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Google Maps has today announced a new feature to allow you to share your location with others. While that might seem creepy, it's not the first to add this type of functionality. Facebook tells you when a friend is nearby — it even lets you "wave" at them and gives you the option to send a message if they holler back. Foursquare's Swarm lets you check in wherever you are and both Lyft and Uber give you the option of seeing where your friend is if they share their ride location with you.
Now Google Maps will let you tell your friends where you are and give them directions to your location. It will also let you pick a special friend (like a family member, spouse or love interest, for example) to share your location with long-term.
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Google Maps Will Now Let You Share Your Location With Friends and Family
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 27 2017, @09:47AM
It's just a ploy to con more people into leaving tracking on permanently.
Google already knows where most Android phones are.
Android phones with the default setting of "high accuracy" send location related data to Google (wifi, cell tower etc) and using that info Google tells the phone where it thinks the phone is.
This allows the location stuff to work even when GPS is unavailable (indoors etc).