quick-start.md

layout	title	permalink	nav_order
page	Quick Starts	/quick-start	1

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

Video Tutorials

Send ESPresense Data to AWS IoT Core using Mosquitto Bridge (April 2025)

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/sH3TUEDEZZw" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Room Presence with ESPHome vs ESPresense (August 2024)

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BUVu6KCkp-g" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Getting Started with ESPresense (June 2023)

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cwVgv8WVOsU" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Why Everyone is Wrong About Room Presence (May 2023)

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g53jpdWoXVk" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Tracking Smart Phones, Watches and Bluetooth Devices (March 2023)

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/KCgUWsn3F70" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Try These ESPresense Automations (February 2023)

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NssKZPycc2I" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

ESPresense v3: Room-Level Presence Detection Made Simple (October 2022)

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/u7pn2_2l7OI" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Smart Room Detection with ESPresense in Every Room (October 2022)

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/s7kyqpq4Ev4" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Ultimate Presence Detection Sensor for Your Dashboard (September 2022)

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1ToMW4CYUOA" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Setting Up Presence Detection in Home Assistant - Part 2 (May 2022)

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kfwsCy_X2k8" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Introduction to Presence Detection in Home Assistant - Part 1 (May 2022)

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/M0nphftsSi8" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Tailor Made Automations for Each Person (April 2022)

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/axod3MJmXQk" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

How To Setup ESPresence for Room Presence Detection (February 2022)

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rMKEf7g1htk" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

The BEST Smart Home Room Presence Detection (January 2022)

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/p7C2QvmsM8M" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Track Objects Inside Your House with BLE (December 2021)

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7bfW_6130To" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

For German viewers:

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PAIuZ1TgPWA" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>