Multiple smart phones as presence sensor

[JDRoberts]

You can use IFTTT presence (called “location”) and have it turn on a virtual presence sensor in SmartThings. This is a free third-party service, but it doesn’t do any of the tracking that life 360 does. You can just have it trigger when you enter a specific location zone, like your house. We use it for housemates. You will have to install the IFTTT app on their phone, but if you do not give them that password, they will not have access to any of your other smartthings devices. Or you can give them a password and then change it after everything is set up.

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…

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