Find my friends notify me ios 6

new feature notify me when a person gets to a certain location but it doesnt seem to be working the button is there but cannot press any help?

matthewfrombasingstoke wrote:
Hi all,
ok, i've done some experimenting - unfortunatley it may have made things harder to understand!
I have a 4S and my wife a 3GS. I've removed Find my Friends from both and re-installed. Then i've added each profile again...
Now when I use my wifes 3GS and search and find my iPhone, the 'notify me' button is enabled and I can set a notification.... However..... If I look at my Find my Friend to see my wifes profile, my notify me button is still greyed out!?
Very, very weird!
I have a 4, wife has 3GS. I see the same thing. (Both iOS 6. Both updated Friends app.)
Must be a wife thing!
(or more likely, another feature not available with a 3GS)

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