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If you want an OCCUPANCY sensor, as opposed to a MOTION sensor, the most reliable solution I have found is Hiome.

I've been using them for over a year now, and while the first few months were a little rocky (occasionally missed my entering or leaving a room) I guess they (silently, I never had to do anything) updated the firmware because now they are very reliable.
They appear as HomeKit Occupancy sensors, and I use them for exactly what you want. Basically my home setup is
- some lights go on in the afternoon (based on a Hue light sensor)
- all lights come on an hour before sunset (but many of them to 30%)
- when I walk into a room the 30% goes to 100%
- when I leave a room a timer starts and, after 3 minutes, they revert to 30%

To get this fancy you also need Homebridge (to provide HomeKit timers and HomeKit state variables). But for the basic concept you want, the room OCCUPANCY [without having to wave your hands every fifteen minutes]) I've been very happy with Hiome.

Thanks for sharing that info, I will definitely look into it. I was under the impression that an occupancy sensor was just a glorified motion sensor. I will have to look into how it triggers events for entering and leaving.

The reason I like the idea of it being something like an airtag is its small and cheap so it can be added to multiple rooms very easy but if occupancy sensors achieve what I am looking for, that's good too. Thanks Again.
 
I've set the Automation with AirTag as NFC trigger. When near activate certain Focus.

But it's not working. Also, I need to scan the airtag for almost a minute for the first time to create an automation. Using iPhone 11 with iOS 15.1.

Anyone else experience similar issue? I'd really like to use it also as an NFC trigger.

p.s.: I can add the airtag instantly to FindMy, there are no issues
 
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I've removed the automation and trying to recreate it again.

I'm doing this:
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And my iPhone is lying on the airtag.



After almost a minute I get this:

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I've restarted the iPhone and pulled out the battery from AirTag and put it back in. Same issue.

Any help or guidance is welcome.
 
Ok, it works... I need to scan the white (plastic) side of the airtags, not the metal part. Doh!

And, I have original Apple silicon cover and the airtag is not recognized as NFC trigger through the cover, I need to point it on the front side where the headphone hole is.

Ok, next this. Not the NFC is working with airtag, but when I scan it to active my automation, I always get this notification:

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Website NFC Tag?

When I go to this website I get this:

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And I get this every time I scan the airtag.
 
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