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My iPhone can predict my schedule?

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Mimsayw

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So this is a weird question... I don't have my work address saved in my phone, and I don't have my schedule saved in my phone either. How was my phone able to provide me with travel time to my work? How does it know when and where I'm about to go?

I have attached a picture in case you're reading this and have no idea what I'm talking about and/or think I'm a crazy person.

Thanks!
 

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Mimsayw said:
So this is a weird question... I don't have my work address saved in my phone, and I don't have my schedule saved in my phone either. How was my phone able to provide me with travel time to my work? How does it know when and where I'm about to go?

I have attached a picture in case you're reading this and have no idea what I'm talking about and/or think I'm a crazy person.

Thanks!
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Its a magical phone, thats why! :D
 
Mimsayw said:
So this is a weird question... I don't have my work address saved in my phone, and I don't have my schedule saved in my phone either. How was my phone able to provide me with travel time to my work? How does it know when and where I'm about to go?

I have attached a picture in case you're reading this and have no idea what I'm talking about and/or think I'm a crazy person.

Thanks!
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It takes a couple of weeks to start up but as long as the Frequent Locations thingy is turned on, it will predict your daily commute. Quite cool.

It's like that Google feature with those cards, whatever it is called.
 
JaySoul said:
It takes a couple of weeks to start up but as long as the Frequent Locations thingy is turned on, it will predict your daily commute. Quite cool.

It's like that Google feature with those cards, whatever it is called.
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Its called Google Now. My phone doesn't tell me ****.. I've had it for about a week though, I'm waiting for it to tell me when and how long.
 
Dave Felix said:
Its called Google Now. My phone doesn't tell me ****.. I've had it for about a week though, I'm waiting for it to tell me when and how long.
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You have an iPhone? On iOS 7? It takes two full weeks to learn your driving habbits, and should start showing you this traffic data in Notification Center during your third full week of using iOS 7.

Keep in mind, any restore or resetting all settings clears the data, and it is not backed up to iTunes or iCloud so that would cause this time period to start over fresh.
 
Tyler23 said:
You have an iPhone? On iOS 7? It takes two full weeks to learn your driving habbits, and should start showing you this traffic data in Notification Center during your third full week of using iOS 7.

Keep in mind, any restore or resetting all settings clears the data, and it is not backed up to iTunes or iCloud so that would cause this time period to start over fresh.
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Yeah I've got an iPhone, its in my sig. Looks like I wont know until next week of November :)
 
Mine works, and its awesome. I like it. In the morning its nice to see what the drive is going to be in the morning before I head out the door. Also, does the same when I leave my job in the evening.

It's a nice feature, that is integrated well into the OS. Google now does this also, but I prefer the iOS integration more.
 
tigres said:
Had this exact experience this am and was pretty confused.

I guess my phone knows almost everything now.
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be careful now. Big brother is watching you (ha ha ha). i have not noticed this yet. maybe because i don't have any schedules/plans on my iPhone.
 
Thanks for all the responses! It is cool a feature, but it caught me off guard because I'd never seen that before! I thought I was going crazy for sure.
Also, not really worried about anyone knowing my work address. I'm sure there are thousands of Main Streets. Or you could just ask my phone.
 
AbeFrohman said:
And now we all know where the OP works.

You may want to consider taking it down and/or blurring it, should you be concerned about privacy and all...
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There's a lot of streets out there named East Main. I'm pretty sure the OP is all right in terms of privacy here.
 
Mimsayw said:
So this is a weird question... I don't have my work address saved in my phone, and I don't have my schedule saved in my phone either. How was my phone able to provide me with travel time to my work? How does it know when and where I'm about to go?

I have attached a picture in case you're reading this and have no idea what I'm talking about and/or think I'm a crazy person.

Thanks!
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Really? Are you really asking how it would know? It doesn't know, it's a phone. It does know your frequent locations however.
 
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It works really well since the beta days. I used iOS 7 long enough it recognized the time at which I was about to go a frequent location. For example every Tuesday and Thursday at 5pm to class. Worked well!
 
I don't seem to get this? Is it because I have an iPhone 4?

I don't see that option in location settings.
 
The phone predicts where am going by noting past trips. If I do these trips often enough, I already know how to get there and how long it takes me. Doesn't seem like it require a phone to tell me something I already know?
 
Mrbobb said:
The phone predicts where am going by noting past trips. If I do these trips often enough, I already know how to get there and how long it takes me. Doesn't seem like it require a phone to tell me something I already know?
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Yes but it's dynamic, it accounts for traffic. It's great for me,because traffic on my two possible routes to and from work varies greatly day by day. Helps me pick which way to go and to see when I should leave.
 
Is this feature area specific? Coz i havent gotten it to work till yet. And yes my third week will start from monday.
 
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