
Spotlight: Presence Detection
Home Assistant Podcast
How to Use Bluetooth to Detect Nearby Devices
The app uses Bluetooth to detect nearby devices. It's not a huge strain on the battery, but it could be way worse if you're using BLE technology. The present sensor is one of the smart things branded present sensors or I guess now it's Samsung branded. They call it an arrival sensor. So that's actually my primary primary method of saying, Hey, am I home or not?
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