I have my Location GPS switched on. I have my WiFi connected. I've made settings in Google Now for Weather and Traffic and a few other items.
I swipe up from the bottom of the screen and I get a Circle with Google Logo then a blank page with Google Search at the top.
After much fiddling with various settings I finally got a screen with option to Join Google Now with a button that said "I'm in" - well I thought I was already "in" because yesterday it was working but today without any bidding from me, the Nexus system thinks I've either opted out of membership of the clique or that I have un-installed it.
Well I have news for Google, I haven't un-installed it. So just to show willing, I agreed to "I'm in" and by some miracle the Google Now page chucks up a weather report in my area. So I does remember the setting I put in there for my GPS location or postcode or whatever else it uses to keep an eye on me from a great height! But fathoming out why the application was there and switched on yet locking me out I really can't fathom.
If anyone has any way to throw light on this I'd be glad of the key to unravel the puzzle and maze that is Google Now.
If you never fly anywhere or travel on railways or buses and you don't eat out in restaurants - it's hard to know how it can be useful apart perhaps from showing you where the pubs and local attractions are when you go away for a Holiday break in a different county. The satnav can do most of that anyway.
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Thanks for listening to my rant !
I swipe up from the bottom of the screen and I get a Circle with Google Logo then a blank page with Google Search at the top.
After much fiddling with various settings I finally got a screen with option to Join Google Now with a button that said "I'm in" - well I thought I was already "in" because yesterday it was working but today without any bidding from me, the Nexus system thinks I've either opted out of membership of the clique or that I have un-installed it.
Well I have news for Google, I haven't un-installed it. So just to show willing, I agreed to "I'm in" and by some miracle the Google Now page chucks up a weather report in my area. So I does remember the setting I put in there for my GPS location or postcode or whatever else it uses to keep an eye on me from a great height! But fathoming out why the application was there and switched on yet locking me out I really can't fathom.
If anyone has any way to throw light on this I'd be glad of the key to unravel the puzzle and maze that is Google Now.
If you never fly anywhere or travel on railways or buses and you don't eat out in restaurants - it's hard to know how it can be useful apart perhaps from showing you where the pubs and local attractions are when you go away for a Holiday break in a different county. The satnav can do most of that anyway.
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Thanks for listening to my rant !
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