How to Share Location from Android to iPhone

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Last Updated: June 25, 2018 Tested

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.

Steps

1
Open Google Maps on your Android. The Maps icon looks like a tiny map with a red location pin dropped on it. You can find it on your Apps menu.
2
Tap the ☰ button on the top-left. This button is located next to the search bar in the upper-left corner of your screen. It will open your menu panel.
3
Tap Location sharing on the menu. This will prompt you to set up your location sharing preferences.
4
Select a duration for sharing your live location. Your contact will be able to see your live location for the entire period of time you indicate here.
- Tap the "+" and "-" buttons to increase or decrease the sharing duration.
- 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 an app to share your location link. You can tap an app here, and share a link to your location with any of your contacts.
- Tapping an app here will switch you to the selected app.
6
Select a contact to share your location. Tap the name of your contact on your contact list to select them.
7
Tap the Send button. This will send a link of your location to your contact on the selected app.
- When your contact opens your link, they'll be redirected to the Google Maps app. They can view your live location on the map here.