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Originally Posted by 4691mls
I wish phone GPS were more accurate. I have a Google Keep reminder set to go off when I get to work to remind me to put my parking tag in the window because I don't always remember it on my own. I also sometimes set reminders for things I need to do when I get home.
Usually the reminders go off about a tenth of a mile before I get to work/home but occasionally I will get to work, get all the way inside to my desk and start to work, then the reminder goes off and then I have to go back outside and put the parking tag up.
This happened with both my old Moto phone and my current Google phone.
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You can be sure that the GPS receiver in your phone is accurate to within a few meters. However, Google Location Services may be less accurate if your phone's GPS cannot resolve a fix through not seeing any or enough satellites (e.g. you are parked in a basement carpark, inside a building, etc.) when, if you have enabled the contrarily named "Improve Location Accuracy" in Location options, Google Location Services will estimate a fix using cell tower positions, etc.
Like badgoodDeb I suspect that your problem is the frequency that Google Keep polls Google Location Services for a position. One can see a similar thing in Google Maps if one shares a position, the position is seen only at a slow update frequency by those the position is shared with, whereas the user whose position is shared sees their position on the map update seemingly in real time.
I am pretty sure there is no way for users to change the update frequency for Google Keep in stock Android. That does not mean to say that there is not a manufacturer's version of Android or an App out there somewhere that allows modification.