New to Home Assistant but I have some automations working and I thought I would dab into running automations based on location. Such as switching off devices if I leave home.
I notice that after installing the iOS Home Assistant app it can use my location and send it to home assistant.
I have then created an automation but when I leave my home it doesn’t run. I notice when I try to log into the app when not at home it is unable to connect to the instance. Which makes me wonder… if I don’t have a connection directly to home assistant instance then automations based on my location will not work. I thought perhaps using the app there was some back end location tracking but that isn’t happening.
I read life360 is an option but I was hoping I could do it all natively with the home assistant app on my phone.
If I have got the complete wrong end of the stick with this can someone point me in the right direction?
You need either to set up remote access manually (SSL + DNS + port forwarding), or subscribe to the NabuCasa cloud service. Without one of those, there’s no way for any software on the phone to report home.
The cloud service is $5/month but trivial to set up. Manual remote access is free, but you have to set it up (it’s not hard).
Thanks very much I thought this was the case, but having moved away from HomeKit where the backend as wall automatic I forget that with Home Assistant most this is all happening local.
I also guess that if I have automations to send notifications to my phone, they won’t work either without a remote access connection (if I am out of the house that is)?