Sharing your location is among the features offered by iMessage. When you must use iMessage, ensure you’ve enabled it and that the recipient uses an Apple device and has their iMessage enabled.
That way, you can share your location with them. When someone shares their location via iMessage, the common question is whether the shared location is accurate. We will discuss more of that in this post.
iMessage allows you to share your location with friends. You can share your current location or the live location. That way, someone can keep a tab on your location on their phone as they can see it on Google Maps. The location shared on iMessage has a high level of accuracy. The shared location, especially the live location, predicts your location 15 to 20 feet from your actual location. That’s how accurate the shared location is.
We will see how you share the location using iMessage. We will discuss different ways of sharing your location on iMessage and conclude by discussing how accurate the shared location is.
Why Share Location via iMessage?
When traveling and wanting someone to keep an eye on a location, you may consider sharing your location with them. iMessage added this feature to help people quickly locate each other’s positions. For instance, if you are trying to locate someone, you can ask them to send their location via iMessage.
You can then follow the Google Maps and get to the person. Still, you can use the shared location to find someone in an emergency. Each phone has a location service that picks up your location.
When using your iPhone, your location is picked up in different ways.
GPS
Each phone has a Global Positioning System that detects your position using the GPS signal that triangulates when using your phone to find your position.
GPS uses satellites to get your position as you move. The GPS signal determines your phone location.
Cellular Towers
Your iPhone will use the nearby cellular towers when calling and texting to ping your location to the nearest tower. Once your iPhone connects to any tower, it will use it as the center for approximating your position from the tower. That way, it can get to your location quickly.
Wi-Fi Mapping
Wi-Fi plays a great role in triangulating your position when working with iPhone location services. Wi-Fi networks around your area are used to determine the location. When you enable location services, you will get prompted to enable Wi-Fi for your iPhone to determine your position.
How To Share Location via iMessage
We’ve seen how the iPhone location works. So, how do you share your location on iMessage? Before you share your location, you must enable the option for location services on your iPhone. For that, follow the steps below.
- Open “Settings” on your iPhone.
- Tap on “Privacy” at the bottom.
- Tap on the option for “Location Services” and turn it on.
Once enabled, you can share your location via iMessage in two ways.
Via Maps
- Open your Maps app on your phone.
- Swipe up from the bottom.
- Tap the option for “Share My Location.”
- Open the Messages app.
- Open the contact where to send the location.
- Tap the up arrow to send the iMessage with your location.
Via iMessage Directly
- Open your Messages app.
- Find your target person and open their conversation window.
- Tap on their name at the top.
- On the profile page, click “Send My Current Location.”
Your location is now shared via iMessage.
How Accurate Is iMessage Location?
When you share your location via iMessage, the common question is how easy it is for someone to detect your actual location. Luckily, the shared location is almost 100% accurate.
When someone receives the shared location, it is accurate to the location close to 15 to 20 feet from where you are. Therefore, someone can quickly locate you based on the shared location.
Conclusion
Today’s post has discussed how to share location on iMessage. Moreover, we’ve discussed how accurate the shared location is. That way, you can comfortably share your location via iMessage.
