I am failing to see the interest in having tons of IOT devices to manage, connect, segment, etc… Why would someone want to do it? To be clear, I have friends deep in it but… I still don’t understand. Can anyone try to explain the magic I am failing to see?
Home Assistant has a really good badic presence detection: wifi. If you phone is connected to your home wifi network, then you’re home. Else you’re away. Simple. Works. Local only. No extra sensors.
I mean presence in a specific room/area, not in general. Homekit knows if I’m at home, that’s not a problem. Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to set automations to turn down the heating when I leave, wouldn’t I?
That’s harder, but perhaps the new wifi 7 sensing can help in the near future.