HomeKit as a Presence Sensor

Works perfectly, thanks. Super reliable so far when creating automations based on it.

I’m confused then how to make a device tracker in HA based on this input boolean.
Could I have help on how to create a device tracker template based on it? I think it would be a binary sensor with a device class, right?

Update: Never mind, I got it:
in binary_sensor.yaml:

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      hk_presence_josee:
        friendly_name: "Présence Josée (HK)"
        device_class: presence
        value_template: >-
          {{ is_state('input_boolean.josee_presence_hk', 'on') }}      
  - platform: template
    sensors:
      hk_presence_sylvain:
        friendly_name: "Présence Sylvain (HK)"
        device_class: presence
        value_template: >-
          {{ is_state('input_boolean.sylvain_presence_hk', 'on') }}

Then I added those binary sensors back in HK as presence sensors visible in HK (and not switchable manually)

Most reliable presence tracker so far.
After few tests, I only had less than a minute delay to trigger…

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