Don't show every tracking in Owntracks

[manab]

Hey,

I’m trying to work with locating, actual on iPhones. The iCloud Integration with 30 Minutes update interval is to slow. So I want to give owntracks a try and it seems to work as expected. But is there a possibility not to show every location of every person to every person in owntracks?
I know, it’s the friends function. But I can’t find a way to deactivate this / hide persons.

I’ve found the same question from 2020, but unanswered.

Has someone solved this problem or has an idea for it?

Disable "Owntracks" Friends List / Locations

I have been looking for awhile and can’t seem to figure this out. I have Owntracks setup on a few family members phones using http (webhook) via nabu casa. It all works fine, but Home Assistant is also sending location data back to the app, so everyone using the app can see each others location - including tracking data coming from other sources like the mobile app and iCloud. My question is, how do I turn that off? I only want to receive updates from the Owntracks clients, I don’t want home …

[vingerha]

@manab

seems to work as expected

I discontinued Owntracks as it updated even slower

Note that I have seen no solution for the main question in this post.

[manab]

@vingerha

I discontinued Owntracks as it updated even slower

Which solution/app works faster in your experience?

[vingerha]

Owntracks was only good when ‘open’ on my mobile, otherwise it updated way later then via the companion app. But…as you will see in many MANY posts… using HA pp and consisten/correct location updates is not a give thing. The only phone for us that works is the S20 of my daughter on high accuracy. The 2 A51 cannot be set to that as it drains the battery within a day. My iPhone…can set whatever I like…iPhone just seems to decide differently (Apple-feature???)

So : no help here other then our experience

[manab]

Haven’t found a solution for OwnTracks… Switched to HomeKit for the detection.

Using Person plugin with HomeKit driven input_booleans?

I know this pos its old but i make this work with this automation alias: 'Homekit tracker ' description: '' trigger: - platform: state entity_id: input_boolean.alexis - platform: state entity_id: input_boolean.stefany condition: [] action: - service: device_tracker.see data: dev_id: '{{ trigger.to_state.object_id }}' location_name: '{{ ''home'' if trigger.to_state.state == ''on'' else ''not_home'' }}' mode: single

as automation in Home Assistant was the solution for my problems.