How to Share Location from Android to iPhone

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A simple guide to sharing your Android's current location with friends who have iPhones
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This wikiHow teaches you how to set up location sharing on Google Maps on an Android, and send your live location to a contact. Your contact will need Google Maps on their iPhone to view your location. [1]

1

Open Google Maps on your Android

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    You'll find it on your home screen or in your app list.
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2

Open the menu.

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    If you don't have a photo, you'll see your initial here instead.
3

Go to your location sharing settings.

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    This will prompt you to set up your location sharing preferences. [2]
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4

Select a duration for sharing your live location.

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    Your contact will be able to see your live location for the entire period of time you indicate here. [3]
    • You can select Until you turn this off to start sharing your location without a time constraint. You can come back here and turn it off anytime you want.
5

Select a Google contact.

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    If prompted, give Maps permission to access your contacts. [4]
    • If the person you want to share with doesn't have a Google account, you can tap New share to generate a link that you can paste into an email or message instead.
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    Your contact can tap the link and see exactly where you are for the duration of time you suggested. [5]
    • You can stop sharing your location at any time by returning to Location sharing , selecting that contact, and then tapping Stop .

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      References

      1. ↑ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-maps/id585027354
      2. ↑ https://support.google.com/maps/answer/7326816?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid
      3. ↑ https://support.google.com/maps/answer/7326816?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid
      4. ↑ https://screenrant.com/google-maps-live-location-sharing-enable-how/
      5. ↑ https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-share-your-location-in-google-maps

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      1. Open Google Maps.
      2. Tap the menu button on the top-right.
      3. Tap Location sharing .
      4. Set a duration.
      5. Select a contact and tap Share .

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