What does "Live" mean in Find My iPhone?

you can see them driving or walking as it happens as they are doing, i think if theyre using their phone for directions it keeps up with where they are going but if they are in the same place for a long period of time it does not say "live". hope that helps

“Now” is static and is current the moment you checked someone’s location.

”Live” is dynamic and updated in realtime as you monitor someone’s location.

Axel F.

Whenever you see LIVE under the location of a device/person, then it means that the location information is transmitted to your device in real time (live).

Axel F.

No. It doesn’t mean that the iPhone is in use. It just means that you are seeing the live location of the iPhone.

Axel F.

Whenever you see LIVE under the location of a device/person, then it means that the location information is transmitted to your device in real time (live).

Axel F.

That all depends on which iPhone the other person is using and which iOS version the other person is using. This is a iOS 15 feature.

Axel F.

no, that means that you checked 32 minutes ago. give it a few seconds then it will reset with the current location

Hi.

quick follow up question. There are different green blinking patterns when live. Does someone know what they mean? Sometimes it blinks slow like one quick blink and sometimes fast 2-3 blinks. What does it all mean?

Has new phone and ios15

Does it mean they’re using their phone?

How can I turn off my “live” location?

Yes how can you change it back like it used to read for iOS 14.. I don’t like the “live” as someone’s location.

If “LIVE” means live, what does “now” mean? Seems like a distinction without much difference.

I have iOS 15, but my location still isn’t showing as live. How do I fix that?

when someone turned on their location for me it just showed “now” but a couple days later it turned into “live” is that correct that it takes a couple of days or should it just do it right away?