You can ask Siri to find any of your contacts by name, provided that they are sharing their location with you using the Find My Friends app.Ī couple of caveats: You will either need to be currently signed into the Find My Friends app with your iCloud password, or have a Passcode Lock enabled on your iOS device (which keeps you signed into the Find My Friends app without having to enter your iCloud password every time). You aren't limited to just the folks that you've added as a relationship on your personal contact card. Now you'll know for sure when your spouse has picked the kids up from soccer and is on her way home!Īpple's Find My Friends application showing some of my family member's location Tapping on the map that Siri displays will then take you directly into the Find My Friends app where you can interact further with their location - such as setting up a notification for when they leave their current location. Siri's results after asking her "Where's my wife?" With that set up, I can activate Siri and ask: “Where is my wife?” or “Where is my sister?” Siri will then use their location, based on the Find My Friends application, and display the results in a small map on the Siri interaction screen.
My contact card, showing my family members and their relationships Siri recognizes my family member’s contact cards with this association and will address them as such. For example: wife, sister, mom, brother-in-law. Tap Notify Me to get notified of a friend's location change. Scroll down and under Notifications, tap Add. Select the person you want to share notifications with. Open the Find My app and select the People tab. I’ve taken the time to add my family into my personal contact card on my iOS device, based on their relationship to me. Get notified when a friend arrives at, leaves, or isn't at a location. Some friends or family that are sharing their locations with you using Find My Friends on their iOS device But did you know that you can use Siri to make finding your friends even easier? Here’s how.Īn iOS device that supports Siri, signed into your iCloud accountĪpple’s Find My Friends app, also signed into your iCloud account Tap the switch next to Notify to turn it to the green 'on' position so you can receive notifications.Find My Friends is a great solution from Apple to allow friends and family to easily share their locations with each other. Tap on the friend to whom you want to send notifications.
How to send notifications about your location
Tap the switch next to Notify Me to turn it to the green 'on' position so you can receive notifications. Tap on the friend for whom you want notifications.
That's why we strongly recommend staying away from developer previews unless you need them for software development, and using the public betas with caution. While the betas contain new features, they also contain pre-release bugs that can prevent the normal use of your iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple TV, or Mac, and are not intended for everyday use on a primary device. Apple occasionally offers updates to iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, tvOS, and macOS as closed developer previews or public betas.