Developer(s) Apple Inc. Operating system | Development status Active Size 6.1 MB | |
Initial release October 12, 2011 (2011-10-12) Stable release 4.0.1 / October 17, 2014; 2 years ago (2014-10-17) | ||
Find My Friends (also known as "Find Friends" on the SpringBoard) is an application and service for iOS developed by Apple Inc. It was released on October 12, 2011 to the general public. As of the release of iOS 9, the app is now bundled with the operating system. If a user is running iOS 8, the app is available for download from the App Store free of charge.
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History
Find My Friends was announced during the "Let's Talk iPhone" keynote event on October 4, 2011. Find My Friends was released several hours earlier than the actual release of iOS 5.
Features
With Find My Friends, users can follow and track people with their iOS device(s). Users can also share their location with the people they choose. Location is determined using GPS in the iOS device when Location Services are turned on. Notifications appear when a user requests another user to see where they are or is turned on through the message application. It can also be accepted through Facebook sharing options. The feature can be turned on and off at any time. Like many iOS applications that use Location Services, parental controls are available. Find My Friends synchronizes with other applications such as Maps and Contacts. The application is supported on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. A friend's location can be viewed in OS X 10.10 as well, by clicking "Details" in the top right corner of the Messages App.