How to keep track of friends and family on Android
by David Nield from The Verge - All Posts on (#6J64A)
Image: The Verge Many of us are hyperaware of the multitude of ways we can be tracked with modern technology, so you may feel like you don't need to add another to the mix. But knowing the whereabouts of trusted friends and family can be useful a lot of the time, and it's something you can do from your Android phone.
It's worth saying at the start that you stay in control of who can see you and when - and you can stop location sharing at any time if someone in your life goes from being trusted to distrusted.
I've used this many times to figure out where to meet someone or to check when guests are going to arrive so I know exactly how much time I've got left to tidy up. It can be helpful for parents, too, to know their kids are safe and where they're...