⤠How to Send Your Location on iPhone by Messages the Fast Way with a Phrase
Letâs say youâre in a Messages conversation and you want to quickly send someone your current location from iPhone. In this scenario you might go to the Messages conversations Info / Details section and use the âShare Current Locationâ feature, but did you know thereâs an even faster way to instantly share your current location from the iPhone Messages app that can be accessed by typing alone?
This is about as easy as it gets, and sending someone your current location this way is initiated entirely by typing a very short phrase on the iPhone within the Messages app.
That phrase to type is simply:
âIâm atâ
Donât hit send yet, but wait a moment and youâll see a âCurrent Locationâ option show up in the Quick Type bar. Tapping that will immediately get the current location so that you can share it.
Here are the precise steps to see how it works if youâd like to try it yourself:
How to Share Current Location by Messages on iPhone the Fast Way
- Open the Messages app and go to any conversation or start a new one with someone else who has iMessages
- Type âIâm atâ and then wait a moment for the QuickType keyboard to show âCurrent Locationâ and tap on that
- Send the message as usual to share your current location in the Messages conversation instantly
This is probably the single fastest way to send someone else your current location from the iPhone within the Messages app. It works the same on iPad too, but for most users sharing location from iPhone is probably more relevant.
You must have Location Services enabled for Messages to have access to this feature, so if you turned off Location Services at some point you will need to turn them back on again (at least at a system level for Messages).
Likewise youâll need to make sure the Quick Type keyboard is visible too since thatâs what youâll be tapping for quick access to the current location option.
By no means is this the only way to share your location from an iPhone, and one of the most common is to use the âShare Current Locationâ feature from Messages on iPhone or iPad with a specific contact. But you can also use Maps, mark a spot on Maps and share that location from iOS, use Find My Friends, use Siri to get the current location, get GPS coordinates from iPhone and send those to someone with a classic GPS device or in-car GPS unit, and many third party apps also support location services if youâre using another messenger application.
On the Mac side of things this particular âIâm atâ trick does not work, though a Mac user can be a recipient of the shared location. If youâre looking to share location to and from a Mac it might better to instead use Find My Friends on Mac OS to have similar functionality.
