# Add setting to "Include in Activity" for TV or any other device

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/add-setting-to-include-in-activity-for-tv-or-any-other-device/156936>\
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\
**Created:** [July 6, 2026, 10:30am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-setting-to-include-in-activity-for-tv-or-any-other-device/156936 "2026-07-06T10:30:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![el\_mundo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/el_mundo/32/168864_2.png) [@el\_mundo](https://community.homey.app/u/el_mundo)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 10:30am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-setting-to-include-in-activity-for-tv-or-any-other-device/156936/1 "2026-07-06T10:30:42Z")

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I don’t have a presence sensor in my living room and I don’t think I will ever put one there because of aesthetic reasons. I would like to be able to use my TV being “on” as a way to make a zone “active”. I already do this with my flows but it would be cool to make any device a “presence” device if it is on.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/add-setting-to-include-in-activity-for-tv-or-any-other-device/156936/2 "2026-07-06T14:58:54Z")

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You can create a [virtual motion- or presence sensor.](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-advanced-virtual-device-device-capabilities-app-with-unique-text-status-indicator/68198)  
Have it switched on or off by using a tv boolean capability like “Turned on”.  
No flows ☺

In this example:

- TV device: `TV WebOS UJ630V`
- Virtual presence sensor: `TV V-Presence Sensor`

The Virtual presence sensors’ “Presence switch” (Button 1) is used to activate the “Occupancy alarm”;  
The TV’s “Turned On” capability is used with Button 1 to activate the virtual device.

 ![Screenshot_20260706_163652_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/1/1/1153fd8c63b86fdcb7bcd08b483a3ca1cb7d9efd.jpeg)

 ![Screenshot_20260706_163736_Homey](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/7/e/7e24bff8af6385c0db14711a5029cd31c39bcf3e.jpeg)

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/f/9f65f6dc7e9e52ad1ed387d1def7545ca9aaf9d9.jpeg "Homey: have a zone activated by a device, like a TV, by using an Advanced Virtual Device. No flows.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd5tFC62aXs)

And yes, it activates the zone it’s in 😉