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How to track where a bag is in HomeAssistant? (piefed.jeena.net)
submitted 3 months ago by jeena@piefed.jeena.net to c/main@selfhosted.forum
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My son has a bag which he takes with him to Kindergarten every day. I'd like to throw in something like an Apple AirTag to be able to see where the bag is, but I have a couple of requirements:

  • No subscription
  • Should work in South Korea (AirTag does not work here)
  • Sometimes it's me who brings hem to Kindergarten and I have a Android phone, sometimes it's his mom with a iPhone
  • It should be somehow connectable to HomeAssistant as a device tracker to see where the bag is (or at least if it's at home or not)

Any ideas what would work?

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[–] praise_idleness@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

~~I live in South Korea and AirTag definitely works?~~ Didn't know it doesn't. I thought it did because you can get one. Bummer.

btw, I suggest you get Samsung Smart tag. They're basically Samsing equiv. of an AirTag. I assume it will work equally well as an AirTag since there's more Samsung devices around here. It's also connectable with HA.

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is it really connected? I can't get "find my phone" connected to HomeAssistand so I assumed they both work with the same software which does not have an open API.

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 2 points 3 months ago

OK, I found a integration in HACKS