I gave Share my ETA a try today, all it did was send a couple of texts to my wife. I thought it was suppose to display a constant notification with updating arrival time, and more information in their Maps app.
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Okay, she was only on 13.0 when I tried it, I'll get her to upgrade and try again. Does it give any indication of those on 13.1 vs < 13.1, or does it just show the messages symbol for everyone?
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Well I guess I’m glad I’m not the only one. Have you reported it to Apple? I am working with a Sr Advisor and last step was to take logs and send them to engineering.
I'm seeing the same thing. Was working the other day when I was on 13.1 and shared with a friend on 12.4.1 at that time, but today after both of us updated to 13.1.1 it stopped. It says it's sharing on my end, but she has a Map icon now and is no longer receiving anything.
so on 12.4 she would have received a text. Now with 13.1 and the map icon she receives nothing, no text and no map notification correct?
This is a crazy feature as it is currently designed. If the other user is in 13.1 they get a maps system notification NOT a text. Now this may seem like a good idea at first it is certainly flawed. First, the systems notification can be missed and requires you to make certain notifications is set up in settings. This is the least of my issues. If I currently using Maps, and my wife shares her eta the only way i can view it in is entirety is to open it in maps. which forces me to stop my current navigation in order to view it. arg. I wish I could choose to simply send text regardless if the other user is on 13.1.
That's true, although starting yesterday the notifications in Maps finally started working for both of us. It wasn't working for about 36 hours, but now they are.
That's good to hear! I will have to try again today. Apple just released another iOS update v. 13.1.2
Installing it now - nothing was mentioned in the fixes about the ETA issue.
Installing it now - nothing was mentioned in the fixes about the ETA issue.
So iOS 13.1.2 has dropped, lets see if it fixes the lack of Share ETA notifications being sent.
I'm installing 13.1.2 now and hope it fixes my recipients not getting any notifications.
My wife and I are both on 13.1.2. For some reason, when I send her my ETA, she gets a notification on her iPad, but not on her phone. The Maps app on her iPad shows my drive, but nothing shows up in the Maps app on her phone. All of her notifications for Maps are turned on on her phone. I can't seem to figure out why that's happening. Has anyone else had a similar experience?
I agree. Just send the person an ETA text message, with a link to Maps if they're on iOS and want live updates. I don't understand why Apple made the Share ETA feature so half-baked.
That's wierd. Mine just sends zero notifications. I have tried it with over a dozen people. Last night Apple Engineering collected logs from my device again and took time stamped examples of when I send the eta which is never received.
Please if you guys are having anything close to this issue please call Apple Support and report it. The more reports the more likely they put people on the issue.
I'm having the same issue where Share ETA is not notifying the other party. I am receiving notifications from others who Share their ETA with me, and I can view their route on Maps, but I can't share my ETA with them. All parties involved are on 13.1.2. Oddly enough, I can share my ETA via text to people who are still on 12.4 just fine. I have a ticket opened with Apple. The Apple rep I spoke with could not find any reports of this in his system. I showed him this thread, so he is aware that I'm not the only soul on earth facing this issue. They will be collecting logs from my device as well. Hopefully we'll get to the root cause soon.
Sr Advisor called back today, still nothing from engineering. Said she put in an update request. Will call me Sunday.
wont work I have set this up on 3 different devices, iPhone 11Pro, Xs, SE. It seems to be an iCloud issue. But if you do let me know if it works.
When you receive an ETA alert from someone and you are on 13.1 you get a very fast phone notification (from the phone's top notification area) that quickly goes away. I had to sit and watch both phones to figure out I was indeed getting the alert but quickly missed it. Had to set notifications for maps to persistent in order to get them to not disappear but still VERY easily missed. Not to mention if I happen to be using Maps and I get an ETA notification from my wife I have to STOP my current navigation to get the details! PLEASEEEE just let us send text message ETA updates to everyone regardless of IOS.
Tried Share ETA for the first time with the Mrs yesterday... both of us on 13.2 PB1.
She didn't get any notification at all.
It was only when I got home and fired up the Maps app on her phone there was the info that I was sharing my ETA/location.
A bug I presume?
She didn't get any notification at all.
It was only when I got home and fired up the Maps app on her phone there was the info that I was sharing my ETA/location.
A bug I presume?