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Geofencing alerts to come to Find My Friends this fall

#1 Macworld

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 05:31 AM

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#2 JScott

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 11:35 AM

"Like many parts of Find My Friends, this is one part creepy, two parts useful."

Flip that statement around and it will be more accurate... to me.

#3 timwux

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 02:07 PM

The "Temporary Events" option takes 100% of the creepiness out of it...hit a festival or street fair with a bunch of friends or family, and when everyone adds each other for a few hour window...boom, no wasted time wondering around trying to find people, trying to locate each other by phone, or needing weird "emergency" meeting points.

Worked pretty well at Coachella for us...

#4 MajoriPhone

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Posted 15 June 2012 - 01:06 PM

Can you geofence people that are on the same Apple ID. I know I can see them on Find my iPhone, but can I geofence them?

#5 Serenity

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Posted 15 June 2012 - 03:58 PM

MajoriPhone, on 15 June 2012 - 01:06 PM, said:

Can you geofence people that are on the same Apple ID. I know I can see them on Find my iPhone, but can I geofence them?

If they show up as a contact in FMF, yes.

#6 EllynIsfeelingThelove

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Posted 27 August 2012 - 10:19 AM

I actually like it because you have to accept friends in order for that info to be shared. I like the fact that when my daughter gets her iPhone I'll be able to use it as a homing device. Nope, as a parent I love the idea.