HomeKit as a Presence Sensor

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Thank you for posting the link to iOS presence detection WITHOUT Homekit or HA app (totally native). I agree its a much cleaner solution!

The only “nerdy” thing about it is the setting up of the Shortcut. That gets quite technical. But still falls within the native capabilities of HA and iOS without needing another app or hacks!

I’m currently testing IRL to see how it performs.

I struggled with the HA companion app location responsiveness, plus you need to keep it open in the background on iPhone I think

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I hope it works out for you! For what it’s worth, after several years I actually stopped using my own solution. This is because the Private BLE integration (built-in) is incredibly responsive, and requires no internet. If you use iOS devices and have Bluetooth (or Bluetooth proxies) set up, it is incredibly fast and reliable.

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