Below that, you can select a contact to share with or an app to share through. Google Maps rolls out location sharing notifications, immersive views and better bike navigation Ivan Mehta indianidle / 12:01 AM PDT JComment Image Credits: TechCrunch. Users can pick whether to share for a specific period of time or until they turn it off. It pops up a card with your name, current address and the battery level of your phone in the top half of the screen. When you tap ‘Share location,’ the prompt is now a little different. At the time of writing, there appear to be two separate Maps UIs available, so your experience may vary. Alternatively, you can tap your profile icon in the top right and select Location sharing. A successful geolocation request will return a JSON-formatted response defining a location and radius. To access Location sharing, open Google Maps and tap the three-line menu button in the search bar, then select Location sharing from the menu.

Using google maps location sharing feature you and your friend. That means the old blue-banner at the top of the interface has been replaced by a boring white, there’a new floating-action-button (FAB) for initiating a new location share and more. When the person clicks on notification, he/she will see your shared location on the Google Maps.

While functionally it’s no different than before, the feature now sports a more modern look that ties in with Google’s new Material Design vision. Google Maps has picked up a snazzy new look for the ‘Location sharing’ menu.

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