Re: check in

Jolly Roger wrote on 3 May 2024 01:21:26 GMT :

On May 2, 2024 at 9:39:01 AM EDT, ""badgolferman""
<REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
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Has anyone used this Check In feature?  I just found out about it.

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Is texting "I'm home" too much trouble now?

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For kids it is!

 
It has legitimate use cases for adults as well.

For those who leave their location on all the time (which is most people, I
think), it has the advantage that you initiate it and then forget about it.

But I think, based only on what I read in badgolferman's original post,
that it doesn't work all the time. It's a oneshot, it seems.

Is it a constant oneshot? Or is it set & forget?

For example, if it is a oneshot, then it just moves the "remembering"
action from the end of the trip to the beginning (which has some merit).

However, if it's a set-and-forget, then it has different advantages (and
disadvantages, of course).

Does it work all the time, meaning you set it once and if you go outside
the outside (larger) geofence area, it turns itself on, and then when you
arrive back inside the inside (smaller) geofence area, it sends the text?

Or does it work only once (i.e., a oneshot) & therefore needs to be reset
each time you want to use it?