Learn more about Google Play services for location sharing

Google Play services enables services that make your device more secure and reliable. Location sharing is one such service that is provided as part of Google Play services. Google Play services is different from the Google Play Store. Learn more about services enabled through Google Play services.

You can share your real-time location from your device with location sharing through Google Play services. For example, you can check-in on your family member to learn their ETA to get home. Learn about sharing your real-time location with others.

Important: Some location sharing functionality works only on Android 8.1 and up. Learn how to check and update your Android version.

Control your preferences

To manage your location sharing preferences:

  1. Go to Settings  .
  2. In the search window, type location services.
  3. Tap Location services and then Google Location Sharing.
  4. To manage your location sharing, tap Google Location Sharing.

Tips:

  • If you don't find the location icon when you swipe down from the home menu, tap Settings  and then search the location.
  • To stop sharing your location with someone, open your Location Sharing settings and next to their name tap Stop.
  • To stop all location sharing, go to Settings  and turn off Location.

How Google Play services for location sharing handles your data

Google Play Services for location sharing may collect certain information and use certain permissions to support location sharing related functionality on your device, such as the examples described above.

Permission use

To better support location sharing on your device, Google Play services may use these device permissions:

Additional data collection

Google Play services for location sharing may collect and store the following data to support location sharing related functionality.

  • Your Google account identifiers, location lat-long information may be collected to let you use the location sharing services on your device.
  • People you share your location with can see your name, photo and real-time location across Google services, even when you're not using Google Maps.

Any information that Google collects is handled in accordance with Google's Privacy Policy.

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