#HOW TO SET UP FIND MY IPHONE ONLINE HOW TO#

Swipe up on the information card to see all the options below the map.Tap on the friend you want to set up a notification for or about.To set up notifications, follow the steps below: The best mobile phone deals for the Samsung S21, iPhone 12, Google Pixel 4a / 5, OnePlus 8T and more Their location will appear within the map. Open Messages > Open the chat of the person you want to see the location of > Tap on their name at the top of the chat. You can also see a friend's location you share with through Messages. If you tap on their name, you'll see a map giving you a more precise location, as well as the option to get directions to their location. Under their name, it will tell you the town and country where they are, as well as the distance from you.

Once your request has been accepted and location is being shared, you can see a friend's location in the People tab of the Find My app. They will get a notification of your request, which they will then need to accept before you can track their iPhone. Alternatively, you can start sharing your location with them as above, then tap on their name in the People tab and scroll down to 'Ask to Follow Location'. Your friend can follow the steps in the section above to start sharing their location with you, which will then enable you to track their iPhone and see where they are. If they are also part of your Family Sharing group - which you can read more about in our separate feature - and they are sharing location with you, you will be able to see all their Apple devices associated with their Apple ID in the Devices tab of the Find My app. In order to track a friend's iPhone, they need to share their location with you as above. Under their name, it will say 'Can see your location', unless you are sharing location with each other. The friends you have chosen to share your location with will appear within the People tab of the Find My app.

Select 'Share for One Hour', 'Share Until End of Day' or 'Share Indefinitely'.

Once you have selected all the friends you want to share your location with, tap on 'Send' in the top right.

Add any additional contacts you want to share your location with.

If the contact name is grey, they do not have an iPhone and this feature won't work

Search for the contact you want to share your location with.

Tap on the People tab in the bottom left.

It has a grey background with a large green circle and a small blue dot within the green circle. To setup find my friends and start sharing your location with a friend, follow the steps below: Keep in mind that for the time period you select, the friend will be able to see exactly where you are unless you turn your location off, or you don't have cellular data. It's easy to start sharing your iPhone's location with a friend or family member, and you can select between sharing it for an hour, till the end of the day you set it up, or indefinitely.

#HOW TO SET UP FIND MY IPHONE ONLINE HOW TO#

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