To share your location on your iPhone, you need to open settings first, find Privacy, click to enter, then click on Location Services, select the ***Share my location option, and then turn on the ***Share my location switch. , then return to the upper-level menu, select the system service at the bottom of the list, and click to open ***Share My Location after entering.
Find friends and share your location with Find My**
In iOS 13 or later, you can use the Find My app to share your location with friends and family** *Enjoy your location.
On iOS 13 or later, iPadOS, and macOS Catalina, the Find My iPhone app combines Find My iPhone and Find My Friends into one. If you need help finding this app, use Search on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or use Spotlight on your Mac. You can also share your location on iCloud.com*.
If you're not using iOS 13 or later, iPadOS, or watchOS 6, you can set up and use Find My Friends and see how to share your location with your family.
***Share your location
When ***Share my location is turned on, you can use Find My Location on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to share your location with friends, Share your location with family and contacts. You can also share your location in the Find Your Contacts app on watchOS 6 or later with Apple Watch models* that have GPS and cellular and are paired with iPhone.
If you have set up Family Sharing and are using Location Sharing, your family will automatically appear in Find My.
You can also share your location in Posts.
Share*** with others
Open the Find My app and select the Contacts tab.
Select "***Share my location" or "Start ***sharing my location".
Enter the name or phone number of the person you want to share your location with.
Select Send.
Select how long you want to share your spot: "*** for one hour," "*** until the end of today," or "*** always."
Select "OK".
When you share your location with someone, they can in turn share their location with you.
Name a place
If you like, you can name your favorite places:
Open the Find My app and select the Me tab.
Scroll down and select "Edit location name."
Select "Home", "Work", "School", "Gym", "None".
You can also choose "Add custom label" to create a custom location name. Just enter a name and select "Done."
Change your *shared device
To change the device from which your *shared location comes, turn on Find My on the device. Select "Me," then choose "Use this [device] as my location."
***Share your ETA
Learn how to share your ETA with others in Maps.
Follow a friend's ***shared location
If someone ***shares their location with you, or you ask them to ***share their location and they agree, you can Pay attention to the other person's position.
Ask to follow someone's location
To start following someone, you need to first share your location with them. Then, follow these steps:
Open the Find My app and select the Contacts tab.
Select the person to whom you have shared your location.
Scroll down and select Request location to follow, then select OK.
Respond to location sharing requests
When someone shares their location with you, you can choose whether you want to share your location with them:
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Open the Find My app and select the Contacts tab.
Under the name of the person who sent you their location, select ***Share to allow them to follow your location.
Select Cancel if you don't want to share your location with this person.
Locate friends
Open the Find My app and select the Contacts tab.
Under "Contacts," select the name of the friend with whom you are sharing your location.
Choose Directions to open Maps, then follow directions to your friend's location.
If your location appears under a friend's name, it means you are not following them. If you see "Location not found," it means the person can't be located.
What else you can do
With the Find My app open, select the Contacts tab, then choose a person's name. You can:
View this person's contact card.
Select Directions to navigate to this person’s location in Maps.
Select Notifications to see someone's location change or to notify contacts of your location change.
Add or remove people from Favorites. Unable to remove Family*** members from Favorites.
Select "Edit location name" to tag the other person's location.
Stop*** sharing your location
Open the Find My app and select the Contacts tab.
Select the people with whom you want to stop sharing your location.
Scroll down and select "Stop ***sharing my location."
Turn off "Allow friend invitations"
Open the Find app.
Select the "Me" tab.
Turn off "Allow friend invitations".
Stop sharing with anyone
Open the Find My app.
Select the "Me" tab.
Turn off "***Share my location".
***Other ways to share your location
You can share your location with someone*** through the Messages app on iPhone.
In the Messages app
Open the Messages app on iPhone and select a message.
Select the person's name at the top of the conversation.
Select the information icon .
Select "Send my current location". The recipient will see your location on the map. Or select "***Share my location" and choose how long you want ***to share your location.
Learn more
Learn how to set up and use Find.
See how to find a lost or offline device with Find My.
If you're using iOS 12, learn how to share your location with your family.
If you're using iOS 12, see how to share your location with friends***.