Re:Google Now's smartphone is the real deal
by commandar on Friday February 15, 2013 @12:44PM
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>And I've yet to see a package tracking card, but it will be cool if they make improvements and stuff like that starts actually working.
Odd. It usually pulls in tracking data within a few minutes of a ship confirmation hitting my inbox in Gmail. The only time I've seen it have trouble is with some USPS tracking numbers or if I place multiple orders from the same vendor in short succession (e.g., I place two Amazon orders a few minutes apart and Gmail thinks they're part of the same email thread).
Shipment tracking has actually been one of the most reliable (and convenient) features of Google Now for me.
Re:Google Now's smartphone is the real deal
by _neil on Monday February 18, 2013 @11:48AM
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This probably won't be seen since this thread is off the front page now, but the reason package cards (and all GMail based cards) don't work is because I'm using Google Apps.
http://productforums.google.com/d/msg/mobile/B-jW1pAZpdM/Pdm...
No real reason given. Just, "NOPE." Le sigh.
Also things like birthday reminders seem to only work with your friends on Google+. None of my friends use Google+ and I only use it for specific groups. And I've yet to see a package tracking card, but it will be cool if they make improvements and stuff like that starts actually working. Things like that are small but on the day-to-day level would be pretty helpful.
Aside from that, the Nexus 4 is a nice device and refreshing change from iOS.