Using iPhone as a presence sensor

HomeBridge can also be setup on an always on Mac or Windows machine as well.

Well, I do have one of those (Windows machine)... Maybe something to look into! :smile:

Never messed with this before but you could always try recording a false alarm in iOS and then using that as a trigger for an unlock event.

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How do you do this without homebridge? Using a cloud endpoint from the video above or something else? Any advantages/disadvantages of one approach over the other?

Also, I only see options to let the Home app use my location while using the app. It doesn't give me the option to let Home use my location always. Makes me nervous that it won't do a good job, but I assume this is the case for everyone?

Man...this is a great topic...I'm a beginner and this looks like something I could spend a lot of time making mistakes on and getting frustrated...

Cant wait to give it a shot!

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