a cloud with a line through it… not sure what that means. If I try to add an automation, it’s not listed in the devices I can control… any ideas?

[image] rowladar: I just tried adding the “Simulated Presence Sensor” in IDE… The App then sees it in Devices but when I click on the device it shows an icon of a cloud with a line through it… not sure what that means. If I try to add an automation, it’s not listed in the devices I can control… …

ok thanks for that… not really up to speed with device handlers etc. I just assumed chossing something from the available list of device types would work. So how do I actually use this device handler are there any instructions for a semi-competent techie?

[image] rowladar: So how do I actually use this device handler are there any instructions for a semi-competent techie? There are many posts in the Community about doing things like this, but here’s something to help you get started: https://thingsthataresmart.wiki/index.php?title=Using_Custo…

I used life 360 in the old app and it worked perfectly. If it ever did get out off sync, it was easy enough to go into the old SmartThings app and open my “smart apps” and refresh the Life 360 interface. But I can’t seem to use Life 360 with the new Smartthings app. How did you do that in the new a…

Menu > settings > linked services > life360 :slight_smile: In automations, to use it… If Add condition Device status

Mobile Phone Presence in the New App

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Bry (Bryan) November 3, 2020, 5:09pm 12

Another approach using TMLeaf’s app. Works better for me than stock:

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Mobile Phone Presence in the New App

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