How to see my locations on iphone

With Family Sharing, you can share your location with family members in the Find My app or the Messages app. You can even help family members locate their missing devices in Find My iPhone.

How it works

The family organizer sets up location sharing in Family Sharing settings. After location sharing is turned on, the organizer's location is automatically shared with everyone in the family group. Then each family member can choose whether or not to share their location. When you agree to share, your family members see your location in the Find My app and Messages. If they have watchOS 6, they can also see your location in the Find People app.

With location sharing enabled, if your device is lost or stolen, you can ask a family member to use the Find My app to help you locate it. 

Location sharing isn't supported in South Korea and might be unavailable in other regions due to local laws.

Share your location with a family member

1. On your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, open the Find My app.
2. Tap or click the People tab.
3. Tap or click a family member's name, then tap it again to see the menu.
4. Tap or click Share My Location.

You can stop sharing your location at any time. Learn how to stop sharing your location.
 

Get notifications about a family member's location

You can set up recurring location-based notifications. This lets you know if someone has arrived at or left a location, or isn't at a particular place during a specific time window.
 

Choose which device to share your location from

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

1. On your iPhone or iPad, open the Settings app.
2. Tap your name.
3. Tap Family Sharing, then tap Location Sharing.
4. Tap Use this [device] as My Location.
    

Family members can help you find a missing device

If you share your location with your Family Sharing group and you turned on Find My on your missing device, your family can help you locate the missing device. Family members can:

• See the location and online or offline status of your device.
• Play a sound on your missing device to help you find it.
• Put your device in Lost Mode if it was already set up with a passcode.
• Remotely erase a device.

If you don't share your location, family members can’t access location information about your devices. Without location information, family members can still help you. They can check your missing device's online or offline status, play a sound on the device, put the device in Lost Mode, or remotely erase the device.

Published Date: April 19, 2022

Learn how to turn Location Services and GPS on or off for individual apps.

How to give apps permission to use your location

Some apps might not work unless you turn on Location Services.1 The first time an app needs to access your Location Services information, you'll get a notification asking for permission. Choose one of these options:

• Tap Allow to let the app use Location Services information as needed. 
• Tap Don't Allow to prevent access.2
• Tap Ask Next Time to choose Always While Using App, Allow Once, or Don't Allow.

iOS and iPadOS devices might use Wi-Fi and Bluetooth to determine your location. GPS and cellular location are available on iPhone and iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular) models.

How to turn Location Services on or off for specific apps

1. Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services.
2. Make sure that Location Services is on.
3. Scroll down to find the app.
4. Tap the app and select an option:
   • Never: Prevents access to Location Services information.
   • Ask Next Time: This allows you to choose Always While Using App, Allow Once, or Don't Allow.
   • While Using the App: Allows access to Location Services only when the app or one of its features is visible on screen. If an app is set to While Using the App, you might see your status bar turn blue with a message that an app is actively using your location.
   • Always: Allows access to your location even when the app is in the background.

From here, apps should provide an explanation of how the app will use your location information. Some apps might offer only two options.

How to share your specific location

With iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, some apps can use Precise Location to get to your specific location. To share only your approximate location — which may be sufficient for an app that doesn’t need your exact location — turn Precise Location off. Here's how:

1. Go to Settings > Privacy, then select Location Services.
2. Select an app, then turn Precise Location on or off.

Learn more about privacy and Location Services.

1. Location Services uses GPS and Bluetooth (where they're available), along with crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspots and cellular towers to determine the approximate location of your device.
2. Apps won't use your location until they ask for your permission and you allow permission.
    

Published Date: February 16, 2021

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