Multiple users integration question

[aaiyar]

@AlanB

You know, the type of activities like, if my and my wife's phone is away from home, then turn the heating to away. I've read these things are possible but is it extremely complex or as easy as installing an app on HE and all the phones?

This is definitely possible. You will need to install an app just as @jwetzel1492's Combined Presence:

[RELEASE] Combined Presence

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…

Complexity is a relative term; it will not take much time at all to get it installed. But it will take some time investment to tweak it to work exactly as you desire. The length of time depends on several factors, including the make/model of phones, the cell carrier and GPS availability.

HE would allow me to make a lot more customised use of SMART devices. So, I could use my Hue sensors to trigger non-Hue activities (and not just my lights), or will I still be restricted to using them through the Hue bridge and have the same restrictions?

I don't have Hue sensors. However, the last I heard, Hue sensors paired to the Hue bridge were not "seen" by Hubitat. If you pair Hue sensors to Hubitat, they can be used to control Hue and non-Hue devices paired to Hubitat.

P.S. Welcome to Hubitat!