So what's the most reliable way to sense presence

If you use my integration OwnTracks for Hubitat Presence Detection I trigger Android to request a location update once it starts to stale ("bandaid" for the current 2.4.12 PlayStore version). In that version, it seems if you don't move enough over a period of time, that the app errors out and stops sending locations (hence the reset you are talking about). My "bandaid" addresses that.

The OwnTracks team is currently testing 2.5.0 in beta which has a ton of fixes that will make that problem go away once it stabilizes and becomes a public release. I wouldn't recommend the beta for a stable version right now (has some issues), but that should fix the outstanding complaints with OwnTracks.

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