One way to utilize presence from Apple devices is with virtual devices in Homey and publish them to Apple Home with HomeKitty . Instructions how to prepare HomeKitty . Enable the Virtual Devices experiment from Homey settings. Create a virtual device with On/Off capability for each person: [S…

Does this also work when I go out for a run wearing only my Apple Watch (and leaving my iPhone at home)?

If Apple Home is configured to use your Apple Watch as your presence, then maybe. That would be something that needs happen on the Apple Homekit framework. I don’t have a watch so can’t test this. So if you can configure your home/away status in Apple Home based on your watch, then this should wor…

I have never been able to do that :cry: Anyone else?

I’m using this way of working almost the same for some years for a 4 person household. Works (almost) flawlessly. I made it a little bit more simple because not all persons are configured in homey: Define one virtual device “somebody home” and make HomeKit automations based on “first person comes …

Does anyone here know how to use the sleep mode of an Apple Watch to put Homey into sleep mode and not sleep mode? I can enable sleep mode, but I can’t disable it.

very nice, I love it! could you tell me how you were able to select/use the beautiful icons for your virtual devices. the source I think I found: [image] Personenreise mit Koffer, Tourist, Liniensymbol. Urlaub, Reise mit... Personenreise mit Koffer, Tourist, Liniensymbol. Urlaub, Reise…

The icon used for the virtual device is standard from Homey. To change the icon, you will need to use the mobile app and go to the settings of the selected device. Some device apps provide additional icons that can be selected at the time of pairing. Or use as with Device Capabilities app, the icon…

Hi OH2TH, I am relatively new to Homey and do not yet have much experience with virtual devices. I have another question about your flow, specifically about the if function - Mode Changed I have used the build in Homey Virtual Devices and only have the flow cards “Switched On” and “Switched Off”.…

The virtual device used in this sample, is the one you get with Homey’s builtin virtual device. However you will need to enable the Virtual Devices experiment from your Homey settings.

By the way, in case anyone is looking to get this same effect but is not otherwise using HomeKit / HomeKitty, there’s a simple way to do so using only built-in capabilities. Roughly speaking: Create Homey flow(s) triggered by webhook events (find the When flow card for Webhook event received under…

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