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Old 14th August 2025 | 07:49
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Jhieminga
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If you want to use navigation with a similar accuracy as on a phone or tablet on your laptop, best thing would be to get a laptop with a GPS module. Not sure which ones have those, you'd have to search for that. A Bluetooth link to your phone does not include GPS data, it is mostly used as an internet access point and although your phone may be able to pinpoint its own location, the laptop will only get the (rough) location of the internet access point being used.
For a while, a new login on my laptop would be announced on my phone as 'Someone is trying to log in to your laptop in .....' with the part represented by the dots mentioning a city an hour's drive away. I knew it was me, but I can see how that can really confuse some people.
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