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Learn how to use the Where’s app to share your location with friends and family. You can even set up location-based notifications to let you know when someone leaves a place or just arrives home. When Share Location is turned on, you can share your location with friends, family, and contacts on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using the Where Is? app. You can also share your location using the Find People app in watchOS 6 or later, as long as the corresponding Apple Watch model has GPS and cellular and is paired with your iPhone. If you’ve already set up family sharing and are using location services, your family members will automatically show up in the “Where’s?” app. You can also share your location in the Messages app

Share with people

Open the Where’s app, and select the People tab.
Tap the add button .
Select “Share location.”
Enter the name or phone number of the person you want to share your location with.
Select “Send.”
Choose from “Share location 1 hr,” “Until the end of the day,” or “Unlimited” to set the amount of time you want to share your location.

After you share your location with someone, they can share their location with you.

Name a location

If you wish, you can name frequently visited locations:

Open the Where’s app, and select the Me tab.
Scroll down, and tap “Location.”
Select “Home,” “Work,” “School,” “Sports,” or “Without,” or tap “Add Custom Label” to create a new name.

Change device sharing location

You can set another device to share your location. To do this, open the “Where is?” app on the device you want to use to share your location. Select the “Me” tab, and tap “Use this [device] as my location”.

Share estimated time of arrival

Share location via satellite

Follow shared location of friends

When a person shares their location with you or you request their location and the person accepts the request, you can follow the person’s location.

Request another person’s location

To follow another person, you must first share your location with the person. Then follow these steps:

Open the “Where is?” app, and select the “People” tab.
Select the person you are sharing your location with.
Scroll down, and select “Ask to share location”.

Respond to a location sharing request

When a person shares their location with you, you can share your location with that person in return:

Open the “Where is?” app, and select the “People” tab.
Tap “Share” below the name of the person who shared their location with you, so that they can follow your location.
If you don’t want to share your location with this person, select “Don’t share” or “Cancel”.

Share location-based messages

Starting with iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur, you can set up recurring location-based notifications. This lets you know if someone has arrived or left a location within a certain time window, or is not in a specific location.

Receive notifications when a friend arrives, leaves, or is not at a location.

Open the “Where is?” app, and select the “People” tab.
Select the person you want to share the messages with.
Scroll down, and tap “Add” under “Messages.”
Tap “Message” to be notified when a friend’s location changes.* Tap “Notify Friend” to notify a friend when your location changes.
Under “When,” select one of the following options: “Arrives,” “Leaves,” or “Is not there.” When sharing your location change, select “I’m arriving” or “I’m leaving.”
Tap under “Location” to select your current location, or tap “New Location” to select a different location.
Under “Frequency”, select either “Once only” or “Every time”.

* Your friend will be notified when you set a location-based message. For recurring location-based messages, your friend must accept the invitation.

Locate a friend

Open the Where’s app and select the People tab.
Under “People,” select the name of your friend who shares their location with you.
Select Route to open the Maps app, and follow the route to get to your friend’s location.

If your location is displayed below your friend’s name, you are not following their location. If “No location found” is displayed, that person cannot be located.

Other options for you

Open the “Where is?” app, select the “People” tab, and tap on a person’s name. You have the following options:

show the contact card of this person.
tap on “Route” to display a route to this person’s location in the Maps app.
tap “Notifications” to find out when a person changes their location, or to notify people that you’ve changed your location.
Add the person to or remove them from Favorites. Members of a family sharing group cannot be removed from “Favorites”.
tap “Edit location name” to name the person’s location.

Stop sharing your location

If you don’t want to share your location with anyone anymore, follow these steps. You can also stop location sharing for a specific person or disable the “Allow requests” option”.

Open the “Where is?” app.
Select the “Me” tab.
Disable “Share location.”

Stop location sharing for a person

Open the “Where is?” app, and select the “People” tab.
Select the person you no longer want to share your location with.
Scroll down, and select “Stop sharing location”.

Disable “Allow requests”.

Open the “Where is?” app.
Select the “Me” tab.
Disable “Allow Requests.”

If you delete the “Where’s?” app, your location will still be shared. People you previously shared your location with will still see your location. If you want to stop sharing your location, reinstall the Where’s app and follow the instructions.

Share your location in the Messages app

Open the Messages app on your iPhone, and select a message.
At the top of the conversation, select the name of the person or group.
Select “Send my current location.” The recipient of your message will then be able to see your location on the map. You can also select “Share location” instead, and then specify how long you want your location to be shared.

On iOS 12 or older or macOS Mojave or older.

Release date: November 21, 2022 Make sure you have “Where is?” set up so you can search for a lost device or object, such as your paired AirPods, Apple Watch, or a personal item with an AirTag attached to it.

Enable “Where is?” on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Open the Settings app.
Tap your name, then tap “Where’s?”.
If you want your friends and family to be able to locate you, enable “Share Location.”
Tap “Find my [device],” and then enable “Find my [device].”
To view your device even when it’s offline, enable the “Where is? “* network.
To send your device’s location to Apple when the battery is low, enable “Send last location”.

If you want to find your lost device on a map, make sure location services are enabled. To do so, choose Settings > Privacy and Security > Location Services, and enable Location Services. * The Where’s network is an encrypted, anonymous network that tracks hundreds of millions of Apple devices and lets you locate your device.

Add AirPods, Apple Watch, or Beats products to Where’s?

If your AirPods, Apple Watch, or supported Beats product are paired with your iPhone, they’re automatically configured when you activate Find My iPhone. To help you find your devices even when they’re turned off or not connected, check that the “Where’s?” network is enabled.

Enable “Where is?” network for AirPods Pro or AirPods Max.

Select “Settings” > “Bluetooth.”
Tap the “More Info” button next to your device in the list.
Scroll down to the “Where is?” network.
Make sure the “Where is?” network is enabled.

Enable “Where’s?” network for the Apple Watch.

Open the settings on your Apple Watch.
Tap on your name.
Scroll down until your Apple Watch is displayed.
Tap your Watch name, and then tap “Find my Apple Watch.”
Make sure the “Where is?” network is enabled.

Add an AirTag or supported third-party product to “Where’s?”.

Add iPhone Leather Wallet to “Where’s?”

Enable “Where’s?” for your Mac

Choose the Apple menu () > “System Preferences.” In earlier versions of macOS, choose Apple menu > “System Preferences”.
Click on your name, and then click on “iCloud.” In earlier versions of macOS, click “Apple ID,” and then click “iCloud.”
Scroll down, click “Where is?”, and then click “Activate”.
To make sure you can find your Mac if it’s lost or stolen, make sure both “Find my Mac” and the “Where’s?” network are enabled.* Click “Options” in earlier versions of macOS to check if both are enabled.

If you want to find your lost device on a map, make sure location services are enabled:

macOS Ventura: Go to “Settings” > “Privacy and Security” > “Location Services.” Click “Details” next to “System Services,” and make sure Location Services is enabled for “Where’s?”.
Older macOS versions: Go to “System Preferences” > “Security,” and then click the “Privacy” tab. If the security lock at the bottom left is locked, click on it and enter the administrator’s name and password. Then select “Location Services”, and then select the “Enable Location Services” checkbox, and make sure the checkbox next to “Where is?” is checked.

* The Where’s network is an encrypted, anonymous network that tracks hundreds of millions of Apple devices and lets you locate your device. “Where’s?” availability and features may vary by country or region. Release Date: November 10, 2022 Family Sharing lets you share your location with family members in the “Where’s?” app or in the Messages app. Plus, you can even help your family members find lost devices with Find My iPhone.

How it works

The family organizer sets up location sharing in the family sharing settings. Once location sharing is enabled, the organizer’s location is automatically shared with all members of the family group. Then each family member can decide whether to share their own location. If you agree to share, your family members will see your location in the “Where is?” app and in the Messages app. If they have watchOS 6, they can also view your location in the Find People app. If location sharing is enabled and your device is lost or stolen, you can ask a family member to help you locate it using the “Where’s?” app. Location sharing is not supported in South Korea and may not be available in other regions due to applicable laws.

Share your location with a family member

On your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, open the “Where is?” app.
Tap or click on the “People” tab.
Tap or click a family member’s name, and tap it again to display the menu.
Tap or click on “Share location.”

You can stop location sharing at any time. Learn how to turn off location sharing here.

Receive notifications about a family member’s location

You can set up recurring location-based notifications. This way, you can know if someone has arrived or left a location within a certain time window or is not at a certain location.

Selecting a device for location sharing

You can share your location from another device. For example, if you share your location from an iPad, you can share your location from an iPhone you own instead.

On your iPhone or iPad, open the Settings app.
Tap your name.
Tap “Family Sharing” and then tap “Location Sharing.”
Tap “Use this [device] as my location.”

Family members can help you find a lost device

If you share your location with your family sharing group and have “Where is?” enabled on your lost device, your family can help you find it. Family members can:

View the location and online or offline status of your device.
Play a sound on your lost device to make it easier to find.
Set your device to “Lost” mode if a code has been set for it.
Remotely wipe a device.

If you don’t share your location, family members can’t access your devices’ location data. But even without location data, family members can help you. They can access the online or Check offline status of your device, play a sound on the device, set the device to lost mode or wipe it remotely. Release Date: May 02, 2022 Find My Iphone Live Tracking.