Screentime- why is each device not showing one combined total

[samduffy]

Hi is anyone noticing that screen times across iOS iPad os and Mac OS are all showing different amounts and not combined and matching across all devices as they are meant to.

I have "Share across devices" turned on" why is this happening - please see photos

as you can see each device is giving a different time and not one matching time across each device

Thanks

 

[Rob Phillips]

I’m sure they don’t sync in real time.

 

[samduffy]

how do you mean ?

 

[Rob Phillips]

how do you mean ?

I mean that there’s likely a delay in syncing between devices through iCloud so you’re not getting up to the minute data between devices.

 

[samduffy]

maybe. Is there a way to fix that ? thanks

 

[Rob Phillips]

maybe. Is there a way to fix that ? thanks

Nope. Apple controls the software that tells our devices when to sync stuff with iCloud.

 

[samduffy]

I know that but I thought it would be strange that it wouldn't be instant and I keep checking back and there's still a huge gap between each device