# Homey Presence is very spotty
**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/homey-presence-is-very-spotty/103595
**Category:** Questions & Help
**Tags:** presence, homey-pro
**Created:** [February 9, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-presence-is-very-spotty/103595 "2024-02-09T11:00:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Dagor](https://community.homey.app/u/Dagor)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-presence-is-very-spotty/103595/1 "2024-02-09T11:00:19Z")
My Homey Presence is very spotty since a couple of weeks. I have several flows that trigger when “The last person leaves” and since I’m living alone, the presence of my phone is the one thing that let’s Homey know that I’m home.
It worked pretty well (as long as I opened the Homey app every 2 days or so, otherwise presence would just stop working). Since a couple of weeks I’ve noticed that my lights can suddenly turn off when I’m home. It turns out that the presence detection is very spotty. See this screenshot:
This particular evening I came home at 17:53 and I haven’t left that evening, but the presence detection is off the charts here, where several flows would trigger because I ‘left’.
Has anyone experienced similar issues in the last couple of weeks?
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### Author:  [@Hugo](https://community.homey.app/u/Hugo)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-presence-is-very-spotty/103595/2 "2024-02-09T11:44:52Z")
Yes, i did too.
That is why i don’t use it anymore.
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### Author:  [@Dagor](https://community.homey.app/u/Dagor)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-presence-is-very-spotty/103595/3 "2024-02-09T12:24:51Z")
Do you use any alternative solution now?
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### Author:  [@Hugo](https://community.homey.app/u/Hugo)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-presence-is-very-spotty/103595/4 "2024-02-09T20:36:50Z")
Yes, i’m using live 360 and variables.
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### Author:  [@Philip\_Montgomery](https://community.homey.app/u/Philip_Montgomery)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-presence-is-very-spotty/103595/5 "2024-02-09T21:04:01Z")
Homey Presence is more than spotty unfortunately. It kinda works for the person who has overfall control but not for guests, and in my experience it doesn’t matter whether they are android or iOS. I use Macrodroid and webhooks. Has worked very reliably for years now
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### Author:  [@Dagor](https://community.homey.app/u/Dagor)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-presence-is-very-spotty/103595/6 "2024-02-09T21:31:41Z")
Thank you for that idea! I already have Macrodroid Pro, so I’ll whip up an automation to make this more reliable. Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Philip\_Montgomery](https://community.homey.app/u/Philip_Montgomery)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-presence-is-very-spotty/103595/7 "2024-02-09T21:38:20Z")
Trigger being SSID in range for arriving home and SSID out of range when leaving. If you need help with the webhook just say so
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### Author:  [@Dagor](https://community.homey.app/u/Dagor)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-presence-is-very-spotty/103595/8 "2024-02-09T22:45:53Z")
Just tested this out. Works like a flippin’ charm. Thanks mate!
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### Author:  [@Philip\_Montgomery](https://community.homey.app/u/Philip_Montgomery)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-presence-is-very-spotty/103595/9 "2024-02-10T22:25:28Z")
I have macrodroid setup on my phone, my wife and two children’s. It has worked very well
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### Author:  [@anon61197305](https://community.homey.app/u/anon61197305)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-presence-is-very-spotty/103595/10 "2024-02-13T20:59:40Z")
> [@Philip\_Montgomery](#):
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> It kinda works for the person who has overfall control but not for guests
Homey presence has never worked for me. It’s weird they offer this while it’s not working.
Locative ftw
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### Author:  [@Philip\_Montgomery](https://community.homey.app/u/Philip_Montgomery)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-presence-is-very-spotty/103595/11 "2024-02-13T21:38:54Z")
I certainly don’t rely upon it
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### Author:  [@Sharkys](https://community.homey.app/u/Sharkys)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-presence-is-very-spotty/103595/12 "2024-02-13T21:53:34Z")
Another way might be to combine it with Smart presence app - [[APP][PRO] Smart Presence](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-smart-presence/33794) - not saying it because I’m doing some maintenance on it but because I use it daily IN combination to Homey Presence detection.
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### Author:  [@Jim\_McAtear](https://community.homey.app/u/Jim_McAtear)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2024, 9:25am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-presence-is-very-spotty/103595/13 "2024-03-15T09:25:05Z")
I’m new to homey, but in my way of thinking this should just work. I find the built in homey pro presence works better than any other options I’ve tried, and I’ve tied a few. Smart presence, beacons, and I find them to have there own issues. The only thing I’d like to be able to do is adjust the radius in homey pro presence. I have an issue where if I leave to go shopping for example, homey will mark me as away, but because of where the shop is , kind of behind my house it can mark me as back home. But so far that’s about the only real issue I have with it.