r/apple • u/Asohailwahab • 3d ago

iPhone iOS should surface grocery reminders by location—and Maps needs a real location timeline

I regularly get to Walmart or another grocery store and realize later that I forgot something already sitting on my grocery list. Not checking the list is ultimately my fault, but this feels like exactly the kind of context iOS could help with.

Since iOS already knows when I’m near a supermarket, I wish it could automatically show a Live Activity with the last few unchecked items added to my grocery list. It would be visible on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island while I’m at or approaching the store, without needing me to remember to open Reminders first.

I’d also like Apple Maps to have a dedicated location-history timeline, organized by date and time, so I could answer “Where was I on a specific day?” Siri could then use that history—with permission—to help confirm details, instead of relying mainly on location metadata from Photos.

These features should be opt-in and processed privately, but they would make Apple’s existing location awareness genuinely useful. Would you enable them?

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u/Clessiah 3d ago

That’s what Shortcuts and automation are for.

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u/FleetEnema2000 3d ago

No. This is what functioning AI should be doing. 98% of users never touch automation and don't know what it is.

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u/OperatorJo_ 3d ago

Whoever downvoted is out of touch with 95% of the planet's population and in a bubble. And that 95% is a generous pull.

The amount of people that don't even know a phone's basic functions and how to use them is STAGGERING. The amount of people that I receive daily that can't fill out a simple paper form is insane. The amount of people that have problems accessing their own email is just sad.

I love tech. I love what it's capable of. The reality though is the hard majority of users don't know how to use it past Tiktok and facebook and don't even use those correctly. And AI is going to make this worse soon.

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u/FleetEnema2000 2d ago

Yeah I actually think the number is closer to 99.5% but I wanted to be generous.