Locate a friend in Find My on iPad

When a friend shares their location with you, you can use the Find My app to locate them on a map.

Note: If you want to see how far away your friends are from you, make sure you turn on Precise Location for the Find My app. See Control the location information you share on iPad.

The Find My screen open to the People list. There are four people in the list: Ashley Rico, Will Rico, Dawn Ramirez, and Olivia Rico. Their locations are shown on a map of San Francisco.

See the location of a friend

Tap People at the bottom-left side of the screen, then tap the name of the person you want to locate.

If your friend can be located: They appear on a map so you can see where they are.
If your friend can’t be located: You see “No location found” under their name.
If you aren’t following your friend: You see “Can see your location” under their name. You can ask to see a friend’s location.

You can also ask Siri to locate a friend who has shared their location with you.

Siri: Say something like: “Where’s Gordon?” Learn how to ask Siri.

Contact a friend

Tap People at the bottom-left side of the screen, then tap the name of the person you want to contact.
Tap Contact and choose how you want to contact your friend. See Add and use contact information on iPad.

Get directions to a friend

You can get directions to a friend’s current location in the Maps app .

Tap People at the bottom-left side of the screen, then tap the name of the person you want to get directions to.
Tap Directions to open Maps.

See Get directions in Maps.

Set a label for a friend’s location

You can set a label for a friend’s current location to make it more meaningful (like Home or Work). The label appears below your friend’s name when they’re at that location.

Tap People at the bottom-left side of the screen, then tap the name of the person you want to set a location label for.
Tap Edit Location Name, then select a label.
To add a new label, tap Add Custom Label, enter a name, then tap Done.

Mark favorite friends

Favorite friends appear at the top of the People list and are marked by a star.

Tap People at the bottom-left side of the screen, then find the person you want to mark as a favorite.
Do one of the following:
- Tap the name of the person, then tap Add [name] to Favorites.
- Swipe left across the person’s name, then tap the star.

To remove a friend from your Favorites, swipe left and tap the star, or tap the friend, then tap Remove [name] from Favorites.

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