Apple has released an updated version of its Find My Friends app which comes with a redesigned UI for iOS 7
Just a quick heads-up: Apple has released an updated version of its Find My Friends app which comes with a redesigned UI for iOS 7. Find My Friends was Apple’s last consumer-focused app to receive an UI redesign. Last week Apple has updated iBooks and iTunes U.
Find My Friends is available as a free download on the App Store…
The updated version of ‘Find My Friends’, which will launch with iOS 6 this fall, comes with a geo-fencing feature — that is, you can designate an area around yourself, as small as a building or as large as a state. When you arrive or leave that area, your friends can be notified.
The updated version of ‘Find My Friends’, which will launch with iOS 6 this fall, comes with a geo-fencing feature — that is, you can designate an area around yourself, as small as a building or as large as a state. When you arrive or leave that area, your friends can be notified.
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he Find My Friends app was previewed at the iOS 5 media event and with iOS 5 set to be released at some point today, Apple is wasting no time releasing some of their iOS 5 goodies.
Apple is on a role today. The Find My Friends app was previewed at the iOS 5 media event and with iOS 5 set to be released at some point today, Apple is wasting no time releasing some of their iOS 5 goodies.
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During todays media event, Apple took time to recap key iOS5 features, that most of us already knew about, but they also announced a new one: Find My Friends.
During todays media event, Apple took time to recap key iOS5 features, that most of us already knew about, but they also announced a new one: Find My Friends. Using ‘Find My Friends’ you can easily locate friends and family – in the real world – who have opted to share their location with you. You can also invite friends to share their location for a limited time – which will be helpful if you need to five them directions.
Some further digging into the newly released iOS 4.3 developer build has revealed settings for a new feature called “Find My Friends”. The strings are associated with the Settings app and is related to “MobileMe”.
Some further digging into the newly released iOS 4.3 developer build has revealed settings for a new feature called “Find My Friends”. The strings are associated with the Settings app and is related to “MobileMe”. The obvious interpretation is that Apple may be looking to offer a location-based friend-finding service like Loopt and Google Latitude.
Services like Loopt allow you to find your friends who near you at any given time by leveraging your mobile phone’s GPS signal. The constant updates can broadcast your location to your friends to know who is nearby. Obviously, these sort of systems are opt-in only, but shows what Apple maybe up to in fleshing out their MobileMe service.
[via MacRumors]
