Re: Location History is moving to on-phone timeline

Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

micky wrote:
 

Andy Burns wrote:

I've had a notification that i have until 18th May

2025 to decide what to do with my timeline.

 
LOL.  Good.  That should give you time to consider all the
ramifications.

 
I told it I wanted to keep my data, no auto deletion, on my pixel phone
 
it said that would consume 2MB of storage on the phone, which is less
than I was expecting, because a zipped google-takeout of all my maps
history from may 2011 to october 2024 is 48MB

  Thanks for the feedback. 2MB seems quite reasonable to store on one's
phone.

  To be sure, you mean *location* history, not "maps history", don't
you!?

  I say that, because I have Location History turned on, but hardly ever
use the Google Maps app. So my *location* is tracked/kept /most of the
time, but my use of the Google Maps *app* is minimal.

If I try to use the old timeline page from a web-browser on my pc, it
reminds me I can no longer do that, and sends a command to my phone for
it to launch timeline instead.