Motion Sensor false negative reading HA forums!

Hello everyone,
Did anyone find a solution to the motin sensors having false negative? what i mean is that if i am here reading along the forums (etc) after my pre-set timeto trigger, my movement is so low that it triggers… did anyone found a solution to this? maybe more sensor or using presence sensors?
what are you takes on this?

I use the Alexa Media Player custom integration along with its actionable notifications capabilities.

If the light is on and I haven’t moved in a while because of reading the forums or whatever I have my Echo ask me if I want the light to be turned off. If I say ‘yes’ or don’t respond HA turns off the light. If I say ‘no’ it resets my timer and it waits until that timer times out again.

Or if it’s late and I don’t want the noise to wake people up then I have the light flash a couple of times to warn me it’s going to turn off soon. I can then reset the timer by double clicking a pushbutton I have at the desk.

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thats very very clever! thank you!!!

how do i do that with Google Speakers?

I have no idea. I don’t have any Google Home devices.

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