iOS location zone enter/exit only?

[manic sluice]

Hi There, Im reading the compaion app docs regarding location tracking on my iphone. Im trying to configure it to only report zone enter/exit and not location when outside of the zone. However the docs do not seem to be aligned with the app:

For example, it says to "Go to Manage Sensors > Background Location and change the Location Sent setting". There is no "Manage Sensors", but there is "Sensors", there is no "Background Location" under sensors. So cant find the "Zone Name Only" setting.

I also checked in iOS: Privacy & Security and there is no Location Sent option for the HA app?

Any assistance here 🙏

https://companion.home-assistant.io/docs/core/location

*When using core 2022.2 or later, you can configure how locations are sent in the Companion App Settings:

iOS The setting can be managed on a per-server basis. Open the server's settings and change the Location Sent setting under Privacy.
Android Enabling location tracking can be managed on a per-server basis, exact/zone name only applies to all servers. Go to Manage Sensors > Background Location and change the Location Sent setting.
Options available:

Exact sends the GPS coordinates of your device.
Zone Name Only sends just the zone name (or not_home), which can be useful for presence detection without exposing location. Only zones for the server in question are considered.
iOS Never or Android Disabled will not send GPS coordinates nor zone information.*

[lusty laurel]

In the app:

• Companion App
• Location
  There you can toggle on and off the different types of location updates sent.

[manic sluice]

Thanks for the reply! @lusty laurel So if i only want zone entry/exit, turn of all of the "Update Sources" except for "Zone entry/exit" right?

[lusty laurel]

Yup. But make sure you still let the app have full location access (from the main settings app), otherwise it won't work.

[manic sluice]

Ah ok roger that! Yep - full location allowed in the ios settings. So this is what i have now:

[manic sluice]

@lusty laurel Interestingly enough, this does not result in what I was expecting. Ideally what im looking for is for my phone to only report zone entry/exit rather than address locations when outside of the zone. Having changed the above settings, HA is still showing address details when outside of zone.