Share your location
Share your live location
One tap turns your moving position into a private link the people you trust can open and follow across the map until you arrive. The link is yours alone to end, it expires by itself, and whoever watches needs no account and nothing to install — broadcasting stops the instant you do.
How sharing your live location works
- Tap Start sharing. Your browser asks permission to use your location — sharing only begins once you allow it.
- We mint an anonymous channel with an unguessable link. Your latest position is published to it every few seconds.
- Copy the link or use your phone’s share sheet to send it to whoever you trust. They open it in any browser — no sign-up needed.
- Watch yourself move on the map and see the elapsed time. Tap Stop sharing (or close the tab) and the live dot disappears.
A private link that’s only yours to give
Your link is the one and only key — a long, random web address that’s all anyone needs to follow along, and all that ever will. There’s no account behind it, and nothing about it points back to you. It fades out on its own, and your position only goes out while you’re actively sharing: tap stop, close the tab, or let the timer run out and you stop publishing right away; the live dot goes offline within a minute or two and the channel is gone. Think of it like a house key — whoever holds it can watch while it’s live, so give it only to people you trust. Want to follow someone instead? Open view a live location and paste in the link they sent you.
Live location vs. a one-time location share
| Live location | Share my location | |
|---|---|---|
| Updates | Continuous — follows you on the map | A single fixed point |
| Best for | Meeting up, trips, peace of mind on the way | Sending exactly where you are right now |
| Stays open | Yes, until you stop or it expires | No — it’s a snapshot |
| Watcher needs | Just the link, in any browser | Just the link or coordinates |
What the watcher sees
People who open your link land on the live location viewer: a map with your moving marker, an accuracy ring, and how long ago you last updated. They can open the spot in Google Maps but they cannot publish anything back — the link is read-only for them. If they need to know their own position to compare, point them at what are my coordinates. All positions use the WGS84 datum, the same reference frame used by GPS and every major mapping service.