Android inaccurate location

[WB70]

This is why I asked the question about disabling Wifi on your phone.

I wanted to know your results before sending you down the Router path as this was reported here in the community last year that when you move locations…

Recent move, wont reset to new location

So here’s the thread that another guy was experiencing and it sounds like the exact same issue except his appeared more complicated because he had purchased a new router and had also moved. Scroll to the bottom of that thread and this might be your potential solution by renaming your SSID on the router. Evidently, Google records / stores this information. He is going to test this weekend, but you can get in touch with him and share your common issues. Hope this helps.

And embedded in the thread above:

[SOLVED] Android reporting incorrect presence after wireless router or home location change

I am now almost convienced that my problem is not smartthings and it is android location. I got 1 false alarm yesterday and IFTTT also triggered at the same time. Also I checked my life360 history and see that couple of time over the last 3 days it reported wrong locations around 5 to 25 miles away from my home. The below post on google forums suggest that google takes some time to fix the location on the wifi. As I just installed a new router and reset my IP address, I think I have to use it for a couple of weeks before google fixes the location properly. https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/maps/tRs9WNAWt_4 Thanks everyone, especially @WB70 for helping me find out the root cause. I will update the thread how it goes in the next couple of weeks. Interesting article here whic…

@WB70

FYI @sapstar.

I had passed this thread information over to another guy who just recently moved 5 miles away (he didn’t buy a new router tho) and he was having what looked like to be a very similar issue to yours. He went ahead and modified the SSID(s) and that appears to have resolved the issue. Here’s the thread: