Location Sharing
How to Set Up a Family Safety Circle
Who to include, how to set up a Life360 Circle or a built-in alternative, the safety features worth using, and the rules that keep it working.
How to Track Your Child’s Location on iPhone
Set up your child's iPhone so you can see where they are, lock it sensibly, add alerts they agree to, and know when to loosen things as they grow.
How to Tell If You’re Still Sharing Your Location
A 10-minute audit of every place your location can still be going: Find My, Google, WhatsApp, Snap Map, Instagram, Life360, old devices, trackers and photos.
How to Use Find My to Share Family Locations
Set up a Family Sharing group, get everyone on the Find My map, keep a young child's sharing switched on, and agree rules that teenagers can live with.
Location Sharing for Couples: How to Set It Up Together
A ten-minute, side-by-side setup for iPhone, Android and mixed couples, with the settings to agree first and a date to review them.
Why Is Location Sharing Inaccurate Indoors?
Indoors, phones lose GPS and guess from Wi-Fi and mobile masts. Here is what the accuracy circle means, and the settings that tighten it.
How to Find Family in a Crowded Place
A meeting point, a day-long location share and a plan your children know by heart: how to find each other at theme parks, festivals, stadiums and airports.
How to Drop a Pin and Share a Place
Drop an exact pin in Google Maps or Apple Maps, share it as a link, coordinates or plus code, and know what a pin gives away before you send it.
How to Share Your Location With Your Partner Safely
Set up location sharing with a partner that is mutual, limited and easy to stop, and learn the signs that it has become control rather than care.
How to Get Alerts When Your Child Arrives at School
Set up one reliable school arrival alert on iPhone, Android, a family app or a GPS watch, size it properly and agree the rules with your child.