You can utilize Find My to share your location with contacts saved on your iPhone. If the recipient also has an iPhone on at least iOS 15, you can even share your Live Location so they can see where you are in real time.
For camping-in-the-woods, the Find My app lets you share your location when you don’t have internet connectivity. In order to take advantage of this special feature, you’d need to have at least an iPhone 14 running on iOS 16 or newer and do the following steps before you leave an area that has cellular coverage:
- Launch the Find My app.
- Tap Me from the bottom navigation bar.
- Enable Share My Location.
- If your iPhone isn’t currently sharing your location, tap Use This iPhone as My Location.
- Go to People on the bottom navigation bar.
- Hit Start Sharing Location and pick an iPhone contact to share your location with, followed by your preferred share duration. Alternatively, you can tap “+,” hit Share My Location, and then pick an iPhone contact to share your location with, followed by your preferred share duration.
Again, for the ability to share your location via satellite to work, you must already have a location-sharing session ongoing, enabled while you’re still within cellular range. Once you’re off the grid, follow these steps:
- Make sure you’re in an area with a clear view of the sky and horizon.
- Launch the Find My app and tap Me from the bottom edge of the screen.
- Hit Send My Location below My Location via Satellite.
- Follow onscreen prompts.
You can send your location via satellite every 15 minutes. However, you won’t be able to see your friends’ locations in the Find My app.
