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peejayw

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#325004 26-Jun-2026 06:47

I live in Bombay, South Auckland. Since moving from Assistant to Gemini I am now given weather forecasts for Mumbai, interesting but not really relevant. Once I move away from my home address it works correctly.

In Google Home my street address is <number><street name>Bombay. If I try to change this to Bombay,Auckland, I instead get Bombay,<postcode> New Zealand and still get Mumbai weather.

Any suggestions on how to get Gemini working properly with this?

I'm supposed to respect my elders, but it's getting harder and harder for me to find one now.

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#3506177 26-Jun-2026 07:35

Move suburbs :-P

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#3506178 26-Jun-2026 07:41

Instead of manually forcing your location can you not just let Google/Gemini/Weather etc. use your actual location?

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#3506187 26-Jun-2026 08:14

Hmm, cant delete my home address in Google Home so instead I put in the map coordinates then I asked Google where I currently was, answer "India".

I'm supposed to respect my elders, but it's getting harder and harder for me to find one now.

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#3506191 26-Jun-2026 08:22

So somebody has hard coded any reference to “Bombay” to change it to its new(ish) (1995) name of “Mumbai”?

Edit: Find the appropriate Te Reo reference for where you live and try that.

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#3506193 26-Jun-2026 08:28

"Address not found" 😁

I'm supposed to respect my elders, but it's getting harder and harder for me to find one now.

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#3506206 26-Jun-2026 09:06

peejayw:

Hmm, cant delete my home address in Google Home so instead I put in the map coordinates then I asked Google where I currently was, answer "India".

this is effed up. can you try deleting your "home" address, and enable location (even precise location, to see if it makes a difference). i note that it works when you leave home, but precise location might be worth trying.

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#3506216 26-Jun-2026 09:22

OK, I deleted my home address in my Google account. Asked what country I am in, answer "India".

Location is switched on on my phone

I'm supposed to respect my elders, but it's getting harder and harder for me to find one now.

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#3506401 26-Jun-2026 18:53

Jeepers. Pop down the hill and have an ice cream (or a coffee at Country Cafe), then ask Gemini what country you're in.

People often mistake me for an adult because of my age.

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#3506402 26-Jun-2026 18:59

I wonder if a neighbour has moved in and bought their router with them and devices are using wifi location as priority. The give away is where your maps opens to when gps signal is low while inside.

The apparent fix in that case is go outside while connected to wifi and toggle gps on/off a few times and open maps for it to associate GPS with nearby SSIDs/MAC.

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#3506403 26-Jun-2026 19:02

Lias:

Move suburbs :-P

Yeah, to Mumbai. Then it'll be correct.

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#3506427 27-Jun-2026 06:00

I have no suggestions or advice, but it does make me laugh that we're decades into having computing technology in the home, and several years into having "artificial intelligence" with us at all times, but one of the biggest and most successful companies in the world can't get your location accurate to even the right hemisphere.

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