Feature Request: Add support for the Presence Sensor

[ramz35]

Problem

The Presence sensor isn’t available as a device to pick from the list of devices.

Solution

The Presence sensor is supported like the other devices that already have support.

Alternatives

No response

Additional context

No response

[donavanbecker]

Do you see logs for it?

[ramz35]

If I don't select a device type then I get the following - and Homebridge crashes and keeps restarting:

[11/23/2025, 9:58:46 AM] [SwitchBot] API is displaying no deviceType: Unknown, So using configDeviceType: undefined
[11/23/2025, 9:58:46 AM] [SwitchBot] Restoring existing accessory from cache: Dryer Bot deviceId: CE2A4506xxxx
[11/23/2025, 9:58:46 AM] [SwitchBot] Device: Office Presence Sensor with Device Type: Presence Sensor, is currently not supported. Submit Feature Requests Here: https://tinyurl.com/SwitchBotFeatureRequest, device: {"deviceId":"B0E9FEF3xxxx","deviceName":"Office Presence Sensor","deviceType":"Presence Sensor","enableCloudService":true,"hubDeviceId":"DB3D1BD6xxxx","configDeviceName":"Office Presence","connectionType":"BLE/OpenAPI","logging":"standard"}
[11/23/2025, 9:58:51 AM] [HB Supervisor] Homebridge process ended. Code: 143, signal: null.

If I do select a device type eg. Contact Sensor because there is no Presence Sensor then I get the following:

[11/23/2025, 9:58:46 AM] [SwitchBot] API is displaying no deviceType: Unknown, So using configDeviceType: undefined
[11/23/2025, 9:58:46 AM] [SwitchBot] Restoring existing accessory from cache: Dryer Bot deviceId: CE2A4506xxxx
[11/23/2025, 9:58:46 AM] [SwitchBot] Device: Office Presence Sensor with Device Type: Presence Sensor, is currently not supported. Submit Feature Requests Here: https://tinyurl.com/SwitchBotFeatureRequest, device: {"deviceId":"B0E9FEF3xxxx","deviceName":"Office Presence Sensor","deviceType":"Presence Sensor","enableCloudService":true,"hubDeviceId":"DB3D1BD6xxxx","configDeviceName":"Office Presence","connectionType":"BLE/OpenAPI","logging":"standard"}
[11/23/2025, 9:58:51 AM] [HB Supervisor] Homebridge process ended. Code: 143, signal: null.

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[ramz35]

this is not a stale issue - as far as I know the feature is still much needed. I heard on a home assistant thread that some switchbot api endpoint was released.

[ramz35]

hsakoh
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(OpenWonderLabs/SwitchBotAPI#439)
HomeAssistant’s BLE integration and cloud integration have both been released.

HA Cloud Integration: home-assistant/core#155309 https://www.home-assistant.io/changelogs/core-2025.11
HA BLE Integration home-assistant/core#156314 https://www.home-assistant.io/changelogs/core-2025.12

The actual OpenAPI and Webhook payloads are shown below.

Get device list
{
"statusCode": 100,
"body": {
"deviceList": [
{
"deviceId": "B0E9FExxxxxx",
"deviceName": "mmWave Presence",
"deviceType": "Presence Sensor",
"enableCloudService": true,
"hubDeviceId": "CA08BDxxxxxx"
}
],
"infraredRemoteList": [
]
},
"message": "success"
}
Get device status
{
"statusCode": 100,
"body": {
"version": "V1.1",
"battery": 100,
"detected": false,
"deviceId": "B0E9FExxxxxx",
"deviceType": "Presence Sensor",
"hubDeviceId": "CA08BDxxxxxx"
},
"message": "success"
}
Webhook
{
"eventType": "changeReport",
"eventVersion": "1",
"context": {
"battery": 100,
"detectionState": "DETECTED",
"deviceMac": "B0E9FExxxxxx",
"deviceType": "Presence Sensor",
"timeOfSample": 1764973184638
}
}
{
"eventType": "changeReport",
"eventVersion": "1",
"context": {
"battery": 100,
"detectionState": "NOT_DETECTED",
"deviceMac": "B0E9FExxxxxx",
"deviceType": "Presence Sensor",
"timeOfSample": 1764973330637
}
}
Personally, I think it’s just cool that StatusAPI is a Boolean type while Webhook is a string type—and they even have different names.

[donavanbecker]

Can you try the latest version?