HomeKit Home Wrong Location

This morning my HomeKit ecosystem completely broke, all the automations went crazy and I didn't understand why. I then understood why: Apple's "Home" app shows the WRONG home address.

So, suddenly, without sense.

The home location in the contacts card is correct, the home location in Maps is correct.

On the Home app it is wrong and there is no way to change it manually (absurd). I restarted all the devices (aTV, Homepods, iPhones, etc...) and logged out-login on iCloud everywhere.

Why does this happen? how can it be solved? Is it possible that you can't enter the address saved in your Maps favorites on the Home app?

Two things: I've already tried all the wizards and I have no intention of deleting my home from the Home app, I've paired more than 50 devices over the years and I feel sick just thinking about it.

Posted on Sep 30, 2023 1:00 AM

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phoreohhphore

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Posted on Oct 26, 2023 4:56 PM

Ok so this is that pretty common issue people are having with where HomeKit thinks there home is, showing it in an incorrect spot.

It seems this has been a problem for people for a while but only showed up for me in the last day with iOS 17.1. When I check a home automation that uses location is set my home location about 500m away even though its correct in contacts.

I found a fix for now:

Privacy > location > system > significant locations Clear history. Reboot phone. Go back to Home and open automations that use your home locations and check where it thinks home is, mine fixed itself.

BUT! Now thats its fixed I restarted the Home Hub that was being used, and it switched to another Home Hub in my house. As soon as it did it thinks I'm not home again so something to do with the address storing on the home hub too. Did the fix above again and it worked again.

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Jan 3, 2024 9:45 PM in response to DearSamaritan

Maybe yesterday i didn’t have to the post about the problem was fixed.

During the night my automation when i’m not at home e was activated. So i open find my app and for few second my iPhone it was in status: no found location. After few second location come back on and my iPhone appear at home and the automation when i’m at home was activated. I hope it was only a sporadic case

Jan 16, 2024 6:52 AM in response to DearSamaritan

Same problem here with iOS 17.2.1.... This is so annoying. It wakes me and me girlfriend up at 4am because of random automations triggering.

My home location appears 500 meters away from my real home location. Quick fix is to go away and come back few times, but the same bug happens again EVERY WEEK. Wrong location, wakes me up at 4am ...

Please Apple fix this. I'll definitely NOT recommend iPhone to my friends and family until a fix to this.

Jan 16, 2024 6:54 AM in response to DearSamaritan

Same problem here with iOS 17.2.1.... This is so annoying. It wakes me and me girlfriend up at 4am because of random automations triggering.

My home location appears 500 meters away from my real home location. Quick fix is to go away and come back few times, but the same bug happens again EVERY WEEK. Wrong location, wakes me up at 4am ...

Please Apple fix this. I'll definitely NOT recommend iPhone to my friends and family until a fix to this.

Jun 13, 2024 5:21 PM in response to DearSamaritan

I live in China, so I have to use VPN to access almost everything, specially Youtube. My Ipad thinks I am in Russia. Apple could add an option to override the location for Homekit, if they are going to use the VPN location, what is ALWAYS wrong.

The first I notice my Ipad was in Russia, i almost call the police :)

Sep 30, 2023 4:55 PM in response to DearSamaritan

GPS is not working very well. waiting for Apple, i am using Aqara, gives you better choices, specially using better are than 100 meters range.

Oct 7, 2023 2:31 PM in response to piero114

I do! And it broke all the automation home/away. It does not detect anymore when home. And one is the old one and the second is for sharing????

any solution?

Oct 16, 2023 12:03 AM in response to piero114

I also have these two location entries.

Is there any combination of settings, that repairs our problem?

ArtyChed

Level 1

8 points

Oct 18, 2023 6:13 PM in response to DearSamaritan

Having the same issue on iOS 17. It locates my home in Home 300m from my actual location.

i have updated Maps but the issue remains. I also deleted my significant locations. Same results.

Oct 19, 2023 11:50 PM in response to didierLxg

Sadly this is not a permanent fix.

It helps (most of the time) for a few hours or days.

Oct 26, 2023 4:58 PM in response to DennisU360

17.1 is where this problem started for me. Never had an issue before that.

getangar

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Oct 29, 2023 12:32 PM in response to DennisU360

To me the issue started after upgrading to 17.1 ... very annoying.

Oct 30, 2023 1:19 AM in response to DearSamaritan

The error is back for me as well. It did not drift enough to break my automations yet, but it is definitely in a wrong location.

iOS17.1 is definitely no fix for this issue.

ArtyChed

Level 1

8 points

Oct 30, 2023 1:25 AM in response to DearSamaritan

Same for me - i do not how I managed last week to fix it, but today it is back again.

PPEfr

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Oct 30, 2023 11:49 PM in response to ArtyChed

Same here. Back this night. Now, issue come back each week. Is there any fix because HK became unusable now.

Oct 31, 2023 1:13 PM in response to DearSamaritan

Same problem for me after updating to iOS 17

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