diff --git a/source/_components/device_tracker.owntracks_http.markdown b/source/_components/device_tracker.owntracks_http.markdown
index 64df68dd04e..6354553f1ea 100644
--- a/source/_components/device_tracker.owntracks_http.markdown
+++ b/source/_components/device_tracker.owntracks_http.markdown
@@ -21,22 +21,38 @@ To integrate Owntracks tracking via HTTP in Home Assistant, add the following se
 # Example configuration.yaml entry
 device_tracker:
   - platform: owntracks_http
+    webhook_id: long-random-webhook-url
 ```
 
-For configuration options and usage instructions, read the documentation for the [OwnTracks platform](/components/device_tracker.owntracks/).
+The value for `webhook_id` should be sufficiently long and random, as it is the only form of "authentication" that is used. For this reason, it is highly advisable to be randomly generated.
+
+To generate a `webhook_id` you can use the following command on your Raspberry Pi:
+
+```bash
+python3 -c "import binascii;import os;print(binascii.hexlify(os.urandom(32)).decode('ascii'))"
+```
+
+{% configuration %}
+webhook_id:
+  description: Set the URL suffix used in the webhook component
+  required: true
+  type: string
+{% endconfiguration %}
+
+For further configuration options and usage instructions, read the documentation for the [OwnTracks platform](/components/device_tracker.owntracks/).
 
 ## {% linkable_title Configuring OwnTracks to submit data via HTTP %}
 
 Open OwnTracks and go to Connection preferences:
 
  - Mode: Select **Private HTTP**
- - Host: [Home Assistant URL]:[port]/api/owntracks/[your name]/[device name]
- - Identification: Turn **Authentication** on, username `homeassistant` and password is your API password that you use to login to Home Assistant.
+ - Host: [Home Assistant URL]:[port]/api/webhook/[your-random-webhook-url]?u=[your name]&d=[device name]
 
-Host example: If I host my Home Assistant at `https://example.duckdns.org`, my name is Paulus and my phone is a Pixel I would set the host to be `https://example.duckdns.org/api/owntracks/paulus/pixel`. This will result in an entity with an ID of `device_tracker.paulus_pixel`. You can pick any name for the user and the device.
+Host example: If I host my Home Assistant at `https://example.duckdns.org`, my name is Paulus, my phone is a Pixel and I configured the value for `webhook_id` to be `long-random-webhook-url` I would set the host to be `https://example.duckdns.org/api/webhook/long-random-webhook-url?u=paulus&d=pixel`. This will result in an entity with an ID of `device_tracker.paulus_pixel`. You can pick any name for the user and the device.
 
 Since the battery data is available as an attribute of the device tracker entity, it can be tracked with a [`template` sensor](/components/sensor.template/).
 
+
 {% raw %}
 ```yaml
 # Example configuration.yaml entry
@@ -50,3 +66,17 @@ sensor:
         device_class: battery
 ```
 {% endraw %}
+
+
+## {% linkable_title Setting up on Android %}
+
+The Android OwnTracks app sends more data than its iOS counterpart and it is possible to configure it using the `Identification` tab in `Preferences`, setting **Username** to your name, and **Device ID** to your device's name. Password field may be left blank.
+
+Elaborating on the general example above:
+
+ 1. Identification: Turn **Authentication** on, 
+ 2. Set **Username** to `paulus` and leave the password blank or put any string in it.
+ 3. Set Device ID to `pixel`
+ 4. In the Host tab enter simply `https://example.duckdns.org/api/webhook/long-random-webhook-url`
+
+