How to Share Your Location on an iPhone or Android Phone (2026)
How to Share Your Location on an iPhone or Android Phone (2026)
如何在 iPhone 或安卓手机上共享您的位置（2026 年版）
Whether you are visiting a friend for the first time or meeting up with a family member in the city, a little navigational help might prove useful. Sometimes you want to go further than sharing a specific spot and need to share your position with someone for an extended period of time. Well, there are several easy ways to share your location using your smartphone. Here’s how. 无论您是第一次拜访朋友，还是在城市中与家人会合，一点导航方面的帮助都会非常有用。有时，您需要的不仅仅是分享一个特定的地点，而是需要与某人长时间共享您的位置。幸运的是，使用智能手机共享位置有几种简单的方法。以下是具体操作步骤。
Updated July 2026: I refreshed the steps outlined to ensure they work and added fresh screenshots to illustrate. 2026 年 7 月更新：我更新了文中概述的步骤以确保其有效，并添加了最新的截图进行说明。
How to Share Your Location Using Google Maps
如何使用 Google 地图共享您的位置
There is an advantage to Google tracking you through your phone: It’s easy to share your location with friends and family, especially since it’s the most popular mapping app in the world. There’s a simple method built into Google Maps, and it works on both Android and iOS devices. 通过手机让 Google 追踪您的位置有一个优势：与朋友和家人共享位置非常容易，尤其是因为它目前是世界上最受欢迎的地图应用。Google 地图内置了一种简单的方法，且适用于 Android 和 iOS 设备。
- Open the Google Maps app (Android, iOS). 打开 Google 地图应用（Android 或 iOS）。
- Tap your profile picture or initials at the top right. Sign in to your Google account if you haven’t already. 点击右上角的个人资料图片或首字母缩写。如果您尚未登录，请先登录您的 Google 账号。
- Tap Location sharing and Share location or New share. 点击“位置信息共享”，然后点击“共享位置信息”或“新建共享”。
- Select how long you want to share your location. 选择您想要共享位置的时长。
- Choose the people you want to share your location with (you may have to give Google Maps access to your contacts here). You can share your location with anyone in your contacts, provided you have added their Gmail address. You can also share your location directly with specific apps. 选择您想要共享位置的对象（在此处您可能需要授予 Google 地图访问通讯录的权限）。只要您添加了联系人的 Gmail 地址，就可以与通讯录中的任何人共享位置。您也可以直接通过特定应用共享您的位置。
If you want to share with someone who doesn’t have a Google account, scroll to the right on the bottom row of apps and tap Copy to and then Share to get a link that you can paste into an email or message. On an iPhone, you can tap More options to send the link via iMessage, a different app, or select Copy to get a link. 如果您想与没有 Google 账号的人共享，请在底部的应用栏向右滑动，点击“复制到”然后点击“共享”，即可获得一个链接，您可以将其粘贴到电子邮件或短信中。在 iPhone 上，您可以点击“更多选项”通过 iMessage 或其他应用发送链接，或者选择“复制”来获取链接。
You can review the list of people you are sharing your location with on that same Location sharing tab, and you will see their profile picture on the map if they are also sharing their location with you. To stop sharing or to get directions to their location, tap on the profile picture or their name listed at the bottom. 您可以在同一个“位置信息共享”标签页中查看与您共享位置的人员列表；如果他们也与您共享了位置，您会在地图上看到他们的头像。要停止共享或获取前往对方位置的路线，请点击底部的头像或姓名。
How to Share Your Location Using Find My
如何使用“查找” (Find My) 共享您的位置
If you and the people you want to share your location with are using an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, then the Find My app is the easiest way to do it. Here’s how: 如果您和您想要共享位置的对象都在使用 iPhone、iPad 或 iPod Touch，那么“查找”应用是最简单的方法。操作如下：
- Open the Find My app and choose the People tab. 打开“查找”应用并选择“联系人”标签页。
- Tap on a person and scroll down to Share My Location. To add people, tap the plus icon and enter the name or number of the person you want to share your location with, tap the tick at the top right. 点击某人并向下滚动至“共享我的位置”。要添加联系人，请点击加号图标，输入您想要共享位置的人的姓名或号码，然后点击右上角的勾号。
- Choose how long you want to share your location for: For One Hour, Until End of Day, or Indefinitely. 选择共享位置的时长：一小时、当天结束前或永久共享。
You can stop sharing your location on the same People tab by tapping on the relevant person and choosing Stop Sharing My Location. You can quickly stop sharing with everyone by selecting the Me tab and turning off Share My Location. 您可以在同一个“联系人”标签页中点击相关人员并选择“停止共享我的位置”来停止共享。您也可以通过选择“我”标签页并关闭“共享我的位置”来快速停止与所有人的共享。
How to Share Your Location Using Facebook Messenger
如何使用 Facebook Messenger 共享您的位置
If you are already chatting to the person or group you want to send your location to in Facebook’s popular Messenger app, then you can share your location right there without exiting it. This works on Android and iOS. 如果您已经在 Facebook 的 Messenger 应用中与想要发送位置的对象或群组聊天，您可以直接在应用内共享位置，无需退出。此功能适用于 Android 和 iOS。
- Open Messenger and select the relevant conversation. 打开 Messenger 并选择相关的对话。
- Tap the Options icon (plus) at the bottom left, then the Location icon (arrow). 点击左下角的“选项图标（加号）”，然后点击“位置图标（箭头）”。
- You may be prompted to grant the Messenger app location privileges. 系统可能会提示您授予 Messenger 应用位置权限。
- Tap Start sharing live location or if you’d rather share a static point, search for it in the search bar or tap the location pin at the bottom right and drag the map to place it where you want, then tap Send location. 点击“开始共享实时位置”；如果您更倾向于分享一个静态点，可以在搜索栏中搜索，或者点击右下角的定位图钉，拖动地图将其放置在您想要的位置，然后点击“发送位置”。
When you choose to share your live location, it is shared for one hour, and you will see the option to Stop Sharing with a countdown clock next to it. 当您选择共享实时位置时，它将持续共享一小时，您会看到“停止共享”选项，旁边带有倒计时时钟。
How to Share Your Location Using WhatsApp
如何使用 WhatsApp 共享您的位置
If the person or people you want to share with use WhatsApp, it’s easy to share your location with them. This is available on both Android and iOS. 如果您的共享对象也在使用 WhatsApp，那么与他们共享位置非常简单。此功能适用于 Android 和 iOS。
- Open WhatsApp and select the Chats tab. 打开 WhatsApp 并选择“聊天”标签页。
- Choose the person or group you want to share with. 选择您想要共享的对象或群组。
- On an iPhone, tap the plus icon at the bottom left. On an Android phone, tap the paperclip icon at the bottom right. 在 iPhone 上，点击左下角的“加号图标”。在 Android 手机上，点击右下角的“回形针图标”。
- Choose Location. You may have to tap Continue and Allow to give WhatsApp access to your location data. 选择“位置”。您可能需要点击“继续”和“允许”以授予 WhatsApp 访问您位置数据的权限。
- Click Send Your Current Location for a snapshot of where you are now, or Share Live Location to share your real-time position as you move around for the period you specify (from 15 minutes up to 8 hours). 点击“发送当前位置”以发送您当前所在位置的快照，或点击“共享实时位置”以在您移动时共享实时位置，时长可由您指定（从 15 分钟到 8 小时不等）。
How to Use Emergency SOS on an iPhone
如何在 iPhone 上使用“紧急联络” (Emergency SOS)
Apple’s iPhone has a feature called Emergency SOS. When triggered, it sends a text message and shares your location with your emergency contacts. 苹果 iPhone 有一项名为“紧急联络”的功能。触发后，它会发送短信并与您的紧急联系人共享您的位置。
- Start by opening the Health app and tapping your profile picture, then Medical ID and scroll to Emergency Contacts and tap Add or Edit then Add Emergency Contact. 首先打开“健康”应用，点击您的个人资料图片，选择“医疗急救卡”，向下滚动至“紧急联系人”，点击“添加或编辑”，然后选择“添加紧急联系人”。
- To activate Emergency SOS, hold down the power button and one of the volume buttons, or if you’re using an iPhone 7 or older, rapidly press the power button five times. 要激活“紧急联络”，请按住电源键和任一音量键；如果您使用的是 iPhone 7 或更早机型，请快速按电源键五次。
- Drag the Emergency SOS slider to call emergency services. This will also trigger the text message and location sharing with your emergency contacts. 拖动“紧急联络”滑块以呼叫紧急服务。这同时会触发向您的紧急联系人发送短信并共享位置。
It might be a good idea to try this when you set it up (and give your emergency contacts a heads-up) so you know exactly how it works. 在设置时尝试一下此功能（并提前告知您的紧急联系人）是个好主意，这样您就能确切了解它的工作方式。
How to Use Emergency Sharing on Android
如何在 Android 上使用紧急共享
The emergency options for sharing your location differ from manufacturer to manufacturer with Android phones, but you can usually hold down the power button to access emergency information or an emergency mode. Android 手机的紧急位置共享选项因制造商而异，但通常您可以按住电源键来访问紧急信息或进入紧急模式。