Find My Location Not Updating On iPhone In iOS 15
Find My location not updating in iOS 15
Is the Find My location not updating for contacts added to People in iOS 15? This appears to be yet another glitch that has found its way in the iOS 15.0 first-release version. We’re probably dealing with one of the buggiest major iOS releases in recent years!
Find My Location Not Updating Issue
iPhoneTricks.org readers have reported that contacts listed under People, in the Find My app, that own devices updated to iOS 15 and iPadOS 15, don’t show updated location! In the same time, those that remained on iOS 14 continue to work normally!
Lindsay R. complains:
“Since myself and my son have updated to iOS 15, his device does not regularly update location in Find My app. My husbands locations updated as normal but he hasn’t updated yet… My sons location will update as normal on my husbands phone.”
Andy confirms the Find My location bug:
“Same problem with iOS 15 and Find My. ‘People’ do not sync with ‘device’. So under devices, child’s location is shown but under people, it doesn’t update!”
How To Fix Find My Location Not Updating?
At the moment, we’re not aware of a solution for this issue, we’ve already submitted feedback for it and Apple might include a fix in an upcoming update. iOS 15.1 Beta 2 is already available for public testers and the public release shouldn’t be too far away.
Can you also confirm this Find My location bug in iOS 15? Did you manage to find a workaround? Use the comments section and share your feedback.
Fact: We’ve recently reported an other Find My related issue, regarding the Notify when left behind feature, that’s greyed out and can’t be turned on for the Apple Watch!
Related: Fixes and workarounds for other common iOS 15 bugs are:
– Safari video playback not working, black screen bug.
– Facebook Messenger videos flicker.
– Visual Look Up not showing up in Photos.
– Widgets turning white or black on iPhone Home Screen!
Lindsay and Andy, There is a workaround. I contacted Apple Support today. For the people who upgraded to iOS 15 who you can no longer locate:
1. Let them know that you are going to do the following:
2. Remove them (last item in Red on the bottom of the page)
3. They will disappear from your list in People in the Find My app
4. Then re=invite each of them one at a time by pressing the + symbol to the right of the word People
5. When they reappear in your list the app finds them and also as a bonus they can now locate you without going through the same process themselves of removing you
Thanks a lot for sharing this Chris! Will update it asap in the main content of the article.
There are also glitches associated with adding children to Apple Cash in iOS 15.0.1. I had no issues previously and after upgrading devices and operating system, my son is in a perpetual “Pending” stage of getting Apple Cash re-established on his new phone. According to Apple, and after hours of calls and speaking to about 8 different people between Apple and Green Dot, they now said they are aware of the issue and working to resolve it.
Thanks for reporting this Jeff. I guess we have to wait for a software update then.
i experienced the same issues
both iphone XS ios 15.0.1
the live location is updated but it is far from live
in the old situation the location was updated every minute
now it should update real time but it is not so location can not be trusted.
did the workaround so let’s see if that fixeds things
Ronald can you please update to iOS 15.0.2 and let us know if this issue persists?
Yes I am also experiencing the same, i can’t see the other person’s location and I have iOS 15.1
Thanks for reporting. Find My does come with a series of glitches in these iOS 15 early days.
I am having the same issue. Since iOS 15 was installed, the locations do not update unless you manually update them by going back to the main list and then clicking on the individual people one at a time. In addition, the locator no longer can find people when they are inside buildings, where they normally were able to before. It just provides a large circle a mile wide with a note that the person is somewhere in the circle.
Thanks for the feedback Shane. Yes, Find My is still buggy but it gets some fine tuning in iOS 15.1. That’s what we noticed from the betas. iOS 15.1 will be released next week. Let us know if you still encounter these problems after updating.
I’m having trouble with new update and my Apple Watch series 5. If I leave my watch at home, my location to find my phone to friends and family stays at home. When I wear my watch I have no problem with my correct location. Is there a setting or something I can check to see why this is happening after the update? Thank you for your time.
Thanks for the feedback. Yes, Find My is buggy in iOS 15, haven’t encountered this particular glitch though.
Location Serices for the Apple Watch are mirrored with the settings you make on your iPhone in Settings -> Privacy -> Location Services.
So, there isn’t a setting that enables Location Servies on Watch, without having them on on the iPhone and vice-versa.
Tip: Please go for Settings -> Apple ID -> Find My -> My Location. Find My iPhone has to be on and My Location has to be set to ‘This Device’
I’m having the same issue. Location says live for 30 mins and they’re not actually there. I’m also on iOS 15.1
Thanks for the feedback Anni and for letting us know that you still encounter the issue in iOS 15.1.
there is no people button on my iphone have ios 15.1 so I can not add people at all even in messaging
Are you signed in with your Apple ID while using the device?
This app seems to be getting worse and worse with the years. I loved the first version, you could syn the position with a button (now I literally have to kill the app and switch it again to refresh….) and the automatic refresh is useless, depends on your network and takes minutes, if it refreshes at all)
Unfortunately I just updated my iPhone to 15.2 and the Find My app is now even worse. The contrast is so bad. They somehow decided to darken the main streets but the rest has basically no contrast at all. To all the young software engineers: when you hit 40 your eyesight starts to wane, when you’re 50 you don’t see anything that is a meter away! So Please consider the older generations too! Thanks!!!
Thanks for the extended feedback Sonia. Your observations make sense.