# Android/IOS limitations of background tracking

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/android-ios-limitations-of-background-tracking/78485>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective, scripting\
**Created:** [August 28, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/android-ios-limitations-of-background-tracking/78485 "2023-08-28T22:21:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cameron\_Nickle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@Cameron\_Nickle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Cameron_Nickle)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 10:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/android-ios-limitations-of-background-tracking/78485/1 "2023-08-28T22:21:44Z")

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Hi all,

I'm currently working on making an improvement to my application and I'm attempting to make my system have more real-time response to geolocation pinging. However, even if I set all the geolocation parameters to their maximums the app will only real-time ping for a short period of time. I did some digging, and it seems that IOS and Android have limitations on the number of real-time pings they will give a given app to save battery life of the device - which makes perfect sense - but I need to find a way to override this. Is anyone aware of a way to fix this issue or at least a viable alternative to it simply stopping?

Thank you,

Cam