iOS "Significant location" and adding "Home" issue.

I enabled stolen device protection on my iPhone. Which mainly depends on the "Significant location". But the issue is that my iPhone always marks some random places as a significant location alongside some actual significant locations that I frequently visit. There is one significant location around 100 meters, that I visit once or twice a week and is a bus stop and my duration of stay there is not more than 5 mins. That place has no wifi. But, weirdly it's a significant location.


Surprisingly the place where stay for 12-16 hours doesn't qualify as a significant location. The place is my home. Where the iPhone is connected to the same wifi that my mac mini is connected to. And both my mac and iPhone are connected through continuity. This is the second place that moved into within a year, but still, iPhone failed to recognize it as a significant location.


Now, I should add my home to my iPhone. But, when I went to add that on apple map it sent me to the contact app and required me to add my address. But, as far as I know, no app has all the street addresses of the world. Also, apple map gets my street number/name wrong. Whereas any other navigation app just lets you drop a pin on the map and lets you mark that as a home/work. And what happens in a scenario where I want to add my home on the map on my phone so that I can navigate to my home, but don't want to add that on the contact app?


I hope apple will fix this issue. A bus stop is not a good place to be a significant location.

iPhone XS Max

Posted on Jun 3, 2024 4:44 AM

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Jun 3, 2024 6:27 AM in response to shafiqrahman

You may not be in a "familliar" location.


"When your iPhone is in a familiar location, these additional steps will not be required and you can use your device passcode like normal. Familiar locations typically include your home, workplace and certain other locations where you regularly use your iPhone." --> About Stolen Device Protection for iPhone - Apple Support (IN)



You may be home but your iPhone does not know that. Have you declared the location Home, Work, School, etc on your device?


Add or change your home address in Maps on your iPhone or iPad

  1. In the Maps app, scroll to Favourites and tap Add.
  2. Start to type the address you want to set as Home or Work, then tap the address when it's available.
  3. Scroll down to Type and tap My Home or My Work. ... 
  4. Tap Done.


Add or change your home address in Maps on your iPhone or ...



Jun 3, 2024 6:27 AM in response to shafiqrahman

See the pic below which is self-explanatory



Probably you have "Always" Ticked in place of "Away from Familiar Location"


For enhanced security, there's a one-hour delay when changing your location settings from "Always" to "Away from Familiar Location." This applies even if you use Face ID for authentication.



A delay will be required when you are not at a familiar location, such as your home or work, to change security settings.


Know more --> About Stolen Device Protection for iPhone



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