Google wants you to be able to share your location from any mobile phone, even if you don’t use Google Maps

One of the biggest changes seen in IT is the shift from desktop and laptop computers to smartphones. This means being able to always carry a computer with you, which is what current smartphones are. In addition to social changes, like the one that WhatsApp has produced in Europe, we have also seen others, such as the fact that parents want to know the location of their children at all times.

This is possible thanks to applications such as WhatsApp or Google Maps, which allow access GPS coordinates and send them to any contact so you know where we are at any given time or where we are in real time at any given time. But you still need an app.

This is what Google wants to change and what it is working on. Thanks to an update to Google services, the company wants to make it possible to share our location with the desired contacts in the phone’s settings, without having to use any application. This will open up the possibility of that this function can be used in other services.

It is true that applications like Google Maps or WhatsApp in countries like Europe are used by practically the entire population, but you still need to know how to go about it. In this way, it would be possible for this location to be sent from other applications, without them needing to have this function, from Gmail to Messages.

Based on leaked screenshots, it appears that users will be able to enable or disable location sharing from a specific setting for all supported Google apps. You can also manage who your location is shared with and With just one touch you can copy a link to the clipboardwhich can be shared with other people who want to see our location. Whenever this is active, a notification will inform users that they are sharing their location, and they can enter the settings for this function simply by clicking on this notification.

It is unclear when this update will be available, but given that will arrive with a change to Google services We would not have to wait for Android 15. For now, only the manufacturer Vivo has confirmed the launch of this version for its mobile phones, and Google has not yet given a date for its Pixel, which we do not haven’t seen in over 15 years. years that Android has had.