Enabling the family sharing function through an Apple device allows family members to share Apple subscription services and iCloud space. If you want to know the location of family members, you can also share your current location through the iPhone family sharing location.
As the family grows older, many people worry that their elders will get lost or have accidents. In order to avoid these uncontrollable events, you can use this article toHow to Use the iPhone Family Sharing Location Featureyou can quickly check the current location of family members or family members through the “Find App” at any time.
How to set up iPhone family location sharing function?
Method 1. Share the location of contacts through the Find App
If you don’t use the family sharing function, the easiest way is to directly join through the “Find App” which is the fastest and most convenient way, and you can track the current location and whereregardings of your family members at any time, and the positioning accuracy is also more accurate than third-party App positioning software. immediate.
Step 1. Enable iPhone Finder
First take the other party’s iPhone to set up, open the built-in “Find APPclick “I am“, turn on “share my location“, if you don’t see the search APP in the iPhone device, you can use “App Store Download Find APP」。
Then click on the bottom left corner “contact person” function page, press “start sharing location“, enter your own “Apple ID (Email mailbox)”or”phone number“, you can click on the upper right corner “＋” to add contacts, and finally click “send」。
and select “permanent share“, it will be possible toThe other half of the iPhone mobile phone location tracking is permanently turned on。
Step 2. Go back to your iPhone settings
Next, pick up your iPhone and open the “Find APP“, you will see a prompt to share the location on the contact page, just click to agree”share“and”permanent share」。
Step 3. Use Finder to track family members
After the above settings are completed, when you want to locate your family members in the future, directly open the “Find APPAfter that, click the name of the contact you want to track in the contact list, and you can locate it in real time, and the other party will not find that you are monitoring and locating him in real time. Even if the other party turns off the iPhone deliberately, you can also locate and track it.
Method 2. Share location using iOS Family
If you have turned on the Apple family sharing function, or shared Apple services or shared subscription apps with family members, you can directly use the family sharing settings. In detail, you can turn off or turn on the iPhone family sharing location through the following methods:
- Directly open the built-in “setting“, select “Apple ID settings」。
- choose”family sharing“setting.
In the family sharing page, directly click “location sharing“, click “share location」。
you can see all”family sharing“Member list, you can turn on and off the shared location for different family members. After you turn it on, you can share the iPhone family shared location with each other. If you turn on “Automatically share location” function, it will automatically share your location with all new members.
How to turn off iPhone Family Sharing?
If you don’t want to share your location with your family, just turn on “Find Apps“, switch to “contact person” tab, click the name of the contact you want to deactivate, and set the “stop sharing my location“closure.
iPhone family sharing location QA problem sorting
Can’t see the family sharing app?
Usually the iPhone family sharing App function is placed in the “Find App”, which can share and query the shared location at any time through the iPhone.
Can I disable it at any time following sharing my location with my family?
Can! Just open the “Find App” and click on a contact, press the stop sharing my location function, and you can stop sharing your current location with the other party.
Why does it show that the location cannot be found in the family shared location in Finder?
If the other party shows that the location cannot be found on the “Find App” contact sharing page, there are usually several reasons for this:
1. The other party’s device is powered off or out of power
2. The other party turned off GPS positioning, so the positioning cannot be displayed
3. The other party stops sharing family location
Why can’t I see the other party’s shared location in the Find app?
If the other party has shared the location with your iPhone, you can ask the other party to manually delete and invite the contact to share the location once more. Sometimes it may be because the other party’s setting is wrong that it will not be displayed.
function summary
If you want to track the current location of your family members at any time, you can do so through the two methods described in this article to share location with iPhone family members. In this way, when necessary, the location and safety of the family members can be confirmed at any time, and their whereregardings can also be monitored, so as to avoid the panic of the whole family when no one can be found.
