Tile Automation - leaving devices behind

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Hello everyone!

I have just bought a few tiles and I would like to send notifications when I leave for example my keys behind. I’m currently tracking my location with iPhone app.

Maybe if it would be possible to create a zone around a device. Then I would be able to create automation when my phone leaves zones keys send notification. This is something that is not yet possible what I know of.

Any other suggestions on how to get this to work?

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I don’t use tiles. Can you explain how they appear in HA? I.e., what does their state & attributes look like?

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Sure, the only state that would help is last know location of the tile device in latitude and longitude. Tile devices appear as device_tracker.

So if it would be possible to automate notification when my phone is too far away from my tile.

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Ok, if they’re device_tracker entities, then you can use the distance() function in a template trigger, something like:

- trigger:
  - platform: template
    value_template: "{{ distance('device_tracker.me', 'device_tracker.tile') > N }}"
  action:
  # Send notification
  - service: ...

N is either miles or kilometers, depending on the unit system you’re using, and can be a float (e.g., 0.5.)

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Working like a charm.

Thank you!

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Follow-up question, am I able to add a time condition to value_template?

I would like to trigger action when I have been away from my keys for X minutes/seconds

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Yes. See the docs for the template trigger. Use the “for” option.

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How exactly to set it up in iphone shortcuts app?
pnpruckers instructions, Im not understanding them