From a607910d89433cfb38fae9b885b4de2549cb86f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cogneato Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 03:27:41 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update to suggest Companion app (#11605) * Update to suggest Companion app Removed Owntracks suggestion for Android and point to HA Companion app for both iOS and Android * replace redirecting ios link replace /ios which was redirecting to companion.home-assistant.io * Remove owntracks video Remove video and add basic description of location setup for the Companion app * Update source/getting-started/presence-detection.markdown Co-Authored-By: Franck Nijhof * Update source/getting-started/presence-detection.markdown Co-Authored-By: Franck Nijhof Co-authored-by: Franck Nijhof --- source/getting-started/presence-detection.markdown | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/getting-started/presence-detection.markdown b/source/getting-started/presence-detection.markdown index 548b4090dc8..21eb5c2502c 100644 --- a/source/getting-started/presence-detection.markdown +++ b/source/getting-started/presence-detection.markdown @@ -17,11 +17,10 @@ Screenshot of Home Assistant showing a school, work and home zone and two people There are different ways of setting up presence detection. Usually the easiest way to detect presence is by checking which devices are connected to the network. You can do that if you have one of our [supported routers][routers]. By leveraging what your router already knows, you can easily detect if people are at home. -It's also possible to run an app on your phone to provide detailed location information to your Home Assistant instance. If you're on iOS we suggest to use the [Home Assistant iOS app](/ios/). For Android, we suggest [OwnTracks][ha-owntracks]. +It's also possible to run an app on your phone to provide detailed location information to your Home Assistant instance. For iOS and Android, we suggest using the [Home Assistant Companion app][companion]. + +During the setup of Home Assistant Companion on your mobile device, the app will ask for permission to allow the device's location to be provided to Home Assistant. Allowing this will create a `device_tracker` entity for that device which can be used in automations and conditions. -
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### Zones @@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ The map view will hide all devices that are home. [nmap]: /integrations/nmap_tracker [ha-bluetooth]: /integrations/bluetooth_tracker [ha-bluetooth-le]: /integrations/bluetooth_le_tracker -[ha-owntracks]: /integrations/owntracks/ [ha-locative]: /integrations/locative [ha-gpslogger]: /integrations/gpslogger [ha-presence]: /integrations/#presence-detection @@ -47,5 +45,6 @@ The map view will hide all devices that are home. [trigger]: /getting-started/automation-trigger/#zone-trigger [condition]: /getting-started/automation-condition/#zone-condition [ha-map]: /integrations/map/ +[companion]: https://companion.home-assistant.io/ ### [Next step: Join the Community »](/getting-started/join-the-community/)