How to share your iPhone location with a friend

  • Make sure you both have an iPhone Open the Find My app. It has a grey background with a large green circle and a small blue dot within the green circle. Tap on the People tab in the bottom left  Tap on the “+” Then tap on Share My Location  Search for the contact you want to share your location with. Those with iPhones will appear in blue. If the contact name is grey, they do not have an iPhone and this feature won’t work Add any additional contacts you want to share your location with Once you have selected all the friends you want to share your location with, tap on ‘Send’ in the top right Select “Share for One Hour”, “Share Until End of Day” or “Share Indefinitely”

How to track a friend’s iPhone 

Using notifications on Find My

  • Open the Find My app Tap on the People tab in the bottom left Tap on the friend you want to set up a notification for or about Swipe up on the information card to see all the options below the map Tap on ‘Add’ under Notifications Tap on ‘Notify Me’ or ‘Notify [contact]

Some other tips and tricks…

Stop sharing your location

Stop sharing your location with a friend

Turn off friend requests

Add a contact to your favourites

Edit a location name for a contact

Edit a location name for yourself

Remove a friend