Unable to find this "Reroute location requests to OS APIs" option

keftie

I have no location service whatsoever with my Pixel 7 when indoors and my outdoors location tracking with google maps is slow to update and at times inaccurate. I was looking for a solution and have found this option referenced in the usage guide on the official website. It says go to Settings > Apps > Sandboxed Google Play but there is no app with this name.

I have the "Google Play Services" and "Google Play Store" (image).

The Google play store has no options related to location at all on its settings page. The Google Play Services app has this extra setting up top called "All Services" (image). When I click it it brings me to a page with some settings and there are two sections for location with "Location Accuracy" and "Location Sharing" (image). Location sharing seems to be something completely different and under Location Accuracy there is just this one toggle that says "Improve Location Accuracy" (image).

The only other things I can find are in the system settings for location where I can see this section with wifi and bluetooth scanning (image) which I have turned on and this section for the server used for SUPL and PSDS (image) which I have changed to the standard server.

I cannot find this "Reroute location requests to OS APIs" option anywhere and I've looked for a good while now all over. Am I missing something or did something change from the time this usage guide was written? None of the options I found and toggled have helped with indoor location tracking at all. I am on the latest update as of today.

EDIT: Apparently none of the image links have worked so on this post so that's disappointing

Probably9857

keftie It says go to Settings > Apps > Sandboxed Google Play but there is no app with this name

It is not an app, it is in the General section below the list of recently used apps. (Do not expand the See all apps item.)

other8026

keftie Apparently none of the image links have worked so on this post so that's disappointing

Yes. If I remember correctly, it's due to security settings on the site so that the people who use the forum don't accidentally leak their IPs if someone malicious adds an image to their post in an attempt to gather that kind of info. There used to be a proxy that we could use, but Imgur blocks it now for some reason. I forget exactly why.

Anyway, I changed your images to links so people can actually see them easily.

keftie

Probably9857 It is not an app, it is in the General section below the list of recently used apps. (Do not expand the See all apps item.)

Wow, something so simple I can't believe it. It didn't even occur to me to look below the actual apps list. Thank you I see the option now and feel pretty dumb.