I might be wrong, but I think it's used for both. *EDIT:* I've looked around and I must've been misremembering - the term "passive" is only used in the official

I might be wrong, but I think it's used for both. *EDIT:* I've looked around and I must've been misremembering - the term "passive" is only used in the official docs when talking about passive location updates (there called the passive "provider", since to the app, it looks like one). The non-GPS category of providers (wifi, bt, cell) is just called "network". ~~Passive location requests are, as you say, when an app wants location updates, but doesn't care when and how often - when one makes an active request, all the passive listeners get called. Passive location sources are methods of getting your location with the data already available - so WiFi if it's on and cellular if the modem is on.~~