Today i opened Home Assistant and the integrations tab said that it discovered an integration called "ibeacon". What is this and what does it do? I haven't (not that i know) done anything myself.
#iBeacon Tracker
bronze girder
patent ember
Today i opened Home Assistant and the integrations tab said that it discovered a...
You have a bluetooth adaptor and/or a bluetooth proxy.
This is something everyone will see, you can safely ignore it.
It is apple devices shouting into the void of bluetooth.
bronze girder
Does it improve the detection whether someone is home or not?
patent ember
Does it improve the detection whether someone is home or not?
Not on its own, The ibeaacon data rotates often to stop people being able to easily track someone with it. To detect presence you need to get the devices IRK code then add it as a "Private BLE Device" which then basically decodes the beacon to know its the device.
bronze girder
Alright, thanks for the details!