Hi, I’m new to Homey and Home Automation. Ever since I heard about home automation I have wanted to set up a flow/scene which incorporates geofencing. I think it’s a fairly Common idea but here goes. I want Homey to pick up myself and/or my wife’s car/iPhone when we are about say 300 metres away fr…

Hey Glen, What type of mobile device you got, Android or iOS? And do you already have a Smart garage controller? If you have an Andriod, then your best to wait until the new app is released, as the current Andriod geofencing isnt great. If you don’t already have a Z-wave garage controller, you’l…

Hi Jamie, Yes I run IOS and I do have an Iotec garage opener already, although not yet installed. So it’s as easy as that, is it? The sunset/sunrise bit I get but what about the distance from home etc for geofencing. How does it pick up where I am down the road etc? Thanks Glenn

iOS When you enable geofencing in the Homey app it will send the location (taken from the location inside Homey) and range to iOS. Whenever iOS senses you cross the geofence iOS will send the app a message and the app should send the message to Homey. Android I have no idea.

Hi Danee, Thanks for that. Excuse my ignorance but how do I enable geofencing as you say. Thanks

No problem. In the ‘old’ iOS app, click the hamburger icon top left, and select Settings. Then enable the Use home detection and adjust the slider to set the radius. [image]

Great, thanks for that Danee. Much appreciated

Hi Danee, I wasn’t able to get the geofence to work and now that Homey has been updated I can’t even find the home detection under settings. Any idea? Thanks Glenn

[image] DaneedeKruyff: radius. I wasn’t able to get the geofence to work and now that Homey has been updated I can’t even find the home detection under settings. Any idea? Thanks Glenn

You probably found it already, but under Privacy in the settings (new too)

I can’t find the slider for the radius in the iOS app either, like I used to in the old version. Cannot find “privacy” as @Martin_Verbeek mentions either. Any idea?

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