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Help with Locations

wheretheskygrows says:
hey guys, I'm trying to get the locations function to work for me, and I'm a bit confused. I checked the FAQ/Manual, and can't seem to wrap my head around alerts when I'm at a location.

I'm using an Andriod phone, and the app is set up to alert me when I am near a location. OK great. But can it alert me when something is due there?

For instance, I seem to be getting alerted to tasks when I am at the location, regardless if I need anything there. Can it be set up so that I only get the alert if the item is due?

Getting alerted that I am walking near a grocery store doesn't really help. But if I have a task (buy milk) that is due, and I get alerted of this when I'm walking by the grocery store, then that's better.

Am I missing something blatant?
Posted at 5:18pm on July 19, 2011
brendan says:
Location alerts are based only on your proximity to the task. For these kind of alerts, the due date is not taken into consideration.

It's not currently possible to receive location-based reminders for only tasks that are due. Sorry for any inconvenience.
Posted 13 years ago
benjamin.jung82 says:
The function "Location alerts" is seriously broken if this is the case. This functionality was a really important reason for me to switch to the pro account (for getting the Android app). Now I always get alerts when I walk by the grocery store, at my desk at work, at the gym, even when there is currently nothing to do at this location. "False" alerts are not really better than no alerts at all, IMHO. Please fix this :-)
Posted 13 years ago
brendan says:
Thanks for your feedback! I'll make sure the development team gets this for review.

Also, if you haven't already, you may want to vote for this in our Ideas forum here. This helps us know which ideas are most important to our users.

Thanks!
Posted 13 years ago
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