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As Ingress players, we're painfully aware of the cost of GPS to battery life. But, yeah, this feature looks to be a 'I want to share with person x', rather tha
by Jedd 10y ago
As Ingress players, we're painfully aware of the cost of GPS to battery life.
But, yeah, this feature looks to be a 'I want to share with person x', rather than 'Person x can request my location without me needing to grant / deny each request' feature. Even reading the original google blog post about it - it sounds like it's not a passive operation. ( https://blog.google/products/maps/share-your-trips-and-real-time-location-google-maps/ https://blog.google/products/maps/share-your-trips-and-real-... )
As chrisfosterelli noted, Trusted Contacts may provide the functionality I'm looking for.
- aiiane 10y agoTrusted Contacts, Location Sharing, Location History, etc are all powered by the background location service which is significantly more conservative about battery life than something like Ingress :) But yes, if you're looking for a triggered request then Trusted Contacts may work.
- Jedd 10y agoAs per my other comment -- after some experimentation, Trusted Contacts is a bit rubbish. It insists on asking user permission at the b-end each time, with a display-on request, and waiting a full 5 minutes (non-configurable) for a response.