'Find My Friends' Debuts in App Store Ahead of iOS 5 Release

[MacRumors]

Apple's Find My Friends app, which was announced last week when the iPhone 4S was unveiled, is now live in the App Store [link opens iTunes]. Find My Friends requires iOS 5, which is scheduled for release today.

Find My Friends allows you to easily locate your friends and family from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Install this free app on your iOS 5 device and sign in with the Apple ID you use with iCloud. Adding a friend is easy - just send a request to see their location. Once your friend accepts using the Find My Friends app, you will then be able to see that friend's location on a list or on a map.

Find My Friends is a universal app compatible with the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. As previously mentioned, it requires iOS 5 and is therefore limited to the models capable of running the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system, which include the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, 3rd- and 4th-generation iPod touch, and the iPad and iPad 2.

Apple's new Cards app, which was also announced last week, will be released today as well.

Article Link: 'Find My Friends' Debuts in App Store Ahead of iOS 5 Release

 

[RazorD]

AirPort Utility is now available too.. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/airport-utility/id427276530?mt=8

 

[MasterHowl]

woo!

 

[r2shyyou]

Sweet! Today is a good day!

 

[usptact]

To be able to track your friends? Not sure they will be glad to provide this information all the time...

 

[coder12]

It's CREEPIN' time!

 

[ironsienna]

I like it!

I really love the UI. Unlike some other people here, I find it really sweet! I use the same philosophy on my apps too.. I believe in the metaphor of real life objects to user interface elements.

 

[MacBookPro13"]

Now we can track where Steve is up in the iCloud

 

[Gatteau]

Finallyyy!

 

[troop231]

I'm looking more forward to 10.7.2

 

[AppleScruff1]

To be able to track your friends? Not sure they will be glad to provide this information all the time...

It's CREEPIN' time!

I can just see it, the first iPhone stalker.

 

[applesith]

Good. Now I can find where my daughter and her deadbeat boyfriend are anytime I want.

 

[iVoid]

And all the stalkers of the world rejoice!

 

[rwilliams]

It's CREEPIN' time!

This literally made me laugh out loud.

 

[Plas00]

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Macbook running Lion, iPad and two iPhones (one 4 and one 3Gs) already on standby on our house 16Mbps wifi waiting for full updates today. Awesome that I have 5 days off to test everything. = )

 

[stewart1988]

Intergrate with Twitter for some serious celeb stalking... haha

 

[TOOFY]

Stuck on waiting when i download it? Same for the Airport Utility also. Grrr come on download!

 

[bacaramac]

Finally I hope a proper way to actually find friends. With the ability to set time based access, it works pretty cool hopefully. Can't tell you how much of a pain it is to find people at the State Fair, Amusement Park, etc.

 

[MacBookPro13"]

R.I.P Steve - now we can track your location up in the iCloud, playing Angry Birds with Jesus

 

[spazzcat]

To be able to track your friends? Not sure they will be glad to provide this information all the time...

You can turn it on and off

 

[ToM7]

c'mon apple bring iOS 5 already

 

[Northgrove]

It's CREEPIN' time!

It's not creeping if these friends have to accept requests, is it?

 

[BJB Productions]

New you can stalk friends faster than ever before. Only on your iPhone or iPad.

 

[AppleScruff1]

You can turn it on and off

Somehow that just doesn't sound quite right.

 

[TOOFY]

It's not creeping if these friends have to accept requests, is it?

If you're one of those friends who are secretly obsessive over a friend. Then sure...