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Live Track Text Notification

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Former Member over 7 years ago
Is there any chance of having connect send out the Live Track notification/s by SMS rather than by Twitter or Facebook?

I get that people will still use the standard Email notification link, but this seems a little antiquated, considering this is the day and age of the smart phone, along with the newer phone packages. Unlimited Text, Unlimited Calls etc.

The reason I ask for the inclusion of sending Live Track notices as texts messages is. Most of the people I know, friends etc. simply do not look at their personal email accounts if they are working etc. where as they will pick up their mobile handset's and give a text notification a quick glance and would open up the link, once they knew who it was from.

Also why we would ever use Facebook or Twitter is beyond me, as this is just asking for you to be tracked back to your door and then your pride & joy (cycle) possibly being stolen.

The text notification was exactly why I was a premium subscriber with Strava, as Garmin fails here. Though after the latest fiasco with Strava, I no long have their premium membership.
  • 0 over 4 years ago

    Hey Garmin, this FOUR year old feature request, backed up by many other users is still a real need. Will you guys ever address it?

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to clericeric
    clericeric said:
    Will you guys ever address it?

    This is primarily a user forum for the mutual help. Most likely nobody from Garmin ever saw this thread, so if you want that they address it, speak directly to the Support, or suggest your idea throught the form designed for that purpose: https://www.garmin.com/forms/ideas/.

    Still, using the SMS for sharing a link, seems to be to me more outdated than using the email. Everyone who has a smartphone, has a mailbox, and can receive emails on the phone, so I really do not understand what the problem is with it. And I guess that for exactly the same reason, such request won't get any high on the priority list at Garmin either.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to trux

    Ah, wrong forum for help from Garmin... thanks for letting me know. 

    Yep, I've got email on my phone, too. But I hate using it there. I do email on my computer. Clearly, from the number of comments on this issue, I'm not the only one who would really like SMS capability. Why shame me for the way I want to use my tech? I suppose neither method is "outdated," but one is certainly older than the other. 

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to clericeric
    clericeric said:
    Why shame me for the way I want to use my tech? I suppose neither method is "outdated,"

    Sorry, I did not shame you, or anyone else. I was just referring to the opening post, where the sharing by email was called "antiquated". You have the full right to request any method you wish, just as I told, do not expect any reaction from Garmin, if you did not tell them directly. And even then, I suspect that it may stay low on the priority list - from the point of usaibility there is no significant difference between opening an email or opening an SMS.

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    Wow looked at this forum 4 years ago and it's still a feature I need. Friend and family never check their mails. Every time I need the text them the link. It's so frustrating.

    The feature is already on Live Event Sharing, it can not be so hard to copy the code and ad it to livetrack.

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    I like (/s) how folks replying to this post derailed the main point of this person's post by arguing about what means of communication is more antiquated vs. others. 

    Folks are allowed to use different forms of communication,  "antiquated" or not. I would love for garmin to allow us to send notifications in the common ones.

    fax? Probably not.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to SiliconeMafia

    I agree totally. Just had this discussion with wife who would definitely prefer an SMS notification.

  • 0 over 3 years ago

    This is a work-around since it seems that this request has been around for a while.

    I have friends who have their live-track notification emailed to me and I created an email filter (I use gmail) to automatically forward that email to me as a text message. (some guidance on creating an email filter https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6579?hl=en#zippy=) You can essentially email a cellphone number and it'll show up as a text message by emailing ##########@carrier-gateway-addres as listed here: https://www.wikihow.com/Send-a-Text-from-Email

  • 0 over 1 year ago

    I am amazed that after 6 years Garmin still does not support sending Live Track notifications via text message. My wife has email notifications on her phone turned off. If she didn’t, she would be harassed every 5 minutes with all the junk e-mail she receives. I suspect she is not alone in this regard. So for folks like us, e-mail notifications are useless.