Do you want to know the location of your contacts on your Android smartphone?  It’s possible

Sharing granular data about the location of contacts is a topic that raises some emotions. However, we are increasingly seeing the advantages of this solution. They will be appreciated, for example, by partners of people who travel a lot, or by those who take care of elderly parents and want to be sure they reach home or their destination. How to enable this feature on Android smartphones?

Google Contacts will allow you to check the location of specific people

To use the new feature, you must download it Google Contacts version 4.22.37.586680692. The software is gradually made available to subsequent groups of users.

If you don’t know how to check which version of the software you currently have installed, You can do this very easily. Go to the Settings menu, then click on Applications, then on Contacts. At the bottom of the list, you can find information about the application, including the software version.

How location sharing works in Google Contacts

To quickly locate a specific person, You need to make sure she agrees to share her location in Google Maps and that you entered her Gmail ID in the contact card.

Just like in the Apple ecosystem, and also in the Google ecosystem, You can enable location sharing permanently or for a predefined period of time. You can also share your location with that person instantly. Now all you have to do is press the “View in Maps” button. program Google Maps will show you a pin With last contact position.

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It should be noted that this solution only works within Android, and only for devices using the Contacts app created by Google, and not for example by specific third parties. The iPhone owner still cannot show his location to anyone this waywhich contains, for example, a smartphone from Samsung or Motorola.

ed./bulsatnews.pl

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