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To connect with your friends
9.6.4
Select a contact, you can communicate with your friend and set privacy
options.
Map
•
Locate the friend's position on the map.
Directions
•
Get directions to this friend's location.
Ping for check-in
•
Send friends a notification and ask them to
check in.
Sharing options
•
Touch to set sharing options: Share best
available location; Share city-level location only;
Hide from this friend
Remove this friend
•
Remove this friend from your list and stop
sharing information with him or her.
To control what you share
9.6.5
You can control the information you want to share with your friends.
Touch icon
from Maps screen, then select
Latitude
, touch your own
name and then touch
Location settings
.
The following options are available to choose from:
Location reporting
•
Touch to detect/set your location, or stop
updating your location.
Report from this
•
device
Mark the checkbox to enable automatically
update location from this device.
Enable location
•
history
Mark to hide your location history.
Manage your
•
friends
Add or remove friends who can see your
location.
Enable location
•
History
Mark the checkbox to enable record your
location history.
How to invite friends to share their locations
9.6.2
Touch icon
•
from list view.
Touch
•
Select from Contacts
or
Add via email address
.
After selecting your chosen contacts touch
•
Add friends
at the bottom
of the screen.
When finished, an invitation will be sent to the friends you have invited.
To respond to an invitation, you can select one of the followings:
Accept and share
•
back
You and your friend can share locations with
each other.
Accept, but hide
•
my location
You can view your friend's location, but they can
not view yours.
Don’t accept
•
No locations can be shared between you and
your friend.
To view your friends' location
9.6.3
You can view your friends' locations on a map or in a list.
MAP VIEW
•
When Google Maps is opened, your friends'
locations will display with their photo icons for
identification.
FRIENDS LIST
•
Your friends are displayed in a list.