📍 Be reminded when I arrive somewhere

Tell MyNaavi a place and a message. When you arrive there, your phone reaches you on every channel you've left on — text, WhatsApp, email, push notification, and a voice call from Naavi. Five channels, your pick which ones, so you cannot miss it.

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This page, read aloud — about 4 minutes.

1. The fastest way

Open the app, tap the microphone, and say one sentence:

Remember my parking spot when I arrive at the airport.

That is it. MyNaavi will ask which airport you mean (so you do not get the wrong one), and the alert is set. When you pull in, your phone reminds you to take a quick photo of the section and floor — before you stop thinking about it.

2. More ways to say it

There is no special phrasing to memorize. All of these work:

Text Priya the redlined contract when I arrive at the office.

Remind me to drop the watch at the repair counter when I arrive at the mall.

Every time I arrive at the office, remind me to check my calendar.

Let me know when I get to 1200 Bayview Avenue.

Two short words to remember:

"home" and "office" — once you set those in Settings, you never need to say the full address again.
"every time" — turns a one-off alert into a recurring one. MyNaavi asks you once more to confirm before arming a recurring alert, because they fire on every arrival. Say no and you get a one-time alert you can reactivate later.
One-time alerts don't disappear. After the alert fires, the row stays in your Alerts list, marked Expired. A green Reactivate button next to Delete brings it back in one tap — same place, same channels, same attached list. Your Alerts list becomes a history of places you've been alerted at, ready to re-arm whenever you need.

3. What happens next

MyNaavi shows you a short list of places that match what you said — addresses, business names, distance. You pick the right one.

MyNaavi reads the alert back to you and asks yes or no. Say yes to set it.

The alert sits quietly in the background. You can close the app, turn off the screen, put the phone in your pocket — it keeps watching.

When you arrive at the place, every channel you've left on in Settings → Alert channels fires together — a text message, a WhatsApp, an email, a push notification, and a voice call from Naavi. All five are on by default; turn off the ones you don't want. At least one of them will reach you, whatever signal you have.

Why five channels by default Text messages need a cell signal. If you are in a parking garage, at the cottage, or travelling outside Canada on Wi-Fi only, the text might not arrive. WhatsApp, email, and the in-app notification all work over Wi-Fi — so even without cell signal, you'll still be reached. The voice call gets your attention even if your phone is silenced. Sending on all five at once is the surest way you'll actually hear about it. If that's too much for your routine, switch the ones you don't want off in Settings → Alert channels — MyNaavi keeps the rest on so you're never silently missed.

4. Why we check your past arrivals first, then ask

When you say "alert me at X," MyNaavi first looks at the alerts you have already set up. If there is a recent alert at the same place, MyNaavi reuses or reactivates it rather than creating a duplicate. Only if the place is new — or different from any past alert — does MyNaavi search the map fresh, and then you pick from a short list of matches.

Why we never silently reuse an old saved place Imagine you set a Costco alert in Toronto last month. Today you are in Ottawa and you say "remind me at Costco." If MyNaavi silently used the saved Toronto Costco, the alert would never fire — your phone would be hundreds of kilometres away. So when the place is new to your history, MyNaavi shows you the matches near you and asks. The short extra step is worth the certainty.

If you visit the same place often, just say "every time I arrive at…" — that creates one recurring alert, and you do not need to set it again. MyNaavi asks once to confirm before arming a recurring alert.

5. Tips that make this work better

Allow location "all the time." If you only allowed location "while using the app," MyNaavi cannot watch for arrivals when the phone is in your pocket. Fix this in your phone's Settings → Apps → MyNaavi → Permissions.
If location permission lapses, the Alerts screen will tell you. Phones sometimes revoke permission overnight after an OS update, or quietly put MyNaavi to sleep. If that happens, you'll see a red banner across the top of your Alerts list: "Location alerts aren't armed. Tap to fix." One tap re-prompts the permission and re-arms everything. No silent failures.
Battery Optimization should be OFF for MyNaavi. Android sometimes pauses apps to save battery and that would mute your alerts. MyNaavi asks you about this on first launch — if you skipped it, the app will offer again.
Use the exact street number for unusual addresses. For example: "841 Balsam Drive" rather than just "Balsam Drive." A street number lets the map find the right building right away.
You can list more than one thing to do. Try: "When I get home, remind me to refill the water filter, send Marcus the door measurements, and confirm the dog walker for Saturday." All three show up in the alert.

6. If the alert does not arrive

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The most common cause is location permission or battery optimization. The fixes are in your phone's Settings → Apps → MyNaavi → Permissions (set Location to "Allow all the time") and Settings → Apps → MyNaavi → Battery (set to "Unrestricted"). If neither helps, contact support and we'll diagnose with you.