--- description: Microsoft is reportedly working on a new app that can track the locations of friends and family called "People Sense." title: Microsoft's New App Will Help You Stalk Your Friends image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65d445363ffc389d/6987808c06f2c14b463341ed/people-sense-microsoft1.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&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 # Microsoft's New App Will Help You Stalk Your Friends  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 23, 2015 5:10 PM CUT  Microsoft  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 23, 2015 5:10 PM CUT Microsoft is reportedly working on a new app that can track the locations of your friends and family, displaying their movements across a map in real-time. An early version of People Sense, which was [unveiled](http://msftplace.com/people-sense-la-nueva-app-de-microsoft-para-compartir-tu-ubicacion-en-tiempo-real-video/ "undefined") by the Spanish-language news site _Microsoft Place_, overlays a select group of friends onto Bing Maps. The app mirrors the layout of Apple’s [Find My Friends](https://www.apple.com/apps/find-my-friends/ "undefined"), which displays friends as roving markers inching through the streets. But People Sense adds a number of features that makes communication a bit more seamless — tapping one of the markers will give the user options to message, call or pull up driving directions to the person of interest. No release date has been set for People Sense, which is still under the development name “Buddy Aware.” A video review of the app, provided by _Microsoft Place_, shows an already robust set of features at work: _Read next:_ [_Madonna’s Most Memorable Social Media Moments_](http://time.com/3716956/madonnas-social-media-moments/?xid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3718692/microsoft-people-sense/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3718692/microsoft-people-sense/"},"headline":"Microsoft's New App Will Help You Stalk Your Friends","datePublished":"2015-02-23T17:10:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:04:28.886Z","description":"Location markers show who's around the corner in real time","url":"https://time.com/3718692/microsoft-people-sense/","keywords":["Tech","apps","Social Networking","Microsoft"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65d445363ffc389d/6987808c06f2c14b463341ed/people-sense-microsoft1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt65d445363ffc389d/6987808c06f2c14b463341ed/people-sense-microsoft1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"people-sense-microsoft","caption":"","creditText":"Microsoft","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/3718692/microsoft-people-sense/","name":"Microsoft's New App Will Help You Stalk Your Friends"}}]}] ```