Location map in Messages disappeared

My husband and daughters share their locations with me. I usually "stalk their dot" in the Messages app. And usually their location is shown in tiny letters underneath their picture, and tapping on that brings up a map.


My husband is traveling today, and I could see his location this morning. Suddenly this afternoon the map has disappeared. So has the little description of his location under his picture. However, I can see his location using the FindMy app. I can see the locations of my daughters in the Messages app, but not him.


Any ideas on how to fix this? I did restart the phone, and it didn't help. Thanks.

iPhone 12 mini, iOS 18

Posted on Feb 20, 2025 4:43 PM

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Posted on Feb 21, 2025 1:01 AM

I have seen some posts elsewhere reporting this problem with locations in Messages.


One solution I saw was to make an edit to your husband's contact entry in your iPhone. Next to his iCloud email address change whatever label you have for it to iCloud. This edit was successful in fixing the same problem as you have reported. Perhaps it will work for you too?

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Feb 21, 2025 1:01 AM in response to Kathy_Flag

I have seen some posts elsewhere reporting this problem with locations in Messages.


One solution I saw was to make an edit to your husband's contact entry in your iPhone. Next to his iCloud email address change whatever label you have for it to iCloud. This edit was successful in fixing the same problem as you have reported. Perhaps it will work for you too?

Feb 21, 2025 7:27 AM in response to David McKinlay

Thanks. I went to make that change this morning, and then realized I should check the problem first, and the location map had reappeared on its own. It has to be a strange little bug in the latest iOS? I'm wondering what prompted it. He did drive through long stretches with no cell signal, but we do that drive regularly and that hasn't happened before.


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