2 home icons in ios location services

I finally spoke with someone in support from Apple. I’m not sure if this works yet as I only did it on my iPad Pro. This morning when I thought it would it wouldn’t. Then I realized I needed to do it on my iPhone as well.

Here’s what support had me do:

1. If you have the 2 “Home” icons in Location go to General.
2. Scroll down to Transfer or Reset (item)
3. Go to “Reset”
4. Go to “Reset Location & Privacy”
5. Reset
6. You should now only have 1 “Home” icon. Activate it for location.
7. You’ll be prompted on other items as you use them to use this then.

As I said I have done this to my iPhone as well after checking it and will see if it works tomorrow morning coming back from walking the dog.

mberan, did those steps end up working for you? I remember you saying you were going to test them out the following day.

1. If you have the 2 “Home” icons in Location go to General.
2. Scroll down to Transfer or Reset (item)
3. Go to “Reset”
4. Go to “Reset Location & Privacy”
5. Reset
6. You should now only have 1 “Home” icon. Activate it for location.
7. You’ll be prompted on other items as you use them to use this then.

I have the exact same issue. Geofencing stopped working with the new update. I’ve set up a “scene” but unlike the geofencing I have to ask Siri to turn lights on as opposed to prior they turned on when I got within the radius. Does Apple know?

Both, call and chat via Twitter (X)

Does anything you have on geofencing still work? And are you updated with the most current version of the software especially for whatever you’re using to control Homekit?

The same occurred to me, after I update to iOS 17.0.1. From that point, localization services in Home App doesn't work anymore. I notified that to Apple Support (also via X), but they aren't able to fix.

Yes. And by doing it this way it allows my wife to use it separately. She arrived home and she said the hall lights went on as set up. The “old” set up didn’t allow for that. Plus they came on again when I arrived.

Just the one for me.

I just noticed this on my phone too. I was actually wondering if maybe that was why some of my automations stopped working. Specifically the Arriving Home audio ones.. I was going to uninstall the Home app from my iPhone and see if that wiped it out. Anyone done this yet?

I know, I’m a little nervous, too. Geez, it’s like you get all your smart devices loaded in there and get everything set up and you just hold your breath that the lightest breeze isn’t going to come and blow through and topple everything over! 😂😬

If you only have the one icon then it should work. At least that’s how it seems. For some reason with the recent software updates some of us have 2 and that’s caused the issue. I’m going to call Apple with the number that I was given and hopefully get something fixed.

Yes, everything else tied to geofencing still works fine (lights, door locks/unlocks, etc.) with the exception of triggering the audio. I’ve tried to set up a new automation for this and select a different playlist to no avail.

1. Launch the Home app on your iOS device and tap the Automation tab at the bottom.
2. Tap the + icon in the top right corner and choose People Arrive as the trigger for your automation.
3. Select Anyone Arrives as the person who triggers the automation and choose your home location. You can also set a time range for when the automation is active, such as only at night or during certain days of the week. Tap Next when you are done.
4. Tap Add Scene or Accessory and select your HomePod from the list of accessories. Tap Next.
5. Tap your HomePod and scroll down to the Media section. Tap Audio and choose what you want to play when you arrive home, such as a song, playlist, podcast, radio station, etc. You can also adjust the volume level and playback options. Tap Back when you are done.
6. Tap Done to save your automation. You can test it by tapping Test This Automation

Oops, thought I was responding to another thread. Glad it worked for you. Doesn’t work for me for whatever reason based on those instructions I gave you. That’s how I set it up initially too and it worked fine, but it’s since stopped working, hence the original visit to this thread.