This a big topic, but here are some tools I've made that really helped me get to reliable presence detection. In the threads, you can see how other people are using them too.
https://github.com/joelwetzel/Hubitat-iPhone-Presence-Sensor
iPhone WiFi Presence Sensor for Hubitat
A virtual presence sensor for Hubitat that checks if an iPhone is on the WiFi network.
Note: iPhones can put their WiFi to sleep, so you should not use this as your only way of detecting presence. However, it can be used to augment other presence sensors. Interpret results this way:
If this sensor shows "present", the iPhone is DEFINITELY present.
If this sensor shows "not present", the iP…
https://github.com/joelwetzel/Hubitat-Combined-Presence
Combined Presence app for Hubitat
An app for Hubitat to combine two or more presence sensors to control an output Virtual Presence Sensor.
There are 3 types of combiners:
Standard Combiners (Use this for combining wifi and gps-based sensors for a single person. It is optimized for that.)
Boolean-OR Combiners (Example: If Person1 OR Person2 is home, then the virtual SomeoneIsHome sensor should be home.)
Advanced Combiners (All logic o…
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