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Find My Friends

How does my friend’s location update without me checking it from the find my friends app? Does this person have to currently be on and using an app that tracks their location? Or can the app be in the background open in one of the tabs and it updates that way? Just was curious

iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 14

Posted on Aug 3, 2021 7:39 AM

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Posted on Aug 3, 2021 7:46 AM

See if the following support article can address your questions:

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Aug 3, 2021 8:22 AM in response to Flynnie3

A few things must be true in order to see your friend's location updates:

  1. The would have to enable "Share My Location" or "Start Sharing Location" on their phone.
  2. They would have to select Choose to share your location for: Share Indefinitely.
  3. You would need to share you location with them.


Regardless "Find My" relies on GPS and the iPhone being connected to the Internet. The latter can either be by Wi-Fi or cellular data.

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