Android's Find My app for location sharing is here for most users
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You probably never gave the Google Find My app much thought unless you had a lost device, but a new feature might change that.
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Earlier this month, Google announced the ability to see someone's location using the Find My network. It appears that a wide rollout of that feature is here, as it's showing up for more and more users.
How location sharing in Android's Find My works
When you open the Find My Device app, you'll see that it now has two categories at the bottom: devices and people. Tap on the people tab, and you'll see two more tabs -- "Sharing with you" and "You're sharing with." A map above shows live locations for people sharing with you (an exact address and distance from you), and a plus sign to the right gives you the option to share your location -- either for one hour, for today only, for a custom duration, or until you turn it off.
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You share your location via a link, and you can turn it off at any time.
Also available in Google Maps
This feature has been available for some time in Google Maps (it was a little easier to initiate sharing with Find My when I compared it to Maps), and the interface in the two apps looks exactly the same (they should, considering they're pulling the same information). Whether it's for a simple check-in or an emergency, it's nice having one place to see both people and devices.
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If you're not familiar, Google's Find My network launched last year as a way for you to track phones, tablets, earbuds, and more. A Find My Device feature already exists, but that requires a connection to a network and a powered-on device. The Find My Device network uses the Android network of more than a billion devices and Bluetooth to track down devices that aren't connected to any network.