HOWTO | master Location sharing in iOS 8

There are some very fine, detailed options for controlling how iOS 8 shares your location

Global control Location Services is tucked

1 away in Settings > Privacy. You can switch Location Services off completely using this toggle switch. You might want to do this if you have a specific reason for going dark, or if you need to preserve every ounce of battery life. This option is a pretty blunt instrument, however, preventing lots of features on lots of apps from working. Sharing location If you have an Apple Watch,

2 the Location Services settings you specify here will also apply to the Watch. This is important to remember if you use, for example, the Maps app on the Watch to provide directions. Sharing is caring Tap here to share your

3 location with friends or family. The next screen allows you to toggle location sharing on and off and shows you which device your location is being shared from, and with whom. You can also revoke or reinstate location sharing on a contact by contact basis. Sharing with apps All the apps that would like to

4 access your location data are listed, with their current status. In this case, the app at the top of the list has been refused access to location data completely, so any of its functions that rely on knowing your location won’t work. A third way There are three states for

5 location sharing, at least two of which are available for every app that uses your location. For some apps the states are Always and Never. Others have a third option (in some cases it replaces Always) called While Using the App. Allowing Watch Face complications Apple Watch Face is the

6 newest addition to Location Services. It allows the Watch to access your location so it can determine the phase of the moon, sunrise and sunset times etc. Switching it off would mean that the any ‘complications’ that rely on that data wouldn’t be able to display accurate information.