How to find your current location on Android Google uses your location for many things. In Google Maps, Google can help you plot a route from where you currently are to your destination.

If you own an Android phone or tablet, you can easily share your location with friends of family with Google Maps or a few other ways.

Learn how to use the Google Maps API to add maps to your Android app, and how to request access to the user's location, using the new 6.0 permissions model.

Select how long you want to share your location. Choose the people you want to share your location with (you may have to give Google Maps access to your contacts here).

This guide will show you how to find your current location on Apple Maps and Google Maps, this is useful when looking for directions.

You can share your location between an iPhone and Android device by using Google Maps' "Share your location" feature, built into the app. Here's how.