Photo by Andrey Matveev on Pexels The Sensor Nobody Talks About Ask someone to name smart home gear worth buying and you'll get the same list every time: a video doorbell, a smart plug, maybe a robot vacuum if they're feeling generous. Almost nobody mentions presence sensors, and that's a shame, because they quietly fix the single most annoying thing about home automation — lights and devices that can't tell whether you're still in the room. I've written before about ignoring Matter for two years before it actually clicked for me. Presence sensors had a similar arc. I dismissed them as a gimmick for people who wanted their office to greet them like a hotel lobby. Then I actually lived with one for a while, and the gap between "motion sensor" and "presence sensor" turned out to be bigger than the marketing copy makes it sound. Motion Sensors Detect Movement. Presence Sensors Detect You. Here's the core problem with a standard P...
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