# Presence detection recommendation **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [January 21, 2019, 9:22am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/presence-detection-recommendation/7557 "2019-01-21T09:22:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Kristian\_Mathisen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/85f322/32.png) [@Kristian\_Mathisen](https://community.homey.app/u/Kristian_Mathisen)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/presence-detection-recommendation/7557/151 "2020-01-03T20:28:01Z")
I use ifttt geofencing and it usually works. In the cases that it don’t I have a 20 sec delay before the alarm sounds. If the alarm triggers I get a confirmation-box asking me if I want to turn off the siren. If yes, the countdown stops and the alarm turns off. ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_H74](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dennis_h74/32/11177_2.png) [@Dennis\_H74](https://community.homey.app/u/Dennis_H74)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/presence-detection-recommendation/7557/152 "2020-01-03T20:49:24Z")
Yes correct. Also there are many differnces individually and in hardware. i have a 100% score with ifttt ( phone always in my pocket ) … my wife’s phone in her purse on the car floor has 80%. Some have an old samsung with a “so so” gps receiver … other has the newest Iphone . Another nice one. Indoor location varies also. I sometimes play pokemon go ( sorry 😂 ). When i have pokemon open on my phone and put it on the table I see my avatar walk around. It simply keeps moving in all directions. Again … the phone is static on the table and not moving. Sometimes it even runs to the other side of town despite i’m not moving… GUESS WHAT … after 300 meters homey thinks i’m away and i’m in my house with all the lights and tv turned off 😂. Rare but it happens. its not pokemon bugged … not homey bugged … its just a variation of bad (indoor) GPS reception on my phone. Same happens with pokemon when i walk the dog. When i walk like a nerd with the phone in front of me … no problem with good reception and avatar is walking at my position. When i put it in my pocket … walk 5 mins and take it out of my pocket … then my avatar can be 500 m away … suddenly It gets good reception ( out of pocket ) and the avatar runs towards my position again. Stupid example … but it shows it has to do with gps reception and it can happen when you approach you geofence with your phone in you pocket … your phone position is 500m away and homey does not trigger. Nothing homey can change about that unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Dennis\_H74](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dennis_h74/32/11177_2.png) [@Dennis\_H74](https://community.homey.app/u/Dennis_H74)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/presence-detection-recommendation/7557/154 "2020-01-03T20:54:56Z")
Guilty 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Ton\_van\_Rijnsoever](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ton_van_rijnsoever/32/6351_2.png) [@Ton\_van\_Rijnsoever](https://community.homey.app/u/Ton_van_Rijnsoever)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 9:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/presence-detection-recommendation/7557/155 "2020-01-03T21:00:13Z")
I use the fingbox in combination with ifttt. This gives a very high reliability. The fingbox knows when I am on my home wifi or not and passes it on to ifttt, with which I can start a flow. I don’t read much about this, am I the only one who uses this? ---
**Author:** ![Kristian\_Mathisen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/85f322/32.png) [@Kristian\_Mathisen](https://community.homey.app/u/Kristian_Mathisen)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 10:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/presence-detection-recommendation/7557/156 "2020-01-03T22:54:28Z")
What is the difference with fingbox and just using the built-inn wifi-trigger in IFTTT? ---
**Author:** ![Ton\_van\_Rijnsoever](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ton_van_rijnsoever/32/6351_2.png) [@Ton\_van\_Rijnsoever](https://community.homey.app/u/Ton_van_Rijnsoever)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2020, 9:00am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/presence-detection-recommendation/7557/157 "2020-01-04T09:00:01Z")
With the built-in wifi trigger from ifttt I regularly got error detections. The fingbox has the option to set a delay in the event of absence so that a small interruption of the Wi-Fi does not lead to an absence report. But it would be even better if an app was developed for Fingbox. Then ifttt can be disabled for attendance. I have already created a request for this. ---
**Author:** ![Rickp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rickp/32/9466_2.png) [@Rickp](https://community.homey.app/u/Rickp)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 11:11am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/presence-detection-recommendation/7557/158 "2020-03-13T11:11:12Z")
Still got a 99.5% hit with our tile pro’s (pre-2020 edition) ---
**Author:** ![Oakhill](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/oakhill/32/16705_2.png) [@Oakhill](https://community.homey.app/u/Oakhill)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 10:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/presence-detection-recommendation/7557/159 "2020-05-02T10:38:27Z")
Hi. Is there a way to manage Homey’s presence detection with macrodroid? Did I miss something or do you have a solution in macrodroid which communicates with Homey? Macrodroid is great btw 👍 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Andrea\_M](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/andrea_m/32/18744_2.png) [@Andrea\_M](https://community.homey.app/u/Andrea_M)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/presence-detection-recommendation/7557/160 "2020-05-02T11:27:43Z")
I do use only Macrodroid to manage my presence. When connected to home WiFi send a weebhook to Homey. When disconnected from home WiFi send a weebhook to homey. Actually you can implement in Macrodroid some additional check to avoid unwanted disconnections. It is simple, reliable without using a continuos ping sensing. ---
**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/presence-detection-recommendation/7557/161 "2020-05-02T15:05:49Z")
There is a new way to do presence detection based on face recognition. > [@\[APP\]\[Pro\] FACE++ Face Recognition for Homey](https://community.homey.app/t/29058/27): > > Been testing for 24hrs now, both inside and outside. Totally 8 cameras and a few more motion sensors. It has now replaced my entire presence system. With a cycle span of 2 seconds within a timeframe it finds every face in my database (a bit scary), 2 mins search frame outside, and 30 seconds search frame inside. It awakes my house, turning the alarm off, unlocking the doors, morning messages…and of course making me coffee. Donation coming your way. best regards. [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/presence-detection-recommendation/7557.md?page=7)