GUESTLIST
2017 / ISSUE 98
17
TECHNOLOGY
Have you ever been lost looking
for your friends? If you have, then
Google may have a solution for
you.
GOOGLE MAPS NOW ABLE
TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS
EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE
Google have unveiled a new feature for Google
Maps called 'location sharing,' which lets you
reveal your exact location to a contact for a
certain period of time. This can be from 15
minutes to three hours.
The new feature can also be used to share a
driving or walking route if you happen to be
travelling from one place to another, which
would allow your friends to see your progress.
As well as this, the feature also lets you do
other things related to your friend's location.
You could get directions to lead you to them, or
find restaurants around them.
The obvious limitation which comes to mind
over this new feature however, is certain users
may be able to use it to remotely stalk others.
It is still unclear as to what the app would do to
prevent such a situation.
For now we wait to see how this new feature
would impact us, but I guess for those who have
a tendency of losing your friends, this may be
helpful to you. After all we all have those friends.
