Share your real-time location in Google Messages

You can share your real-time location directly from Google Messages. This feature allows your friends and family to know your location for the duration of your choice. You can choose:

• For 1 hour
• Today only
• Until you turn this off
• Custom duration

This provides peace of mind or helps you coordinate meetups easily.

To share your location in a chat:

1. Open the Google Messages app .
2. To share your location, open a conversation with the person or group you want to share it with.
3. Tap Attachment Real-time location .
   • To confirm the updates to your Google Location Sharing settings, tap I accept. This is only applicable when sharing the location for the first time.
4. Choose the duration of the share you want to start from either:
   • For 1 hour: Your location will be shared for an hour from the moment you start sharing.
   • Today only: Your location will be shared until the end of the current day.
   • Until you turn this off: Your location will be shared indefinitely until you manually stop sharing.
   • Custom duration: You can set a specific time period for sharing. The duration can't last more than 24 hours.
5. Tap Send .

To share your location with someone who has already shared their location with you:

1. Open Google Messages .
2. To share your location, open a conversation with the person or group you want to share it with.
3. Tap the message with your contact's location.
4. Next to your name, tap Share.
5. At the bottom, set how long you want to share your location.
   • For 1 hour: Your location will be shared for an hour from the moment you start sharing.
   • Today only: Your location will be shared until the end of the current day.
   • Until you turn this off: Your location will be shared indefinitely until you manually stop sharing.
   • Custom duration: You can set a specific time period for sharing.
6. Tap Send .

Tip: You must be signed in to your Google Account to use this feature. If you aren't, you'll be prompted to sign in.

To stop sharing your location with someone who has shared their location with you:

1. Open Google Messages .
2. Open a conversation with the person or group you’ve shared your location with.
3. Tap the message with your location.
4. Next to your name, tap Stop Stop sharing.

While end-to-end encrypted messages can only be read by people in your chat, Google Find Hub location sharing is powered by Maps and processes your location to provide the location sharing feature and is subject to Google’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

• Manage your Android device’s location settings
• Understand the basics of privacy in Google Messages
• Find your friends and family with Find Hub