Inconsistency between device_tracker GPS location showing Home and sensor.app_geocoded_location showing other place

Question

Inconsistency between device_tracker GPS location showing Home and sensor.app_geocoded_location showing other place

distante opened this issue 21 hours ago · 5 comments

The problem

My persons are being shown as being at home, with the GPS coordinates of home, but the only attached device (a phone with the companion app) reports a complete different - and correct - position in their GPS sensor entity.

What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue?

core-2024.10.3

What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core?

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What type of installation are you running?

Home Assistant OS

Integration causing the issue

Mobile App

Link to integration documentation on our website

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/mobile_app/

Diagnostics information

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Example YAML snippet

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Anything in the logs that might be useful for us?

The only location sensor I have on the phone is Geo location. If I enable Precise Location and Location Zones, the Person sensor updates with the Zone where I am currently at. 

I have not tried being outside of a "known" location with those two sensors but I was under the impression that the Geo location sensor should be enough to say if I am Home or not.

Additional information

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Answer 1 · 2024-10-25T19:30:46.000Z

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Answer 2 · 2024-10-26T07:04:46.000Z

This is not a bug the 2 can indeed have different values. If you have issues with the device tracker check the companion app docs for troubleshooting steps. If you continue having issues log a bug with the android app and make sure to include logs.

Answer 3 · 2024-10-26T07:15:48.000Z

@dshokouhi is the companion app in charge of show the person "home" or "away"? I though it was HA core.

Answer 4 · 2024-10-26T07:19:51.000Z

the companion app provides the data for both the geocoded sensor and the device tracker. HA core determines you are in a zone or away with the device tracker GPS data only. Geocoded location is not meant for location tracking.

this guide will help you make sure teh device tracker is setup properly and also provides location history to troubleshoot any issues

https://companion.home-assistant.io/docs/troubleshooting/faqs/#device-tracker-is-not-updating-in-android-app

Answer 5 · 2024-10-26T08:35:20.000Z

Ah ok, then this is a "non-issue" although I still think that the Geocoded location could be used to update the tracking since it already has the coordinates.

Thank you for your answers!