I’ve opened a bug report and gave as much info as i could
Well, at least on my Pixel I think I figured it out, it’s this complete garbage setting that had been ON by default, likely enabled by a recent monthly update from The All-Powerful Google, who knows what notifications you should get better than you.
What a ridiculous concept…and in the previous menu it shows that the Battery Saver is Off, so I didn’t think to actually enter there, the UI doesn’t even indicate that there is a sub-menu, while when you enter this setting is also hidden under a drop-down.
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in my own setup adaptive battery is left on, however i did turn off adaptive charging
I think it depends on how much you actually use the mobile app…I normally use the HA via the web UI when I’m at my PC at home, so what probably happened is that “learns from your phone usage to continuously optimise” crap put the mobile HA app on some list I don’t have access to. I only changed this one setting and it’s been fine all day on multiple errand trips away from home.
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I can confirm that we see the same issue on both our Google Pixel 8 Pro phones linked to our HA. Locations sometimes stops updating, even with the mobile application open. I’ve tried all the troubleshooting steps mentioned above, and even tested with triggering manual update using the notification function but no luck. It might be slightly better after turning off all battery saving etc but its not reliable at this moment.
may or may not have found the culprit
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/370069681
are all those impacted Pixel users on the same Sept update?
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Ah sweet I hope this is the issue me and my wife’s phones have. Pixel 8 and 7a. On the previous phone, Pixel 4, this wasn’t an issue at all.
I think it’s not Home assitant issue, but Android. I’ve check my Google maps history and it behaves exactly same way.
Now i’m at home about an hour, but for HA i’m still away (geocoded location shows my last position, when I unlocked the phone - Pixel 6 btw :).
The google maps history is stucks on exactly same position.
That means no app getting information from Android location service, when mobile is locked.
This started to happen about month or two ago. Looks like a bug in latest Android update. Waiting for Android 15.
Confirmed. Solved in Android 15. No location issue with locked phone.
Not for me on my pixel 9 Pro XL and official Android 15 + October patch. I pretty much have the same problem as other have reported, such as missing location reports when screen is off. I go out for runs almost everyday and I run about 1 hour each time. The location history reports maximum 4 location reports within this hour. It happens every single time, no exception. The only time it works flawlessly is when connected to Android auto, it reports every minute.
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I also feel that it’s mostly fixed with the update to Android 15, but i just checked Location history on my Pixel 8a and noticed 1 gap of 50min, other than that it’s updating every 2-5 min as the devs expect
For me it is not fixed in Android 15 either, it is an annoying bug because my automation based on the location tracker just does not work properly anymore.
Pixel 8 Pro
Android 15
Same here. Just updated to Android 15 on my Pixel 8 pro. I have updates set for 1min which works fine in app. In background…super sporadic. Tried with Android adaptive battery turned off as well.
I might have to use network connections to aid in my location automations
Issue persists with Android 15 on all my family phones…
Confirming the same with 2x Pixel 8’s running android 15. Tried everything mentioned but location updates are very sporadic as well.
Same issue with a Pixel 3 and a Pixel 3a XL on Android 12, which don’t even get OS updates anymore. It was working well when initially set up, but for half a year or so have been very unreliable at best. All sensors stop updating after the screen has been off for a short time. Both have background access enabled and a persistent connection enabled, which always shows connected, adaptive battery & adaptive data disabled, etc… The pixel 3 is worse, but the HA app very rarely is opened on it.
The only way I could get my Pixel 8a to be consistent again was to enable the following sensors in the companion app:
App sensors > App importance
Last Update sensor > Last update trigger
Power sensors > Interactive
I also have Last Notification sensor enabled but I’m not allowing anything on it so I don’t think that one is necessary.
But after enabling those and restarting the app, the location went back to instantly updating even with the screen off after a while. No persistent connection and only Fast While Charging sensor updates. Maybe it’ll work for someone else.
Just chiming in to confirm that both my 8 Pro and my wife’s 8 are experiencing delayed location updates. I thought the issue began with Android 15 but my wife was still experiencing it on 14. She did have the September update though. I’ve completed a fresh OS install and reset the app several times. I agree though that I don’t believe the issue is Home Assistant at this point.
Adding myself and my wife, unable to get location anymore on both of our pixel 8a devices
I’ve found that following the steps on this post wrt a semi-related issue on github helped fixed my location issues after the September update on my Pixel 8 Pro. It’s been working fine for me the past few months and I’m currently on Android 15 with the latest December Pixel drop.
- activate the hidden developer options
- going to “suspend execution for cached apps”
- select Disabled (was on “device default”)
- restart
I know the post mentions leaving the app up on the recent app screen, but it works fine for me running in the background and a couple of other people have chimed in on the thread to confirm that it works for them too.