How to Share Your Location on iPhone Using Find My

Open the Settings app and tap your name at the very top of the screen. Tap Find My, then tap Find My iPhone. The toggle next to Find My iPhone should be green. If it isn't, tap it to turn it on.

While you're on this screen, check that Share My Location is also toggled green. That second toggle is what lets you send your location to other people - the first one is just so Apple's network can find your phone if it's lost.

Swipe back to your home screen and tap the Find My app - the icon is a green circle with a blue dot. Along the bottom of the screen you'll see four tabs: People, Devices, Items, and Me. Tap People.

The People tab is where every location-sharing relationship lives. Anyone who already shares their location with you shows up in this list with their last known city and how long ago it updated.

Look in the top right corner of the People panel for a small blue plus button. Tap it. A menu slides up with two options: Share My Location and Help A Friend. Tap Share My Location.

A contact picker opens with your most-recent contacts at the top and a search field if you need to type a name. You're now one tap away from sending the invitation.

Type the person's name in the To field or tap one of the suggested contacts. Their name turns blue once they're selected. Tap Send in the top right corner.

Find My then asks how long you want to share for: Share for One Hour, Share Until End of Day, or Share Indefinitely. Pick whichever fits the situation - 'until end of day' is good for a meetup, 'indefinitely' is what most families use.

Back at the bottom of Find My, tap the Me tab on the far right. Swipe up on the handle just below the map to expand the panel.

You can tap Location and rename it to something friendlier than the address - 'Home', 'Mom's house', 'Cabin'. Below that, the Share My Location toggle lets you turn off all location sharing without disabling Find My itself. Useful when you want to go off-grid for a weekend.

Still in the Me tab, scroll past Share My Location to the My Location via Satellite section. When you have cellular and Wi-Fi, this shows Not Available. When you're outside coverage, tap it to send your current location to anyone you already share with.

Satellite sharing works on iPhone 14 and later running iOS 16.1 or newer. The other person doesn't need any special hardware - they get your location in their normal Find My app.