Locating Others with iPhone

Greetings,

Here in the UK, they are advertising on television the iPhone 4S as
having the ability to show where others (I presume that they also have
iPhones) are located on a map in real time. Does anybody know what that
feature is called and how it is used?

Thank you.

In article <rE4gr.133247$4>,
<""> wrote:

> Here in the UK, they are advertising on television the iPhone 4S as
> having the ability to show where others (I presume that they also have
> iPhones) are located on a map in real time. Does anybody know what that
> feature is called and how it is used?

find my friends from apple, along with assorted other apps from third
parties.

hounslow3:
> Greetings,
>
> Here in the UK, they are advertising on television the iPhone 4S as
> having the ability to show where others (I presume that they also have
> iPhones) are located on a map in real time. Does anybody know what that
> feature is called and how it is used?

In the U.S. it's called "Find iPhone." Obviously, you can't track just
any iPhone. You can find iPhones that are on the same iCloud account
that you are on and whose users have allowed (enabled) finding. As a
practical matter, that means that you may track family members if they
wish to allow it.

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In article <070420122143338190%>, Davoud <>
wrote:

> > Here in the UK, they are advertising on television the iPhone 4S as
> > having the ability to show where others (I presume that they also have
> > iPhones) are located on a map in real time. Does anybody know what that
> > feature is called and how it is used?
>
> In the U.S. it's called "Find iPhone." Obviously, you can't track just
> any iPhone. You can find iPhones that are on the same iCloud account
> that you are on and whose users have allowed (enabled) finding. As a
> practical matter, that means that you may track family members if they
> wish to allow it.

find my friends is what he wants, not find my iphone:
<http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/find-my.html>

On 2012-04-07 20:06 , wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Here in the UK, they are advertising on television the iPhone 4S as
> having the ability to show where others (I presume that they also have
> iPhones) are located on a map in real time. Does anybody know what that
> feature is called and how it is used?

Cooperatively, use an App like Glympse. The person being located runs
the App and sets the duration of the broadcast (15, 30, 45 ... minutes).
Can broadcast to selected e-mail addresses or phone numbers.

It's voluntary on the part of the person who wants to show his/her location.

I use this when meeting people downtown or at trailheads.


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On Sun, 8 Apr 2012 15:07:17 +0100, Alan Browne wrote
(in article <>) :

> On 2012-04-07 20:06 , wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Here in the UK, they are advertising on television the iPhone 4S as
>> having the ability to show where others (I presume that they also have
>> iPhones) are located on a map in real time. Does anybody know what that
>> feature is called and how it is used?
>
> Cooperatively, use an App like Glympse. The person being located runs
> the App and sets the duration of the broadcast (15, 30, 45 ... minutes).
> Can broadcast to selected e-mail addresses or phone numbers.
>
> It's voluntary on the part of the person who wants to show his/her location.
>
> I use this when meeting people downtown or at trailheads.
>
>
>

all such apps have to be voluntary in this way!