Mobile presence without sharing account?

[JDRoberts]

Welcome!

As @celblazer mentioned, many community members do this with life 360, which is an official integration, and actually doesn’t require IFTTT.

Or you can use IFTTT. Or a couple of other options.

These are all discussed in the presence FAQ (this 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…