You add them into your trusted contacts, and those contacts can request your current position on-demand. You can either accept, deny or it will auto-accept if l

You add them into your trusted contacts, and those contacts can request your current position on-demand. You can either accept, deny or it will auto-accept if left alone. You are always aware if a request was sent, nothing is done without your knowledge even after the fact. With Google Maps you have to share no in-between.