# Am I wrong if I say that the location in Homey is inaccurate?

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**Created:** [February 11, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/am-i-wrong-if-i-say-that-the-location-in-homey-is-inaccurate/150964 "2026-02-11T12:37:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 12, 2026, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/am-i-wrong-if-i-say-that-the-location-in-homey-is-inaccurate/150964/24 "2026-02-12T15:30:33Z")

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hey @Jose_Luis_Garcia ,  
This is exactly why I wrote this tutorial a few months ago.

> [@\[Tutorial\] How I implemented Presence into my Smart Home Automation](https://community.homey.app/t/tutorial-how-i-implemented-presence-into-my-smart-home-automation/144109):
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> Introduction In my household everyone goes to sleep and wakes up at different times. Also, not everyone sleeps at home every day, or some people might arrive while others are already asleep. This creates some tricky challenges when it comes to automating presence based behavior. Here are the problems I faced and how I tackled them. Problem 1: Reliable presence detection In many phones, but mainly iPhones, apps don’t have the same access level to location services, or will not always keep their …

If you are using an iPhone, this might be the most accurate way to implement presence. The native geofencing that iOS itself uses for it’s shortcuts is far more accurate than any third party app can do.

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