AirTag "integration" (user friendly + device tracker)

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Thanks m8! its working now. Can you share the automation?

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142

Any body got a problem with geocoding?

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Sure here it is. I actually also have a 2nd automation that does a reload every hour, just in case :wink:

alias: >-
  System - Reload Configuration 2minutes after boot to make the Airtag Rest call
  work
description: ""
trigger:
  - platform: homeassistant
    event: start
condition: []
action:
  - delay:
      hours: 0
      minutes: 2
      seconds: 0
      milliseconds: 0
  - service: homeassistant.reload_all
    data: {}
mode: single
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144

Can you explain a bit more. Bit difficult to understand why something is correct or wrong. Is the text where you write wrong a street name? What is wrong about it?

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The latitude and longitude are correct but the address is not. If i try coordinates in geoapify the give me the right address.

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It has to do with this part of the code. But tbh, I dont understand this code. I dont understand the check on “:” as I never see that on my iphone. It also doesn’t work for me. Whenever there was “Home” displayed on my iphone, the solution will not work. I ended up making my home address on the iphone someplace far away so that it always shows the address in Find My and never “home”

@TiToTB might be able to explain what this code should do.

          {% set home = "Streetname" %} 
          {% if ":" in states('input_text.airtag').split('backpack')[1].split('•')[0] %} 
          {{ states('input_text.airtag').split('backpack')[1].split('•')[0].split(',')[0] }}
          {% elif home in states('input_text.airtag').split('backpack')[1].split('•')[0] %}Home
          {% else %}
          {{ states('sensor.airtag_backpack_geo') }}
          {% endif %}
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You can see “:” when the status is “Last seen:…”. That is the reason of that part of the code.

Also, “home” is a variable. It converts your Home address in “Home” value, if you have set if before (“streetname”)

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Hi everyone,

I have a problem with my German iPhone.
In Find my… App the state is Privat if at home (not Zuhause as expected.

We have a street in Hamburg called Privatweg.

This part of the template seems to find the location of my items at Privatweg.

resource_template: >
    {% set address = states('input_text.airtag').split('Ranzen Mads')[1].split('•')[0] %}
    {% if address == "Privat" %}

Shouldn’t this only work if it’s Privat and not Privatweg or something like Privat...?

EDIT:
Never mind - I asked ChatGPT and I will try that

 {% if address == "Privat" and address != "Privatweg" %}
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How did you change the home address on the iphone?

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As everything in iOS (I really don’t like the Apple ecosystem and use Android for everything else besides these airtags) it is in a very weird location:

Add or change your home address in Maps on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support

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+1 for that! i only have an old iPhone for this haha. Thanks m8.

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152

I do see that we can probably switch to Google for the tag integration soon.

Find My Device Trackers on Android are Coming! (youtube.com)

My phone is connected today i saw. Wont be long before the Tags are being produced. I already see Chipolo Point finders for Google’s Find My Device app - Chipolo and Google Find My Device – Pebblebee

Hopefully the integration with Home Assistant will be a bit smoother. The work that @TiToTB has done is truly amazing and creative, but I would prefer to get the coordinates straight from an Google API. Fingers crossed.

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153

I agree! I cant wait to have this solution in android.

However, it might take some time until we can find more affordable devices (hopefully i am wrong)

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154

I appear to not be receiving lat/lon coordinates: any ideas?

latitude: null
longitude: null
status: available
last_update: 28/05/2024 15:34h
icon: mdi:bag-personal
friendly_name: mybag

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see this post AirTag "integration" (user friendly + device tracker) - #140 by john2014

Reload the configuration

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I did everything in the article but my home location is still the old one in find my app. Is there something else i can do?

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Hi everyone,

since quite a while I try to get the Airtag tracking solution to work.

However, I struggle with the address when using a German phone:
See my post #148
And I still have the issue that Privat (iphone in German means “Home”).

For testing I switched to Englisch, but I still get wrong matches.
Now the address (when “Home”) is considered to be a restaurant called “Home Sweet Home”.

In larger cities like Hamburg it’s easy to find a match somewhere close by.

Part of my Airtag text string is e.g.

Items Backpack Joe Home • Now

So this should set my home address correctly:

{% set address = states('input_text.airtag').split('Backpack Joe')[1].split('•')[0] %}
    {% if address == "Home" %}
      {% set home = "my address, Hamburg" %}
      {{
        "https://api.geoapify.com/v1/geocode/search?text="
        + home | urlencode
        + "&apiKey=myKey&format=json"
      }}

Anyone with similar issues?

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I had the exact same issue (the check on Home just does not work), I could not figure out how to solve it see AirTag "integration" (user friendly + device tracker) - #146 by john2014

So like I mentioned there, I just changed the location of my Home to be far away. But I can understand that if you are using your iPhone as a daily phone, that that is not a great solution.

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Try to add a blank space before and after Home in your template, like this

I address == " Home "

Or you can just remove your home address from your iPhone to get the actual address

Hope It helps

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I tried it with a blank space before, but not after yet.
What’s strange is, that the dashboard shows this (with spaces):
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But if I click on it, there is no space before “Privat”
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However, the state in the dev tools also has the spaces:
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