Find My Friends Location

I was just curious if there is any mean g being live locations of the pulsing green aura around someone’s name when there sharing, does it mean there on there phone active or not?

iPhone 14, iOS 17

Posted on Sep 13, 2024 5:46 AM

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Posted on Sep 14, 2024 1:03 AM

Live: Green Pulse indicates Live feed from the device (User may be active or maybe not)

Now: Blue Ring indicates the device was last located here but currently may not be connected to the internet.


  1. Live Status: When a person or device shows a "Live" status, it means that their location is being actively shared in real time. This can be useful, for example, if you're trying to meet up with someone and want to track their movement on the map.
  2. Now Status: The "Now" status indicates that the person or device's location was recently updated. It means that their location information was refreshed at some point, but it may not be in real-time. The exact time of the last location update may vary.


The pic below may help you understand it better of multiple devices





This may help you regarding the white circle


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Sep 14, 2024 1:03 AM in response to Santinno

Live: Green Pulse indicates Live feed from the device (User may be active or maybe not)

Now: Blue Ring indicates the device was last located here but currently may not be connected to the internet.


  1. Live Status: When a person or device shows a "Live" status, it means that their location is being actively shared in real time. This can be useful, for example, if you're trying to meet up with someone and want to track their movement on the map.
  2. Now Status: The "Now" status indicates that the person or device's location was recently updated. It means that their location information was refreshed at some point, but it may not be in real-time. The exact time of the last location update may vary.


The pic below may help you understand it better of multiple devices





This may help you regarding the white circle


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