If that's your goal, you may need to consider dedicated motion sensors. With all that out of the way, here's how to set up person detection and how to use it with Alexa routines: ...

Amazon's Echo and Echo Dot can now detect when people are in the room, which is perfect for triggering Alexa routines. Here’s how to take full advantage.

Post this “Our goal is to get WiFi Motion into every home that has WiFi,” said Taj Manku, CEO and Co-Founder of Cognitive Systems.