Live Location sharing in the Pawfit App

We’re excited to announce that we have a new feature now available on the Pawfit app, Live Location Sharing!

Live location sharing gives you the ultimate reassurance when you’re out walking your dog, especially during the dark winter nights. Turn on your location live in the app and share it with your friends and family so they can know exactly where you are at all times.

This is a great feature to be used in case of emergency or if you just need extra peace of mind when for example you’re walking in a new area.

Live Location sharing is sperate to our live tracking feature. Live Location allows you to share your location with friends and family, not your pet’s.

To access this new feature, you’ll need to update to the newest version of the Pawfit app. The update is being rolled out to Pawfit customers from today, so keep an eye on your app store for the update going live.

How it works

Once you’ve updated to the latest version of the Pawfit app, you will see a new icon in the top right hand of the homepage map.

Pressing this will allow you to share your location live.

You can share your live location with members of your pet’s Family Pet Care (Read more about Family Pet Care here).

You can choose which members of your Family Pet Care you want to share your location with and can share it with multiple people at once.

They will receive a notification that you want to share your location with them and can choose to accept or deny this request.

Once they accept, they will also have the option to share their location live with you as well. If they do, you will be able to see their location on your map.

If they accept to see your location but choose not to share their location as well, there will be an eye symbol with a line through it next to their profile image.

Whilst you live location is on, a banner can be seen at the top of the map telling you that you’re sharing your real-time location.

To stop sharing your real-time location, press the End button at the bottom left-hand corner of the screen.

Why we developed Live Location Sharing

Live Location Sharing has been developed for the app based on the feedback we’ve received from our Pawfit Pals community. They wanted that extra level of security when they’re out walking their dog and in emergency situations, for example where the dog might go missing and extra help is needed to find them.

We understand that this new feature means users sharing sensitive information and we have put in a number of safety measures to make it clear when you are sharing your live location and who with.

We hope you enjoy using the new Pawfit app features, and we’d love to hear your feedback. Let us know your thoughts by DMing us on social or by emailing PawfitPals@Pawfit.com

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