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Location Based Reminders - Arming Automations
I have been trying to figure out the value of this beta feature (especially since my subscription will be increasing). Can someone provide me with a realistic example of how this feature might be used?
Thanks!
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simplisafe_admin
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1.7K Messages
14 days ago
@rpierce01 Location-Based Arming Reminders is a popular product request here in the Community. This feature will make arming and disarming the SimpliSafe® system easier for our users!
If you leave your home with the system disarmed, you will receive a push notification prompting you to rm your system - this way your home is never left unprotected. This feature can also help prevent false alarms. As you approach your home, you will be notified to disarm your system, preventing you from accidentally triggering an alarm. For more details, see the Location-Based Arming Reminders Beta article on the Help Center.
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craig7327
32 Messages
14 days ago
Hi Simplisafe,
l might be answering my own question here, unless it’s an oversight or an error.
Is the beta for Location Based Arming Reminders only available in the U.S. as l’m not seeing an option to opt in the U.K. version of the app?
Thanks
Craig.
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dlpsr
1.6K Messages
14 days ago
Thats a feature?
Most modern phones already do geofence reminders.
I've been getting arm & disarm geofence reminders for years, even reads it out loud if I wish, among all the other reminders.
On all my Samsungs using the built in modes & routines automations & GPS location tracking.
Actually, I arm & disarm using geofencing, reminders are just a double check for me entering or leaving zone. (My own hardware & programming of course)
If an older phone, there are apps available here and in the Uk that might suffice.
You may already have it and just aren't aware of it. Search up how to do geofence reminders on your phone model.
They're handy for grocery store waypoint reminders 😉
The question I'd have that will not be answered, is why such a narrow feature that's already mostly available and not all out arm and disarm with geofencing?
Perhaps the supposed SS feature isn't geofence at all and just monitors your phone location to the base station somehow or in the app. (SS Tracking)
Plus, it may be a subsciber feature only, and if so, leaves a lot of people out anyhow.
Us self monitoring free riders (loaders) don't get much. Lol
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