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Settings : Security & location
Review apps using your location
To see which apps have recently accessed your location:
1.
Go to
Settings
> Security & location > Location.
2.
Under Recent location requests, review the list of apps that recently received your location.
3.
To prevent an app from accessing your location:
a.
Touch App-level permissions.
b.
Turn Location off
Review services using your location
1.
Go to
Settings
> Security & location > Location > Advanced.
2.
Touch a service to open its settings:
•
Emergency Location Service:
an emergency number.
•
Google Location Accuracy: Improves location accuracy for
•
Google Location History: Clear saved location details and turn location history on or off.
•
Google Location Sharing: View who's sharing your location, change sharing duration, and stop
sharing.
Fix an issue
Issue:
Location isn't working
After each step, check to see if the issue is fixed.
1.
Turn location off
2.
Turn airplane mode on,
3.
If you're using a case, remove it and check if GPS is working. The case might be obstructing the sensor.
4.
Check if Battery Saver is on.
services.
5.
Turn your phone off and then on again.
6.
Check for updates
7.
Clear the cache and data
8.
Use safe mode
to see if apps you installed are causing the issue and uninstall as needed.
If location works correctly in safe mode, a 3rd party app is probably causing the issue. A lot of apps use
your phone's location. If these apps end up with corrupted files, it can affect your phone's location too.
Issue:
Location isn't accurate
Turn accuracy on:
1.
Go to
Settings
> Security & location > Location.
2.
Touch Advanced > Google Location Accuracy.
.
Sends your location to emergency responders
and then on again.
wait 15-20 seconds, then turn it off again.
To save power, when Battery Saver is on, your phone disables location
to the Maps app. After updating the app, restart your phone.
for the Maps app.
when you call or text
Maps
and
Find My
Device.
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