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Tips to share your live location with someone by using Google Maps

Here is a tip for how an android user can share the live location through google maps to their contacts.

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Are you someone who prefers sharing location with someone in real-time? An Android device (smartphone/tablet) is capable of sharing the live location of the user with someone who does use Google Maps. This enables the device used to allow users for sharing real-time locations with friends on a temporary basis. 

We bring in to you the tips to set up the live location feature: 

Share your real-time location with others

The user can choose the person who could find their location and how long would one need to share the location through Google Location Sharing.

  • Open the Google Maps app 
  • sign in with your Google account 
  • Click on your profile picture or click on the initial with the coloured Account Circle (if you have not updated your profile image then you will see the initials)
  • Select Location sharing option 
  • Then on the new share section, add your contacts 
  • Now choose the time to share your live location (for how long do you want to share the location with your contact)
  • Tap on the profile of the person with whom you want to share your location
  • If asked about your contacts, allow Google Maps the access to do the needful
  • Tap Share

Now this will let you share your details with the contacts.