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iOS 15 Find My live location not working for one member of my family.

I have 4 people in my family (including myself). All four of us have iPhones and have upgraded to iOS 15. One of the main features I was interested in was the live location updates in the Find My app. Of the four of us, three of us show up as live location, but the fourth does not. It still shows up like previously... the location works, but it is updated every few seconds/minutes. Not live like the rest of us.


The phone that is not giving live updates is an iPhone XS Max.


The others that do work include an iPhone X, iPhone 11 Pro Max and an iPhone 12 Pro Max. Given that the iPhone X is working, I am certain that this is not a phone model specific issue.


I have scoured the settings but have been unable to find what might be blocking the live updates. I have also searched the web and these forums. Perhaps my search terms are not good enough, but I typically can find answers, if they exist, before posting questions like this.


Does anyone know what I could be missing? Is there a setting somewhere that turns on/off the live updates in FindMy?


Thank you.

iPhone XS

Posted on Sep 24, 2021 8:20 AM

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Posted on Sep 24, 2021 3:27 PM

Thank you for the reply, Sean. Glad to know it’s not only me, but sorry to hear you are having the issue as well.


I received my iPhone 13 today and, after setting it all up, now only one of my family shows up as live. Also, when my wife got home, she is seeing the others as live while I am not.


I hope apple can sort this out soon. It really is a nice feature when it is working correctly.

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iOS 15 Find My live location not working for one member of my family.

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