diff --git a/lib/src/Presence.dart b/lib/src/Presence.dart
index 124087a7..98b925b3 100644
--- a/lib/src/Presence.dart
+++ b/lib/src/Presence.dart
@@ -21,23 +21,34 @@
  * along with famedlysdk.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-import 'package:famedlysdk/src/AccountData.dart';
-import 'package:famedlysdk/src/RoomState.dart';
+import 'package:famedlysdk/famedlysdk.dart';
 
-class Presence extends AccountData {
-  /// The user who has sent this event if it is not a global account data event.
+enum PresenceType { online, offline, unavailable }
+
+/// Informs the client of a user's presence state change.
+class Presence {
+  /// The user who sent this presence.
   final String sender;
 
-  Presence({this.sender, Map<String, dynamic> content, String typeKey})
-      : super(content: content, typeKey: typeKey);
+  /// The current display name for this user, if any.
+  final String displayname;
 
-  /// Get a State event from a table row or from the event stream.
-  factory Presence.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> jsonPayload) {
-    final Map<String, dynamic> content =
-        RoomState.getMapFromPayload(jsonPayload['content']);
-    return Presence(
-        content: content,
-        typeKey: jsonPayload['type'],
-        sender: jsonPayload['sender']);
-  }
+  /// The current avatar URL for this user, if any.
+  final MxContent avatarUrl;
+  final bool currentlyActive;
+  final int lastActiveAgo;
+  final PresenceType presence;
+  final String statusMsg;
+
+  Presence.fromJson(Map<String, dynamic> json)
+      : sender = json['sender'],
+        displayname = json['content']['avatar_url'],
+        avatarUrl = MxContent(json['content']['avatar_url']),
+        currentlyActive = json['content']['currently_active'],
+        lastActiveAgo = json['content']['last_active_ago'],
+        presence = PresenceType.values.firstWhere(
+            (e) =>
+                e.toString() == "PresenceType.${json['content']['presence']}",
+            orElse: () => null),
+        statusMsg = json['content']['status_msg'];
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/User.dart b/lib/src/User.dart
index bf8b6c1f..1ed74c7e 100644
--- a/lib/src/User.dart
+++ b/lib/src/User.dart
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  * along with famedlysdk.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
+import 'package:famedlysdk/famedlysdk.dart';
 import 'package:famedlysdk/src/Room.dart';
 import 'package:famedlysdk/src/RoomState.dart';
 import 'package:famedlysdk/src/responses/ErrorResponse.dart';
@@ -166,6 +167,9 @@ class User extends RoomState {
     return newRoomID;
   }
 
+  /// The newest presence of this user if there is any and null if not.
+  Presence get presence => room.client.presences[id];
+
   /// Whether the client is allowed to ban/unban this user.
   bool get canBan => room.canBan && powerLevel < room.ownPowerLevel;
 
diff --git a/lib/src/utils/MxContent.dart b/lib/src/utils/MxContent.dart
index 05f9bc7e..fd2984e4 100644
--- a/lib/src/utils/MxContent.dart
+++ b/lib/src/utils/MxContent.dart
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class MxContent {
   MxContent(String mxcUrl) : this._mxc = mxcUrl ?? "";
 
   /// Returns the mxc uri.
-  get mxc => _mxc;
+  String get mxc => _mxc;
 
   /// Returns a download Link to this content.
   String getDownloadLink(Client matrix) => matrix.homeserver != null
diff --git a/test/Client_test.dart b/test/Client_test.dart
index 216a7b0f..fb0be17d 100644
--- a/test/Client_test.dart
+++ b/test/Client_test.dart
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void main() {
       expect(contacts.length, 1);
       expect(contacts[0].senderId, "@alice:example.org");
       expect(
-          matrix.presences["@alice:example.com"].content["presence"], "online");
+          matrix.presences["@alice:example.com"].presence, PresenceType.online);
       expect(presenceCounter, 1);
       expect(accountDataCounter, 2);
 
diff --git a/test/Presence_test.dart b/test/Presence_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0ace9c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Presence_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2019 Zender & Kurtz GbR.
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Christian Pauly <krille@famedly.com>
+ *   Marcel Radzio <mtrnord@famedly.com>
+ *
+ * This file is part of famedlysdk.
+ *
+ * famedlysdk is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * famedlysdk is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with famedlysdk.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+import 'package:famedlysdk/famedlysdk.dart';
+import 'package:test/test.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  /// All Tests related to the ChatTime
+  group("Presence", () {
+    test("fromJson", () async {
+      Map<String, dynamic> rawPresence = {
+        "content": {
+          "avatar_url": "mxc://localhost:wefuiwegh8742w",
+          "currently_active": false,
+          "last_active_ago": 2478593,
+          "presence": "online",
+          "status_msg": "Making cupcakes"
+        },
+        "sender": "@example:localhost",
+        "type": "m.presence"
+      };
+      Presence presence = Presence.fromJson(rawPresence);
+      expect(presence.sender, "@example:localhost");
+      expect(presence.avatarUrl.mxc, "mxc://localhost:wefuiwegh8742w");
+      expect(presence.currentlyActive, false);
+      expect(presence.lastActiveAgo, 2478593);
+      expect(presence.presence, PresenceType.online);
+      expect(presence.statusMsg, "Making cupcakes");
+    });
+  });
+}