# Presence / gone away function not working anymore **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [February 2, 2026, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/presence-gone-away-function-not-working-anymore/150507 "2026-02-02T19:40:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![dsdevries](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dsdevries/32/80220_2.png) [@dsdevries](https://community.homey.app/u/dsdevries)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/presence-gone-away-function-not-working-anymore/150507/9 "2026-03-12T13:32:45Z")
hey everyone, I wrote a tutorial about how I implemented presence detection in Homey en way that I find to be more robust than the Homey App itself. This might help you if you also have an iOS device: > [@\[Tutorial\] How I implemented Presence into my Smart Home Automation](https://community.homey.app/t/tutorial-how-i-implemented-presence-into-my-smart-home-automation/144109): > > Introduction In my household everyone goes to sleep and wakes up at different times. Also, not everyone sleeps at home every day, or some people might arrive while others are already asleep. This creates some tricky challenges when it comes to automating presence based behavior. Here are the problems I faced and how I tackled them. Problem 1: Reliable presence detection In many phones, but mainly iPhones, apps don’t have the same access level to location services, or will not always keep their … --- _[View the full topic](https://community.homey.app/t/presence-gone-away-function-not-working-anymore/150507)._