Bry
June 22, 2018, 12:21pm
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Does it fail completely without opening the app, or will it eventually detect, albeit taking too long? I have a S9 and used a S6 before that. On the S9, the presence always detects, but sometimes its delayed.
This may be of some value to you:
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
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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…