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This platform allows you to detect presence by monitoring an MQTT topic for new locations. To use this platform, you specify a unique topic for each device.

# Example configuration.yaml entry
device_tracker:
  platform: mqtt
  qos: 1
  devices:
    paulus_oneplus: /location/paulus
    annetherese_n4: /location/annetherese

Configuration variables:

• devices (Required): List of devices with their topic.
• qos (Optional): The QoS level of the topic.