how does it really know?

[appleiPhUser12]

Twice already when I head out and back, my watch notifies me that "time to wash" notification. I know it's because of the AI that it has, but how does it really know that you're out and back home?

 

[andyw715]

I guess it just geo-fences your house. Somewhere along the way you told Apple where you live, so it knows you are at home or not. Travel some distance away from home (1/10th or 1/4 mile?). Then when you come back it tells you to wash.
You can probably turn that off if it's annoying.

 

[NoBoMac]

Coming from Contacts.

To receive handwashing reminders, you must set a home address in your My Card in the Contacts app on iPhone.

 

[BotchQue]

Good grief! "Yes, Mommy"

This might be something Apple just recently added; Yesterday morning my phone buzzed and told me "You left your MBP in a previous location, then spit out my home address. Never seen that before.

Normally this forum ends up costing me money, but I think I just saved however-many-hundreds of dollars an iWatch costs.

 

[shakopeemn]

This might be something Apple just recently added; Yesterday morning my phone buzzed and told me "You left your MBP in a previous location, then spit out my home address. Never seen that before.

That's new with IOS 15. You can manage device alerts, like being left behind in "find my" app. You can configure home or work to be excluded to suppress alerts.

 

[Arctic Moose]

Good grief! "Yes, Mommy"

Good grief, indeed.

Some people find it useful, others do not. Just turn it off if you don’t.