Quick Starts

Instead of reading our documentation check out these great videos/links to get you started quickly. Please note some of the details have changes or become outdate due to constant developments and refinements.

Articles

ESPresence for Home Assistant Presence Monitoring (August 17, 2024) - A recent guide on using inexpensive ESP32 boards for presence detection with practical insights from actual implementation.
3D Rendering Your In-House GPS (March 5, 2024) - A project that creates a 3D model of your house to visually track BLE devices using ESPresense.
Make you music follow you with ESPresense Room Presence Detection (November 4, 2023) - A tutorial showing how to make music follow you through your home using ESPresense with Home Assistant.
ESPresense v3 - Room level presence detection with ESP32 and Home Assistant (October 6, 2023) - A guide that demystifies ESPresense v3 setup with clear, simple instructions.
Reliable iOS Presence Detection with ESPresense v3 Enroll Flow and IRK (April 16, 2023) - A guide focused on using ESPresense v3’s new enroll flow feature for more reliable tracking of Apple devices.
Better Presence Detection with Home Assistant and ESPresense (April 16, 2023) - A comprehensive guide covering how to use ESP32 devices as a cheaper alternative to Raspberry Pi for room presence detection.
Counting Room Occupancy with ESPresense and Home Assistant (March 12, 2023) - A guide on how to count devices in a room using ESPresense for occupancy detection.
How to Setup ESPresence for Room Presence Detection in Home Assistant (January 23, 2023) - A step-by-step guide to installing and configuring ESPresense, including setup for Apple Watch tracking.
ESPresense: Easy Room Detection for Home Assistant (March 2022) - A detailed walkthrough of implementing presence detection with ESPresense base stations and Home Assistant.
Room-level BLE-based presence detection with ESP32s, ESPresense, MQTT, and Home Assistant
How to Detect Room Presence and Automate Smart Home Devices With ESP32