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Yes. They retrieve your location regardless of whether you have Google maps open when using an Android phone with Google play services enabled.

• irrational 4y ago
  What about iPhone?
  • hey2022 4y ago
    On iPhone you can choose when individual apps access your location ("never, only once, only while using the app, always" - typing from memory)
    • prirai 4y ago
      Android offers the same thing. The point here is about the google pay services which is a highly priviledged service inside any android and so will be apple inside any iphone.
      • hey2022 4y ago
        I don't think that's the point. Apple Maps app has the same location settings as any other map app on iPhone. I have it set to "While Using the App". If you are suggesting that Apple tracks user location at all times regardless of this setting, then that's a different topic that has no substance in this therad.