Google allows users to share their locations in mapping app


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  • Thursday, 23 Mar 2017

Keeping track of friends: Users worldwide will be able to share where they are in real time on devices running both Google

Alphabet Inc's Google announced that it will revamp its popular maps app to allow users to share their locations, in order to boost engagement on a product of increasing strategic importance to the search giant. 

Within the next week, users worldwide will be able to share where they are in real time on devices running both Google’s Android operating system and Apple Inc’s iOS software, Google said.

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