- Share your real-time location with others in Google Maps
When you navigate by car, foot, or bicycle, you can share your destination, estimated arrival time, and current location On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google Maps app
- Find improve your location’s accuracy in Google Maps
Find improve your location’s accuracy in Google Maps Your location might be difficult for Google Maps to find If the GPS location of your blue dot on the map is inaccurate or missing, you can take steps to help fix the problem
- Manage location permissions for apps - Google Account Help
Open Settings Tap Location Tap App location permissions Under 'Allowed all the time,' 'Allowed only while in use,' 'Ask every time,' and 'Not allowed,' find the apps that can use your device's location To change the app's permissions, tap it Then, choose the location access for the app Learn about app permissions
- Manage your Android device’s location settings - Android Help
You can use location-based services such as local search results, commute predictions, and nearby restaurants based on your device's location, when device location is on in settings
- How Location Accuracy improves location - Android Help - Google Help
However, emergency location services or your mobile carrier can still automatically send your device’s location enhanced by Location Accuracy to emergency responders when you call or text an emergency number Learn about emergency location services Tip: For Android 12 and higher, to access precise location, you can manage each app’s
- Manage your Location Sharing settings - Google Help
Google Location Sharing is an Android setting It lets you share your real-time location from devices with people you choose in Google apps or services such as Maps, Family Link, or Personal Safety
- Search locations on Google Maps - Computer - Google Maps Help
General places on the map Local results appear for people who search for businesses and places near their location They're shown in various places across Maps and Search For example, if you search for "Italian restaurant" from your mobile device, you can get local results Google shows you nearby restaurants that you’d want to visit
- Be ready to find a lost Android device - Android Help
Make sure Bluetooth and Location are turned on when the phone shuts down Tip: Devices in the network use Bluetooth to scan for nearby items If you have a PIN, pattern, or password set on your Android device, when others detect your items, they securely send the locations where they detected them to Find Hub
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