Never knew iPhone had this feature

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I wast at Costco today and checked the time and noticed it showed the Costco app on the bottom left of the screen

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When did they add that ? Just curious since that last time I had an iPhone it was ios4 of whatever

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It's a setting in settings>iTunes & App Store. See bottom of attached screenshot. Based on your location it knew you were at a Costco and was suggesting that app. ImageUploadedByiMore Forums1429409046.196801.jpg
 

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I wast at Costco today and checked the time and noticed it showed the Costco app on the bottom left of the screen

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When did they add that ? Just curious since that last time I had an iPhone it was ios4 of whatever

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I've never seen it. Maybe something to do with the Costco app and gps?

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It's part of the handoff/continuity feature added with iOS 8.0
 

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I think Apple went over that feature in the iOS 8 keynote...not completely sure. I forgot that iOS 8 could do that though. Never happens on my phone where I live.


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The Starbucks app will do that if you're near one of their locations that you haven't marked as a favorite.


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The Starbucks app will do that if you're near one of their locations that you haven't marked as a favorite.


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A Starbucks location just opened up on campus back in January here in Hong Kong, I should try it out, perhaps it's an iPhone only feature though and wouldn't work with the iPad...

That, and perhaps it's only the US that's supported? All the more reason to test this out.
 

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The Home Depot, Lowes, and Fred Meyer are a few more. The Costco app is pretty cool because you can set up a shopping list in the app and then when you're near a Costco that icon comes up, hit the icon and your shopping list comes up. I for one find it very easy to get sidetracked in Costco, and this keeps me semi focused ...
 
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Things pop up at the bottom of my phone quite frequently here, that is in Melbourne. I'm pretty sure it's been around for some time, is it since iOS7 actually? Or probably 8 last year? Starbucks is the usual culprit, but we also have ticket services use this one for their local shops and a couple of event related buildings/museums that have their own apps. It can become quite ad-like, so I understand the gripe some people have with it. I have turned it off for that reason.
 

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It's a setting in settings>iTunes & App Store. See bottom of attached screenshot. Based on your location it knew you were at a Costco and was suggesting that app. View attachment 80250

This actually has to do with App Store purchases.

The ones talked about above are the location services. When on the app pops up when you're near the location.


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It's called iBeacons. When you get close to a participating business it shows on your lockscreen. They want you to come on in and spend money. You can turn it off in settings.


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Mine only seems to show the app for my school grades, which is weird seeing how I have my phone on airplane mode at school
 

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