You can choose who can find your location and how long to share your location with Google Location Sharing. Tip: Other Google products may also allow you to share a one-time location with others. Location Sharing works even when Location History is turned off. You may get a warning when you
open Location sharing. Common causes include: If Location sharing doesn’t work for you, send us feedback. After you ask for your contact’s location, they get your email address, a notification and can: Hide or show someone's locationHide someone's locationIf you don’t want someone’s real-time location on your map, you can hide it. You can turn their location back on at any time.
Tip: You can permanently block someone’s location from your map. Learn how to block another person’s account. Turn on someone’s location you’ve hiddenWas this helpful? How can we improve it?
It’s called the Significant Locations list, and you probably didn’t know it existedCredit: shopplaywood/iStock/Getty Images PlusHiding in not-so-plain sight, deep within the depths of your iPhone’s settings (seven layers deep, to be exact) is a level of location tracking that very few iPhone users are aware of and probably won’t feel comfortable with.
Thanks to the Find My app on your iPhone, you can track your own phone, which is handy if it's lost or stolen. But you can also track other people's iPhones as well, as long as they opt in and give you permission. Using the Find My app, you can keep tabs on your kids or easily stay connected with friends and family. For privacy and security, though, these features need to be turned on before you can start tracking people. How to turn on location services on your iPhoneIf you want to be able to track your own iPhone or let other people track you, first make sure Location Services are enabled. 1. Start the Settings app and then tap "Privacy." 2. Tap "Location Services." 3. On the Location Services page, ensure it's turned on by swiping the button to the right. Turn on Location Services so you can track your own iPhone. Dave Johnson/Business Insider4. You can fine-tune the way Location Services works by controlling the permission of specific apps in the list at the bottom of the page. You can enable or disable permission and specify when the app is allowed to see your location. You can see where your phone is located from iCloud's Find My iPhone webpage. 1. Open the Find My iPhone website in a browser. You will probably need to log into your iCloud account using your Apple ID. 2. Click "All Devices" at the top of the page. 3. Click the entry for your iPhone in the dropdown menu. Use the Find My iPhone website to find a lost iPhone. Dave Johnson/Business InsiderYou can also track your phone using the Find My app on another device signed into the same Apple ID, such as an iPad. How to track the location of someone else's iPhoneYou can use your iPhone's Find My app to see where friends and family are located as long as they share their location with you. Here's what you and anyone sharing their location with you need to do: 1. The person sharing their location with you should open their Messages app and open a conversation with you. 2. They should tap your name at the top of the screen and then tap "info." 3. Next, they should tap "Share My Location" and then, in the dropdown menu, choose how long to share this information — an hour, until the end of the day, or indefinitely. You can share your location with a friend using the Messages app. Dave Johnson/Business Insider4. After they've shared their location, you can start the Find My app on your phone. You should see the person's entry in the "People" section at the bottom of the screen. Tap it to see the location on the map. See where one of your contacts is located using the Find My app, as long as they have allowed you to see their location. Dave Johnson/Business Insider
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Dave Johnson Freelance Writer Dave Johnson is a technology journalist who writes about consumer tech and how the industry is transforming the speculative world of science fiction into modern-day real life. Dave grew up in New Jersey before entering the Air Force to operate satellites, teach space operations, and do space launch planning. He then spent eight years as a content lead on the Windows team at Microsoft. As a photographer, Dave has photographed wolves in their natural environment; he's also a scuba instructor and co-host of several podcasts. Dave is the author of more than two dozen books and has contributed to many sites and publications including CNET, Forbes, PC World, How To Geek, and Insider. Read more Read less How do you find someones location on iPhone?See the location of a friend
Tap People at the bottom of the screen, then tap the name of the person you want to locate. If your friend can be located: They appear on a map so you can see where they are.
How can I find the exact location of a lost iPhone?Locate a Lost Device From the iCloud Website
Open iCloud.com(Opens in a new window) in a web browser and sign in with your Apple ID and password. Click Find iPhone, then open the All Devices drop-down menu and select your iPhone.
Can you find a location of an iPhone with a phone number?If you lost your iPhone, you could track the device if you have downloaded the "Find My iPhone" application. Find my iPhone is a free Apple application that allows you to log in to your iCloud and track the iPhone with your phone number. Using Google Maps, it detects the current location of your iPhone.
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