Indispensable
With Locale, you create situations specifying conditions under which your phone's settings should change. For example, your "At School" situation notices when your location condition is "77 Massachusetts Ave.," and changes your ringer volume setting to vibrate.
Once you experience Locale's power and convenience, you'll never want to be without it. We're understandably a little biased, so here's what our users are saying:
"I got kicked out of chemistry class because my ringer went off during lecture. I wish I had this sooner!"
— Rebecca, Student
Are you always missing important calls because your ringer was off? Locale can let VIP callers always ring though.
I used to have this nightmare that my kids were sick at daycare but no one could reach me because my ringer was off. With Locale, now I don't have to worry!
— Judy, Project Manager
Intuitive
With Locale's advanced touch-screen interface, you'll be set up in no time. Quickly define locations that are important to you using a simple Google Maps interface.
Locale's incredible location technology leverages GPS, Wi-Fi, and cellular positioning to determine the location of your phone. Although not all phones are equally equipped and not all location technologies have equal coverage, Locale gracefully scales back. Walking into a building with poor GPS reception? Not a problem.
Powerful
Locale goes way beyond turning the ringer off.
Does your battery always seem to be running out of power? Let Locale turn off power-hungry components automatically when the battery is low. Or do you just forget to charge your phone?
"I never remember to charge my phone; I'd use Locale to remind me my battery is below 40% when I walk in my front door."
— Lisa, Mobile Game Developer
Give your phone some personality by your ringtone. Even be a little mischievous:
"You mean I can have a naughty wallpaper on my phone when I'm at home, and it'll change to a pretty landscape when I'm at work?!"
— Dale, Software Engineer
Expandable
With plug-ins from the Locale Developer Platform, Locale can do practically anything! We've already created plug-ins for Twitter and SMS, so you can send messages automatically when you get to work or maybe when you're near your friend's house. But that's just the beginning:
Astrid is a simple, yet powerful todo and task tracking app for Android. By leveraging Locale, Astrid is able to remind you not just when but also where tasks are due.
The Android Scripting Environment brings advanced scripting to Android. Locale allows scripts can be launched automatically based on conditions.