Hi, I just upgraded to 2.0 but I really miss the presence detection functionality as this controlled my alarm. Can you recommend another geofence app to use so I gain this feature again? /Søren

You might want to try changing to the community written “Location and Presence” app for the Homey and the “owntracks” application on your phone. I gave up on the native app for a reliable solution.

Maybe a virtual switch and add it in homekit Create an automation in HomeKit Turn of the virtual switch when wife is leaving Turn on when entering Then create flow : When - (name switch) is on Than - mark as home (name wife) Homey Wil know when your wife is home And you can creatie an “away” flow when leaving Also create an automation in HomeKit of course

A week ago I updated my Galaxy S8 to Android 9. Since then the presence detection doesn’t work anymore. Not even sporadically. Before that it worked really well with the new Homey and Homey app version. I was glad not to have to make the detour via Tasker and webhooks anymore, which was not so reliable. Since it worked flawlessly in Android 8 I think it is a problem with Android 9. I’ve also already turned off all the battery savers.

homey v2.0 here and android 8 (samsung S8) not working here also

I have a Mate 20 Pro with Android 9…same problem, never worked.

[image] Anwesenheitserkennung/Präsenz Android 9 🇩🇪 Deutsch (German) Android 9 introduces new permission rules regarding wifi scans and other sensors. Wifi is used in the location accuracy high mode (that’s also renamed in android 9). All apps then have to acquire those new permissions. You could make an issue for this: https://support.athom.com/hc/en-us/requests/new (it’s English but if you write Deutsch they will probably understand) Be as elaborate as you can, when did this start, what have you tried, homey app version Homey firmware version, android vers…

I have the Homey app installed on a phone and a tablet (as a dashboard). When i leave home and take my phone with me but i leave my tablet at home… What does Homey think? Will it mark me as away or am i still at home? Anyone experience with this setup?

You can switch presence on/off for each familymember. Maybe there is the solution

I use the IFTTT location applet, works perfect for me.

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