--- description: You have an iPhone. Your friend has an iPhone. The two of you have been separated. Here's how to reconnect with ease. title: iPhone: Share Your Location From a Text Message image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce13ba75fb2046ee/6987624306f2c1eea0331876/location.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 30-Second Tech Trick: Share Your Location From an iPhone Text Message by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 22, 2014 5:30 PM CUT  Doug Aamoth / TIME by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 22, 2014 5:30 PM CUT **More Tech Tricks:** * [Get Better iPhone Battery Life](http://time.com/3510833/better-iphone-battery/ "undefined") * [Save a Wet Phone](http://time.com/2907042/30-second-tech-trick-how-to-save-a-wet-phone/ "undefined") * [Get the iPhone Emoji Keyboard](http://time.com/101708/iphone-emoji-keyboard/ "undefined") * [Take the Best Selfies](http://time.com/30633/best-selfies/ "undefined") * [More Tech Tricks](http://time.com/tag/tech-tricks/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3531874/iphone-share-location/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3531874/iphone-share-location/"},"headline":"30-Second Tech Trick: Share Your Location From an iPhone Text Message","datePublished":"2014-10-22T17:30:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:03:28.798Z","description":"You have an iPhone. Your friend has an iPhone. The two of you have been separated. Here's how to reconnect with ease.","url":"https://time.com/3531874/iphone-share-location/","keywords":["Tech","iPhone","How-To","Videos","video","Tech tricks","iOS 8"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce13ba75fb2046ee/6987624306f2c1eea0331876/location.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Doug Aamoth","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/doug-aamoth/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce13ba75fb2046ee/6987624306f2c1eea0331876/location.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"location","caption":"location","creditText":"Doug Aamoth / TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3531874/iphone-share-location/","name":"30-Second Tech Trick: Share Your Location From an iPhone Text Message"}}]}] ```