For years, location permissions have been a bit of a mess on Android. You open an app, it asks for your location, and you’re suddenly making a decision: While using the app? Always? Precise?

The recently released Android 17 Beta 3 introduces a new "location button" designed to improve your privacy protection.

Share your current or live location from your Android phone in seconds, using the apps you already have installed.

Android 17 features a number of location privacy updates, with the latest introduced in Beta 3 being the "location button." ...

Google is adding a means to share your current location using the Messages app. This saves you the trouble of switching ...

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Part of Google's general March 2026 update is the ability to share your live location directly inside the Messages app. It ...

Google is introducing a real-time location sharing feature in its Messages app for Android, allowing users to share their ...

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Location sharing permissions should be a one-time only deal. Android 17 will see to that ...

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Google has started rolling out live location sharing in its default messaging app, Google Messages. This brings a ...