Only my girlfriend likes the "find my friends" app

[barkomatic]

Not going to get it. If I want my friends to know where I am I will tell them.

This is the type of feature that once its installed and you have people following you it's kinda socially awkward to then stop using it.

 

[dcorban]

Several times this year, I said to my friend that I wished the iPhone had an easy way to send your current GPS coordinates to a friend. This is even better.

 

[bellaisa]

i got ios5 GM, where is this app? I don't see it on my phone.

 

[MagnusF]

i got ios5 GM, where is this app? I don't see it on my phone.

Download it from the app store

 

[FreakinEurekan]

So wait, would I have to have the app for others to view where I am?

Or can they just view me on their map anyways?

You must have the app. Features are outlined in a handy-dandy web page here:

http://www.apple.com/icloud/features/find-my.html

 

[whooleytoo]

Would be great for finding friends on big days/nights out... like drunken, blurry St. Paddy's day celebrations. The more accurate the location, the better!

You could have a lot of fun with it too, put all your ex-partners in there, and your average trip around town could be like a real-world Pacman.

 

[dukebound85]

Several times this year, I said to my friend that I wished the iPhone had an easy way to send your current GPS coordinates to a friend. This is even better.

google latitude has been out for the iphone for quite some time

 

[dcorban]

this will come in handy when my wife and i are grocery shopping and she wanders away and i spend an hour trying to find her

You realize that in this situation, you both have a cell phone on your person and can just call for direction?

 

[Tito Georgie]

You realize that in this situation, you both have a cell phone on your person and can just call for direction?

Exactly what I was thinking.

 

[iMrNiceGuy0023]

im still trying to figure out what I would use this for, and who to share my location with

Maybe if im going on a long road trip somewhere, i'll share my location to let others know where I am

 

[Brazzy]

I will most likely never use this app, but then again i don't really have any friends.

 

[AIP5]

Of course to track me down.

But really, how many of you would be using this app ?

Good one!

But certainly not me... that's just creepy for me to broadcast my location to anyone, or for me to know anyone else's location.

Maybe it's the "cool" thing nowadays...

 

[mrsir2009]

It is a great app to direct friends to a specific location.

And for parents to look after their children/teens.

Since when do children have iPhones?

 

[txr0ckabilly]

You realize that in this situation, you both have a cell phone on your person and can just call for direction?

or (unless you're grocery shopping in some outdoor market) it will only show that you're both in the same building.

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Since when do children have iPhones?

all three of my daughters have them...

 

[thelumpya2]

It seems people don't understand the point of this app.

It is not automatically ON all the time, although you can set it that way if you'd like. If you decide you are ready to share your location with the people that you've allowed to see you, you can set it to only share your location for a short period of time, if you'd like. For instance, when groups of friends meet at the beach, it's always a pain in the ass to try and explain where you are at the beach, being that it's a large place with many people in the summer. With this, I could simply say, i'll turn on my location for an hour or so, that way, when my friends show up, i don't have to keep checking my phone to see if they called, texted, ect... they can simply track me to my spot and meet up with the rest of the crew without hassle.

I think it's a very handy application and I will probably use it for social purposes regularly.

Don't worry cheating scumbag husbands and wives, you can shut off your location if you're meeting up with your affair of the week while you're supposed to be at the office.

 

[Sukach]

This will be very handy in certain situations. Definitely not something that will be enabled all the time. Just a couple weeks ago, i was attending a college football game and my wife and I were trying to, well, find a friend (she was giving terrible directions). I was actually thinking about the functionality in Google Maps to send your GPS coordinates to someone, but this app would have made finding this person much easier.

 

[MagnusF]

You realize that in this situation, you both have a cell phone on your person and can just call for direction?

Yeah, but you dont know where they are? Now you see them and can tell them "right turn now"

 

[optophobia]

Several times this year, I said to my friend that I wished the iPhone had an easy way to send your current GPS coordinates to a friend. This is even better.

Whatssapp messenger already does that and works welll.

 

[therationalist]

or (unless you're grocery shopping in some outdoor market) it will only show that you're both in the same building.

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all three of my daughters have them...

cool..now you will know when they are getting dat dere BBC

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Don't worry cheating scumbag husbands and wives, you can shut off your location if you're meeting up with your affair of the week while you're supposed to be at the office.

calm down bro. some of us only get married so someone can cook and clean for us.

 

[gillybean]

Don't worry cheating scumbag husbands and wives, you can shut off your location if you're meeting up with your affair of the week while you're supposed to be at the office.

Even better, leave your iPhone in your office with "find my friends" turned on to be your alibi. Set it to forward any calls to your second phone so that you can still receive calls.

 

[CharlieKirk]

It is a great app to direct friends to a specific location.

And for parents to stalk their children/teens.

You're so American.

 

[barkomatic]

Don't worry cheating scumbag husbands and wives, you can shut off your location if you're meeting up with your affair of the week while you're supposed to be at the office.

Luckily I'm not married--but this assumption/attitude is exactly why I hesitate to use this service.

Yes, technically you have the "option" to turn it on and off--but whether its a realistic *social* option is another issue.

 

[mrsir2009]

all three of my daughters have them...

Really? How old are they?

 

[swingerofbirch]

Times have changed. Can you imagine Betty Draper (first/second season) having had the agency to push Don into turning this feature on. I can just imagine his response, "You're being hysterical. I have business to do that doesn't involve you. Your business is here, taking care of our family, not watching a dot move around on a screen all day."

 

[barkomatic]

Times have changed. Can you imagine Betty Draper (first/second season) having had the agency to push Don into turning this feature on. I can just imagine his response, "You're being hysterical. I have business to do that doesn't involve you. Your business is here, taking care of our family, not watching a dot move around on a screen all day."

Don Draper would get a secret, second iPhone and have calls forwarded to it.