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=== Introduction ===
<span style="color: #548687; font-size: 24px; display: inline-block; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><strong>About Cell Tower Groups</strong></span>
Cell Towers can be used as a crude location based trigger in order to trigger macros when you enter or leave a certain area. Since cell towers typically have a range of several KM the accuracy is not comparable to a GPS location fix and if you require a very specific area you should look at the Geofence trigger instead.
Cell Towers can be used as a crude location based trigger in order to trigger macros when you enter or leave a certain area. Since cell towers typically have a range of several KM the accuracy is not comparable to a GPS location fix and if you require a very specific area you should look at the Geofence trigger instead.
The advantage of using cell towers as a trigger is that less battery power will be used overall. The trigger works by periodically scanning what cell towers can be seen and if determining if you are inside or outside of a cell tower group. If you have transitioned from outside to inside a group then the enter trigger will fire. If you transition from inside to outside a group the exit trigger will fire.
The advantage of using cell towers as a trigger is that less battery power will be used overall. The trigger works by periodically scanning what cell towers can be seen and if determining if you are inside or outside of a cell tower group. If you have transitioned from outside to inside a group then the enter trigger will fire. If you transition from inside to outside a group the exit trigger will fire.
<span style="color: #548687; font-size: 18px; display: inline-block; margin-top: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><strong>Please note that</strong></span>
Note that you will need to grant MacroDroid location permission in order to detect cell tower ids and since Android 8 you must have location services enabled for cell tower detection to function.
Note that you will need to grant MacroDroid location permission in order to detect cell tower ids and since Android 8 you must have location services enabled for cell tower detection to function.
=== Cell Tower Groups ===
=== Cell Tower Groups ===