Alert sound is gone??

[+Sneakercat61]

The notification sound and pop up that says “you’re close!” no longer works when I get near a cache I’m looking for. Is this a recent change in the gc app, or is my phone glitching?

 

[RuideAlmeida]

10 minutes ago, Sneakercat61 said:

Is this a recent change in the gc app...

 

Not so recent, but yes.

[+Ambrosia]

Hm, I found a cache earlier this week, using the app. It was sitting on my passenger seat, and when I got close to the cache it made a notification sound. 

[+Manville Possum]

I found an option to turn it on or off.

[+cerberus1]

1 hour ago, Manville Possum said:

I found an option to turn it on or off.

Yep,   Possible that Sneakercat61 inadvertently turned it off ?

in May in Release Notes there was a message saying,  "Also, a new Settings screen is now available to set your preferred distance units and turn off the 30 foot warning".   

[+cerberus1]

3 hours ago, Sneakercat61 said:

The notification sound and pop up that says “you’re close!” no longer works when I get near a cache I’m looking for. Is this a recent change in the gc app, or is my phone glitching?

Having the ability to switch off the proximity alert is a feature asked for, for quite a while.  I always thought the alert was mostly a training tool for new folks, letting them know when to put that phone in their pocket and start looking.  

IIRC, you can see the option when opening the app by  going into Settings, and the only two settings are  use metric system and close to cache warning.

[+Ambrosia]

Ah, makes sense. I remember about the option now. I can't decide if I like the notification or not, so I haven't been bothered by it.

[+jellis]

4 hours ago, Ambrosia said:

Hm, I found a cache earlier this week, using the app. It was sitting on my passenger seat, and when I got close to the cache it made a notification sound. 

I don't hear anything because my app is sitting in the passenger seat and I'm using a GPS

[+Ambrosia]

14 minutes ago, jellis said:

4 hours ago, Ambrosia said:

Hm, I found a cache earlier this week, using the app. It was sitting on my passenger seat, and when I got close to the cache it made a notification sound. 

I don't hear anything because my app is sitting in the passenger seat and I'm using a GPS

 Yeah, I use a gps if I'm actually going out caching. I had just been to the dentist and wanted a stress reliever so I used the app to find the closest cache. It was just a drive by, but it was a tribute to someone I had known when I was younger and it made me nostalgic. Anyways, I use both app and gps depending on the situation.

[+CAVinoGal]

5 hours ago, Sneakercat61 said:

The notification sound and pop up that says “you’re close!” no longer works when I get near a cache I’m looking for. Is this a recent change in the gc app, or is my phone glitching?

My "You're getting close" still works, sound and pop up.  I use the app (Android) on my Google Pixel phone running Oreo Android 8.0.0, Geocaching app v. 5.7.2

[+jellis]

1 hour ago, Ambrosia said:

 Yeah, I use a gps if I'm actually going out caching. I had just been to the dentist and wanted a stress reliever so I used the app to find the closest cache. It was just a drive by, but it was a tribute to someone I had known when I was younger and it made me nostalgic. Anyways, I use both app and gps depending on the situation.

I sometimes use my iphone but when I get down to about 30ft it just jumps around. Without a hint it makes it harder. So I will grab my gps and enter the coords.

[+Ambrosia]

9 hours ago, jellis said:

10 hours ago, Ambrosia said:

 Yeah, I use a gps if I'm actually going out caching. I had just been to the dentist and wanted a stress reliever so I used the app to find the closest cache. It was just a drive by, but it was a tribute to someone I had known when I was younger and it made me nostalgic. Anyways, I use both app and gps depending on the situation.

I sometimes use my iphone but when I get down to about 30ft it just jumps around. Without a hint it makes it harder. So I will grab my gps and enter the coords.

Yeah, I do that sometimes when I want to search better. Usually, the phone will eventually settle down, but it can take a while and be quite frustrating, especially when you don't have a lot of time.

[+cerberus1]

12 hours ago, jellis said:

I don't hear anything because my app is sitting in the passenger seat and I'm using a GPS

My 60cxs still has a working proximity alert, though I usually have it off.  Yours doesn't?

There's (supposedly) no difference now that one can switch the alert off on the app now too.