--- title: VIDEO: How to Set Location-Based Reminders on Your Phone description: Here's how to have your phone alert you to buy milk the next time you're near the grocery store. canonical: https://time.com/2871364/location-based-reminders/ author: Doug Aamoth article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-13T17:12:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:02:31.421Z article:section: Business og:title: VIDEO: How to Set Location-Based Reminders on Your Phone og:description: Here's how to have your phone alert you to buy milk the next time you're near the grocery store. og:url: https://time.com/2871364/location-based-reminders/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5433ed883d9e2ea7/698697901eebf7980c371719/location.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: location og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: VIDEO: How to Set Location-Based Reminders on Your Phone twitter:description: Here's how to have your phone alert you to buy milk the next time you're near the grocery store. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5433ed883d9e2ea7/698697901eebf7980c371719/location.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Quick Tech Trick: Set Location-Based Reminders on Your Phone by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Jun 13, 2014 5:12 PM CUT  Doug Aamoth / TIME by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Jun 13, 2014 5:12 PM CUT **More Quick Tech Tricks:** * [Get the iPhone Emoji Keyboard](http://time.com/101708/iphone-emoji-keyboard/ "undefined") * [End Calls with the Power Button on Your Android Phone](http://time.com/38769/30-second-tech-trick-end-calls-with-the-power-button-on-your-android-phone/ "undefined") * [How to Take the Best Selfies](http://time.com/30633/best-selfies/ "undefined") * [How to Make a Strong Password (and Actually Remember It)](http://time.com/15908/best-password/ "undefined") * [More Tech Tricks](http://time.com/tag/tech-tricks/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2871364/location-based-reminders/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2871364/location-based-reminders/"},"headline":"Quick Tech Trick: Set Location-Based Reminders on Your Phone","datePublished":"2014-06-13T17:12:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:02:31.421Z","description":"Here's how to have your phone alert you to buy milk the next time you're near the grocery store.","url":"https://time.com/2871364/location-based-reminders/","keywords":["Tech","Android","How-To","Videos","iOS","video","Tech tricks"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5433ed883d9e2ea7/698697901eebf7980c371719/location.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Doug Aamoth","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/doug-aamoth/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5433ed883d9e2ea7/698697901eebf7980c371719/location.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"location","caption":"location","creditText":"Doug Aamoth / TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2871364/location-based-reminders/","name":"Quick Tech Trick: Set Location-Based Reminders on Your Phone"}}]}] ```