Using HA companion app without location

Hello.
I have an android tablet the I use at home and it’s almost never getting out of there.
Therefore I don’t see any reason why to use the location, so it’s toggle is always turned off, mostly because it doesn’t make any sense, and also to save power.

But the HA app refuses to open in that case, regardless to the fact that all of the device sensors of my tablet at the companion app, including the location sensors, are shut down.

It doesn’t make any sense. Why I can’t use the app on my tablet just to control my HA without HA killing my battery?

If all the sensors are turned off, you may as well just use Chrome.

Alternatively use the minimal version that doesn’t support location tracking.

Either way, I’d open a bug about that.

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