Few people know, but there is such a function to find friends on iPhone. The Find My Friends stock app allows you to find people you know on a map in real time. With it, you can watch how a person moves with an accuracy of 1 meter. iPhone Find Friends program - how to use it, we will tell you below. Let's consider all the nuances and details in detail. Find out how to find someone by iPhone. Let's start with the instructions.
How to view the location of friends on iOS?
You can track the movements of people who have given permission. Add them as friends first. To do this, you need to click on the button of the same name when entering the menu.
There is also an “Add” inscription in the upper right corner.
Using it, you can include friends or loved ones in the list of software. It is enough to write the person's name.
The program will prompt you to select the period for opening access to the geolocation. There are 3 options here - for 1 hour, until the end of the day and indefinitely.
If you want to open up the ability for people you know to follow you, you need to go to settings, then follow the path “Privacy” → “Location Services” → “Share Location”. A switch will be available here. Look:
A big plus is that you can set access to each contact separately. This will isolate unnecessary people from the Find Friends function on iPhone. Let's say not everyone needs to be seen by their boss while walking in the park on the weekend.
What the Find My app looks like in iOS 13
The Find My app is based on the Find My iPhone and Find My Friends programs. It works already now, in the fifth beta version and previous builds of iOS 13. When launched for the first time, the user sees a welcome screen with short information about the application and an offer to share the geolocation. If you want your friends to always know where you are, accept this offer. After this, three tabs will appear on the screen: “Users”, “Devices” and “Me”.
Important! You can stop sharing your location data at any time directly in the application or from the iPhone settings menu. More on this a little later.
How to cheat the Find Friends on iPhone program?
An example of a situation: it is necessary for a person you know to think that you are at home, although you and your phone will be “walking” in another place. By default there is no such option. However, the program only shows one device. If you have a tablet and a smartphone, then you can only display data from the first one while it is lying in the living room. To do this, go to the “From Device” tab.
Select the desired device, the location of which will be displayed on the screen of your friends or loved ones.
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The geolocation is now fictitious. You can go anywhere. Everyone will think that you are at the point where the tablet is now lying.
My friends find an iPhone
The I'm on the Map - My Friends app will help you track and find an iPhone or Android, friends and family connected to the service absolutely FREE, or track the location of almost any device and find an iPhone, Android, Windows Phone by phone number. Searching for people and accurately tracking the location of a phone in I on the Map - My Friends is carried out using technology that, unlike other direction finders, allows you to accurately determine the location and find an iPhone or Android upon request. The GPS tracker turns on for a short time, which as a result allows you to minimize energy consumption when tracking on iPhone or Android phones.
Now you no longer need to call many times to arrange a meeting; you just need to search for people and find out the person’s location by phone number, regardless of the device; finding an iPhone, Android, Windows Phone is now easy. And by installing Me on the Map for all your relatives, you can always accurately track the geoposition and find an iPhone or Android, send messages, and configure tracking parameters for each member of your family.
Install I on the Map and you can: • track the location and find iPhone or Android phones on which the I on the Map program is installed, online without any restrictions. • search for people, track the location of any device and find iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, regardless of whether it has an installed program by phone number or email (the searched devices must support HTML5) • determine the charge level of the phone of friends and relatives connected to the service • show location of your phone only to selected friends • use the program to search for people and track the location of the phones of children and loved ones • remember your favorite places • get directions to found friends, tracked phones • publish marks on the map for your friends • send the coordinates of the selected place in any convenient way • find out what your city is like - discover interesting events happening right now near you.
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The error of coordinates when searching for people and tracking a phone by number or email depends on the presence of built-in GPS/GSM/WiFi modules on the searched devices: in the absence of GPS, the coordinates are determined from cellular network data, with an error of 100 to 1000 m, in the absence of GPS and GSM - coordinates are determined by IP address.
How do you know if your friend has arrived or left a certain place?
Another interesting feature is tracking the presence of a person in a specific place. For example, you are a boss. A full-time employee of a company is not allowed to leave the area of the city assigned to him. See how to use the Find Friends app on your iPhone to see when a person leaves or enters a designated circle on the map:
To do this, click on the “Notify me” inscription located in the top center:
Here you can see the current location of the person being tracked, or set a different one. The last option will allow you to enter the address yourself.
You are free to give your friend information about yourself. This opportunity is often used by married couples - approach the house, and the smartphone sends a notification to a loved one in the apartment, who, thanks to the message, will come out to meet you. To do this, select a friend and click on the “More” button in the upper right part of the display:
How to track someone else's iPhone
There are many situations in which it is useful to know the exact location of your friends, acquaintances or relatives. For example, a friend made an appointment in a place unfamiliar to you or spontaneously invited you to join a party. In such cases, finding a person on a map is much faster than finding out where it is and how to get to the designated place. In general, if you also think that life is easier this way, pay attention to the free Find My Friends application, designed for iPhone and iPad. In order to determine the location of the person you are interested in using Find My Friends, you must meet a couple of conditions:
- the program must be installed on two mobile devices at once - yours and the person whose geolocation you want to know;
- the person you are interested in must be in your contacts list.
If all conditions are met, launch the previously installed application and using “Add”, which is located in the upper right corner in the iPhone application, send an invitation to a friend. Once he accepts it, you will be able to track his location on the map.
How to disable Find Friends on iPhone?
To do this, go to “Settings” → “Privacy” → “Location Services” → “Share location”, and then move the switch to the “Off” position.
If you still have questions, we suggest watching the recommendations in the video below. It will help you understand in more detail how to disable “Find Friends” on iPhone, as well as use the previously described functions.
How to track your own iPhone
We have already told you about such a wonderful function as “Find iPhone” or Find My iPhone, so in order not to repeat ourselves, we bring to your attention the following materials:
- “Activation Lock and Find My iPhone: how to enable and use”;
- How to turn off Find My iPhone
- Find My iPhone: Troubleshooting.
Does Find My iPhone work without the Internet?
- users of Apple mobile devices ask. No, Find My iPhone doesn't work without the Internet. The fact is that in order to transmit data with the coordinates of the location of a mobile device, one way or another you need access to the Network. All commands sent through the Find My iPhone app, such as activating Lost Mode, playing audio, or deleting all personal information, also require Internet access to take effect.
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About using the Find My Friends program
It is most often used by parents who want to control the child’s movement. The father or mother simply takes the device from the child, connects it with his own, establishing unlimited access. Afterwards it’s easy to see where the children are walking.
A similar procedure can be used to check the tracking of a guy or girl. We don't recommend doing this without your partner's knowledge, but know that you have that power.
The software is also suitable for small companies that need increased control over employees. An example would be a trading company whose agents work in limited areas. Sometimes they don’t mind stopping by home for an hour or two, which has a negative impact on business.
Enjoy using it.
