Alexa and Google home both utilizing virtual switches. Alexa more reliable of the two but I use both for redundancy.
The Hubitat app which works great for Android members of the family but is not very reliable for iOS.
HD+ app is a real winner for the Android (no iOS support) members of my family. Especially since they all have Samsung devices which @jpage4500 really has dialed in. Thanks Joe!
Smartthings arrival sensors w/battery hack in cars of iOS users. Should have bought more in hind sight.
iOS users with a homekit hub should look into using it's presence detection. I don't personally but have seen many posts in this community regarding it. Seems to be very solid.
Don't let the name fool you. It supports android as well. Static IPs a must.
Life360 was the rock though. It was (maybe still could be) the most reliable for both iOS and Android. Really like how @jpage4500 worked it into HD+ too.
I'm using combined presence app to work all the methods into one. I don't remember which one though and I modified it somewhere along the line.
As for Life360, even if I lose integration, my family will still use it for now. I'd love to let my feet do the talking since they've turned their backs to the smarthome niche but I'm not up to converting them all to OwnTracks at the moment.
This community has a wealth of info/ideas on presence detection for those who may not have done a deep dive yet. The general consensus has been for some time that there is no single bulletproof solution, thus using multiple layered methods has been a route many like myself use.
