SHARE YOUR REAL-TIME LOCATION
When you want someone to be able to track your location: GRID VIEW You can choose how long you want to share your location- Open the Maps app on your iOS or Android device
- Tap the blue dot, which represents your current location, then select “Share location” from the menu that appears. (If it’s your first time using Maps for such a purpose, your phone may prompt you to authorize the app to access your contacts before continuing.)
- If you want to share your location for a specific amount of time, select the “1 hour” option, and then use the blue plus and minus buttons to increase or decrease the time as needed
- If you want to share your location indefinitely — until you manually turn it off — select the “Until you turn this off” option
- On Android, select the person with whom you want to share your location from the list of suggested contacts or select an app (like Gmail or Messages) to send a private link. You can also opt to copy the link to your system clipboard and then paste it wherever you like.
- On an iPhone, tap “Select People” to choose a person from your contacts, select “Message” to send a private link to someone in your messaging app, or select “More” to send a private link via another communication service. Your phone may prompt you to give Maps ongoing access to your location before it moves forward.
- If you share your location within Maps itself — by selecting a contact as opposed to sending a link via an external app — the person with whom you are sharing your location will get a notification on their phone. In addition, when you select “Location sharing” in Maps’ side menu, you will see an icon on top for both you and the person you’re sharing with. Select the person’s icon, and a bar at the bottom of the screen will let you stop sharing, share your location again, or request that the person share their location with you.
- Open the Maps app, and look for the “Sharing your location” bar at the bottom of the screen
- Tap the “x” next to the line that says how and for how long your location is being shared
SHARE YOUR TRIP’S PROGRESS
When you want someone to be able to see your location and estimated arrival time while you’re en route to a particular destination: GRID VIEW Once you’ve started a trip, you can share your progress with a friend. Open the Maps app, and start navigating to your destination- Swipe up on the bar at the bottom of the screen (where your remaining travel time is shown), then select “Share trip progress” from the menu that appears
- Select the name of the person with whom you want to share your progress or select an app you want to use for sharing
- Swipe up again on the bar at the bottom of the screen
- Select “Stop sharing” from the menu that appears
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